Sethu M. Madhavan

Sethu M. Madhavan's research focuses on the kidney, particularly how a gene called APOL1 (associated with higher kidney disease risk in people of African ancestry) affects kidney cell function and disease, including in the context of HIV-associated kidney damage and kidney transplantation. The lab also studies other molecular drivers of kidney filtration barrier damage, such as changes to structural proteins in the glomerulus (the kidney's filtering unit) and lipid-related cell stress in kidney tubule cells. A few unrelated publications on tuberculosis epidemiology and plant/soil microbiology also appear in the record, suggesting occasional collaborative or unrelated side projects.

Publication output has grown somewhat unevenly over the past decade, rising from a handful of papers per year in 2017-2020 to a higher and fairly steady pace (around 5-11 papers/year) from 2021 through 2024.

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