Dear KPMP Participant,

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NIDDK Director spotlights the contributions of our KPMP heroes

Exciting news! Your contribution to KPMP was praised in the Spring edition of the NIDDK Director’s Update. Dr. Griffin Rodgers, who leads the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), acknowledged how patients are helping advance kidney disease research. The article also includes quotes from KPMP’s study participant Emanuel Holley, patient partner Christy Stutzke, and investigator Dr. Sanjay Jain.

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New feature: A plain-language scientific summary for KPMP publications

We’re trying something new and we would appreciate your feedback. This letter includes a non-technical summary of a recent KPMP scientific paper. Let us know what you think.

The chromatin landscape of healthy and injured cell types in the human kidney appeared in the January 10, 2024 edition of Nature Communications. The goal was to understand how kidney cells work differently in healthy people, injured people, and those whose kidneys are healing. They made a special map to show which parts of the kidney cells are active, quiet, or ready to change, especially when there’s an injury.  

Here’s what they found:

1. Different types of kidney cells have their own ways of dealing with injury.
2. They discovered some important factors that help kidney cells stay healthy or become injured.
3. When they changed these factors, they noticed that kidney cells split into two groups. One group was better at fixing itself after an injury.

For patients, this study helps doctors understand kidney diseases better. They can use this information to develop new treatments that specifically target problems in the cell control centers. The goal is to help kidneys heal or stay healthy!

This finding was made possible by KPMP participants like you.

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Need a printed copy?

If you would like a printed copy of any of the articles in this letter, ask us at your local recruitment site.

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Atlas Metrics:
‍   370 Biopsies    |     >42K Data downloads     |     55 Publications

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Want to attend one of the All-KPMP meetings virtually or in-person?

Ask us how you can attend an upcoming meeting. This meeting is attended by many members of the KPMP team. We would love to see you there!

Upcoming All-KPMP meetings: (virtual or in-person)

• September 16 & 17 2024 (Hyatt Bethesda)
• March 19 & 20, 2025 (Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University)
• September 30 & October 1, 2025 (Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University)

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Tell a friend…

Do you have family, friends or co-workers who might be interested in
learning about KPMP? Please give them this link to the KPMP Introduction video:
kpmp.org/for-participants

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Sincerely,