Nephrolithiasis is a very common disease with an increasing prevalence among industrialized populations.
Kidney stone formation is a complex phenomenon, involving genetic and metabolic patterns, and nutrition can play an important role in this match both as a promoter or as a protective factor. To promote a deeper knowledge of such a challenging disease, clinicians and researchers have met in Rome, Italy, last March 2013, at the International Congress "Nephrolithiasis: a systemic disorder" to discuss patho-physiology and possible treatment of kidney stones. During the meeting, a whole session was dedicated to nutrition, seen both as a cause or a therapeutic tool for nephrolithiasis. Due to its etiopathogenesis, nephrolithiasis is also an ideal model for a nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics approach. Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetic respectively study the effects of a dietary treatment on gene expression and, on the other hand, the impact of an inherited trait on the response to a specific dietary treatment.
Written by:
Brenna I, Dogliotti E, Terranegra A, Raspini B, Soldati L. Are you the author?
Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via A, Di Rudini 8, 20142, Milano, Italy.
Reference: J Transl Med. 2013 Jul 26;11:178.
doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-178
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23890054
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