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Irma Husain

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine

Recent Publications


Targeting allograft inflammatory factor 1 reprograms kidney macrophages to enhance repair.

Journal Article J Clin Invest · January 21, 2025 The role of macrophages (MΦs) remains incompletely understood in kidney injury and repair. The plasticity of MΦs offers an opportunity to polarize them toward mediating injury resolution in both native and transplanted kidneys undergoing ischemia and/or re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Murine kidney transplant outcome is best measured by transdermal glomerular filtration rate.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · December 2024 Mouse kidney transplantation provides a powerful preclinical model for the study of kidney transplant alloimmunity. However, accurate measurement of graft function is difficult because of the inaccuracy of traditional surrogate markers serum creatinine and ... Full text Link to item Cite

AXL inhibition suppresses early allograft monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and prolongs allograft survival.

Conference JCI Insight · March 8, 2024 Innate immune cells are important in the initiation and potentiation of alloimmunity in transplantation. Immediately upon organ anastomosis and reperfusion, recipient monocytes enter the graft from circulation and differentiate to inflammatory macrophages ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital (India) · 2015 M.B.B.S.