TEACHING TASKS

The unit is certified for the training of specialists in nephrology and clinical immunology. .

The unit receives:

• doctors in training: interns, medical students
• caregivers undergo training: nursing students, care assistant students;
• 1st-year medico-social science students.

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RESEARCH TASKS

The main themes of the basic and and clinical research conducted in this unit are:

• Immunosuppressive therapies in renal transplantation and autoimmune diseases

• Kidney disease related to monoclonal gammapthies: AL amyloidosis and other monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition diseases (rare disease reference center, PHRC, CNRS UMR unit 6101 – Limoges)

• Ischemia-reperfusion in renal  transplantation (Inserm unit U927 – Poitiers

• Development of mouse models for monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition diseases (CNRS UMR unit 6101 – Limoges)

These research topics have led to numerous national and international cooperation arrangements and agreements:

• Groupe coopératif d’étude de la transplantation rénale R. Spiesser (14 French transplantation centers )
• Catholic university of Leuven and the Erasmus hospital – Brussels
• National Amyloidosis Centre, Royal Free hospital – Londres (UK)
• Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic – Rochester (USA)
• EURAMY : European projet for the study of systemic amyloidoses.

The unit applies state-of-the-art anatomo-pathological techniques in the study of renal biopsies, particularly immuno-marking and electron microscope.