Merita Rroji

ORCID: 0000-0003-1048-2579
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Research Areas
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
  • Renal and Vascular Pathologies
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Magnesium in Health and Disease
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research

Mother Teresa Hospital
2016-2025

University of Medicine Tirana
2020-2025

University Medical Center Groningen
2025

University of Groningen
2025

University of Cologne
2025

University Hospital Cologne
2025

Target (United States)
2023-2024

University of Zurich
2023

RELX Group (United States)
2019

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A hallmark CKD progression renal fibrosis characterized by excessive accumulation extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. In this study, we aimed to investigate the correlation urinary proteome classifier CKD273 individual peptides with degree fibrosis. total, 42 biopsies urine samples were examined. The percentage per total tissue area was assessed in Masson trichrome stained tissues. analysed capillary...

10.1038/s41598-017-17083-w article EN cc-by Scientific Reports 2017-11-29
Michele Farisco Inga A Blumblyte Casper Franssen Dorothea Nitsch Irene Zecchino and 95 more Giovambattista Capasso Gaye Hafez Giovambattista Capasso Alexandre Andrade Mustafa Arıcı Maie Bachmann Matthew A. Bailey Michelangela Barbieri Mickaël Bobot Annette Bruchfeld Inga Arūnė Bumblytė Antonello Calcutta Giovanna Capolongo Sol Carriazo Michele Ceccarelli Adrian Covic Ananya De Pilar Delgado Nicole Endlich Matthias Endres Fabrizio Esposito Michele Farisco Quentin Faucher Ana Carina Ferreira Andreja Figurek Denis Fouque Casper Franssen Ivo Fridolin Sebastian Frische Liliana Gârneaţă Loreto Gesualdo Konstantinos Giannakou Olivier Godefroy Aleksandra Golenia Dimitrios Goumenos Agnė Gryguc Eugenio Gutiérrez Jiménez Gaye Hafez Ewout J. Hoorn Pedro Henrique Imenez Silva Raafiah Izhar Dearbhla Kelly Shelli R. Kesler Aleksandra Klimkowicz‐Mrowiec Samuel Knauß Justina Kurganaite Hélène Levassort Sophie Liabeuf Jolanta Małyszko Laila‐Yasmin Mani Gianvito Martino Ziad A. Massy Christopher Mayer Armida Mucci Alma Mutevelić-Turković Rikke Nielsen Dorothea Nitsch Alberto Ortíz Vasileios Panagiotopoulos Giuseppe Paolisso Bojana Pejušković Marion Pépin Alessandra Perna Andrea Perrottelli Vesna Pešić Pasquale Pezzella Merita Rroji Ivan Rychlík Giorgos K. Sakkas Mariadelina Simeoni María José Soler Romeo Goce Spasovski Ana Starčević Gioacchino Tedeschi Francesco Trevisani Robert J. Unwin Evgueniy Vazelov Carsten A. Wagner Franca Wagner Christoph Wanner Andrzej Więcek Hong Xu Miriam Zacchia Lefteris C. Zacharia Irene Zecchino Carmine Zoccali Francesco Mattace‐Raso Karlhans Endlich Norberto Perico Giuseppe Remuzzi Francesco Trepiccione Mark D. Okusa Vincenzo Di Marzo Peter J. Blankestijn Kai‐Uwe Eckardt

There seems to be a lack of consensus on the necessity and modality psychological specifically cognitive assessment candidates for kidney transplantation. Both points are often delegated individual hospitals/centres, whereas international guidelines inconsistent. We think it is essential investigate professionals' opinions advance towards consistent clinical practice. This paper presents results an survey among professionals, mainly nephrologists from CONNECT (Cognitive decline in...

10.1093/ckj/sfae114 article EN cc-by Clinical Kidney Journal 2024-04-13

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a substantial complication of type 2 diabetes (T2D), presenting challenges in chronic (CKD) management. In addition to traditional and recent therapies, including angiotensin, converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT2) mineralocorticoid antagonists, the evolution antihyperglycemic treatments has introduced promising agent, glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1RA) for management DKD. GLP-1RAs...

10.3390/biomedicines12030657 article EN cc-by Biomedicines 2024-03-14
Hong Xu Maria Eriksdotter Gaye Hafez Sumonto Mitra Annette Bruchfeld and 95 more Vesna Pešić Robert J. Unwin Carsten A. Wagner Ziad A. Massy Carmine Zoccali Marion Pépin Giovambattista Capasso Sophie Liabeuf Giovambattista Capasso Alexandre Andrade Mustafa Arici Maie Bachmann Matthew A. Bailey Michelangela Barbieri Mickaël Bobot Annette Bruchfeld Inga Arune-Bumblyte Daiva Rastenytė Antonello Calcutta Giovanna Capolongo Sol Carriazo Michele Ceccarelli Adrian Covic Ananya De Pilar Delgado Nicole Endlich Matthias Endres Fabrizio Esposito Michele Farisco Quentin Faucher Ana Carina Ferreira Andreja Figurek Denis Fouque Casper Franssen Ivo Fridolin Sebastian Frische Liliana Garneata Loreto Gesualdo Konstantinos Giannakou Olivier Godefroy Aleksandra Golenia Dimitrios Goumenos Eugenio Gutiérrez Jiménez Gaye Hafez Ewout J. Hoorn Pedro Henrique Imenez Silva Raafiah Izhar Dearbhla Kelly Shelli R. Kesler Aleksandra Klimkowicz‐Mrowiec Samuel Knauß Justina Kurganaite Hélène Levassort Sophie Liabeuf Jolanta Małyszko Laila-Yasmin Mani Gianvito Martino Ziad A. Massy Christopher Mayer Armida Mucci Alma Mutevelić-Turković Rikke Nielsen Dorothea Nitsch Alberto Ortíz Vasileios Panagiotopoulos Despoina Karasavvidou Giuseppe Paolisso Bojana Pejušković Marion Pépin Alessandra Perna Andrea Perrottelli Vesna Pešić Pasquale Pezzella Merita Rroji Ivan Rychlík Giorgos K. Sakkas Mariadelina Simeoni María José Soler Romeo Goce Spasovski Ana Starčević Gioacchino Tedeschi Francesco Trevisani Robert Unwin Evgueniy Vazelov Carsten A. Wagner Franca Wagner Christoph Wanner Andrzej Więcek Hong Xu Miriam Zacchia Lefteris Zacharia Irene Zecchino Carmine Zoccali Francesco Mattace‐Raso Karlhans Endlich

ABSTRACT Cholinergic synapses are widespread throughout the human central nervous system. Their high density in thalamus, neocortex, limbic system and striatum suggests that cholinergic transmission plays a vital role memory, attention, learning other higher cognitive functions. As result, brain's occupies position research on normal cognition age-related decline, including dementias such as Alzheimer's disease. In addition to its brain, neuronal pathways essential for physiological...

10.1093/ndt/gfaf029 article EN Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2025-02-06
Giovambattista Capasso Robert J. Unwin Giovambattista Capasso Alexandre Andrade Mustafa Arici and 95 more Maie Bachmann Matthew A. Bailey Michelangela Barbieri Mickaël Bobot Annette Bruchfeld Inga Arune-Bumblyte Daiva Rastenytė Antonello Calcutta Giovanna Capolongo Sol Carriazo Michele Ceccarelli Adrian Covic Ananya De Pilar Delgado Nicole Endlich Matthias Endres Fabrizio Esposito Michele Farisco Quentin Faucher Ana Carina Ferreira Andreja Figurek Denis Fouque Casper Franssen Ivo Fridolin Sebastian Frische Liliana Gârneaţă Loreto Gesualdo Konstantinos Giannakou Olivier Godefroy Aleksandra Golenia Dimitrios Goumenos Eugenio Gutiérrez Jiménez Gaye Hafez Ewout J. Hoorn Pedro Henrique Imenez Silva Raafiah Izhar Dearbhla Kelly Shelli R. Kesler Aleksandra Klimkowicz‐Mrowiec Samuel Knauß Justina Kurganaite Hélène Levassort Sophie Liabeuf Jolanta Małyszko Laila‐Yasmin Mani Gianvito Martino Ziad A. Massy Christopher Mayer Armida Mucci Alma Mutevelić-Turković Rikke Nielsen Dorothea Nitsch Alberto Ortíz Vasileios Panagiotopoulos Despoina Karasavvidou Giuseppe Paolisso Bojana Pejušković Marion Pépin Alessandra Perna Andrea Perrottelli Vesna Pešić Pasquale Pezzella Merita Rroji Ivan Rychlík Giorgos K. Sakkas Mariadelina Simeoni María José Soler Romeo Goce Spasovski Ana Starčević Gioacchino Tedeschi Francesco Trevisani Robert J. Unwin Evgueniy Vazelov Carsten A. Wagner Franca Wagner Christoph Wanner Andrzej Więcek Hong Xu Miriam Zacchia Lefteris C. Zacharia Irene Zecchino Carmine Zoccali Francesco Mattace‐Raso Karlhans Endlich Norberto Perico Giuseppe Remuzzi Francesco Trepiccione Mark D. Okusa Vincenzo Di Marzo Peter J. Blankestijn Kai‐Uwe Eckardt Maximilian König Ron T. Gansevoort Hassan Askari Brian Bekker Hansen

10.1093/ndt/gfae248 article EN cc-by-nc Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2025-03-01

Introduction: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)- associated vasculitis (AAV) is a rare group of systemic autoimmune diseases that primarily target small blood vessels. Renal manifestations often present as pauci-immune focal and segmental necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (PI-NCGN), which can progress to acute or chronic kidney failure multiorgan involvement. It frequently with poor outcomes. We report case PR3-positive ANCA-associated complicated by rapidly progressive...

10.32391/ajtes.v9i1.445 article EN cc-by-nc Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2025-01-19

Gastroparesis is a recognized complication in patients with long-standing diabetes mellitus (DM), characterized by delayed gastric emptying without mechanical obstruction. Common symptoms include nausea, vomiting, bloating, and early satiety, all of which can significantly impair both quality life glycemic control. Standard therapies, such as prokinetic agents (e.g., metoclopramide domperidone) antiemetics ondansetron), are commonly used but may fail refractory cases, prompting an...

10.7759/cureus.79769 article EN Cureus 2025-02-27
Carmine Zoccali Alberto Ortíz Inga Arune Blumbyte Sarina Rudolf Annette G. Beck‐Sickinger and 95 more Jolanta Małyszko Goce Spasovski Sol Carriazo Davide Viggiano Justina Kurganaite Vaiva Sarkeviciene Daiva Rastenytė Andreja Figurek Merita Rroji Christopher Mayer Mustapha Arici Gianvito Martino Gioacchino Tedeschi Annette Bruchfeld Belinda Spoto Ivan Rychlik Andrzej Więcek Mark Okusa Giuseppe Remuzzi Francesca Mallamaci Giovambattista Capasso Alexandre Andrade Maie Bachmann Inga Arūnė Bumblytė Adrian Covic Pilar Delgado Nicole Endlich Andreas Engvig Denis Fouque Casper Franssen Sebastian Frische Liliana Gârneaţă Loreto Gesualdo Konstantinos Giannakou Dimitrios Goumenos Ayşe Tuğba Kartal Laila-Yasmin Mani Hans-Peter Marti Christopher Mayer Rikke Nielsen Vesna Pešić Merita Rroji Giorgos K. Sakkas Goce Spasovski Kate Stevens Evgueniy Vazelov Davide Viggiano Lefteris C. Zacharia Ana Carina Ferreira Jolanta Małyszko Ewout J. Hoorn Andreja Figurek Robert J. Unwin Carsten A. Wagner Christoph Wanner Annette Bruchfeld Marion Pépin Andrzej Więcek Dorothea Nitsch Ivo Fridolin Gaye Hafez María José Soler Romeo Michelangela Barbieri Bojan Batinić Laura Carrasco Sol Carriazo Ron T. Gansevoort Gianvito Martino Francesco Mattace‐Raso Ionuţ Nistor Alberto Ortíz Giuseppe Paolisso Daiva Rastenytė Gabriel Ștefan Gioacchino Tedeschi Ziad A. Massy Boris Bikbov Karlhans Endlich Olivier Godefroy Jean‐Marc Chillon Anastassia Kossioni Justina Kurganaite Norberto Perico Giuseppe Remuzzi Tomasz Grodzicki Francesco Trepiccione Carmine Zoccali Mustafa Arici Peter J. Blankestijn Kai‐Uwe Eckardt Danilo Fliser Eugenio Gutiérrez Jiménez Maximilian König Ivan Rychlik Michela Deleidi

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a 36-amino-acid peptide member of family also including YY and pancreatic polypeptide, which are all ligands to Gi/Go coupled receptors. NPY regulates several fundamental biologic functions appetite/satiety, sex reproduction, learning memory, cardiovascular renal function immune functions. The mesenteric circulation major source in the blood man this considered key regulator gut-brain cross talk. A progressive increase circulating accompanies progression chronic...

10.1093/ndt/gfab284 article EN cc-by-nc Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2021-11-01
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