Meet the editor

Ran Pang is a consultant urologist and a lead clinician in functional urology and urodynamics at Guang'anmen hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. After completing residency training, he was accepted to a clinical fellowship with Peking University in 2005. Subsequently, he joined a research fellowship at Mayo Clinic, USA in 2011, and a urodynamic fellowship at Dalhousie University, Canada in 2015. As a lead-

ing expert, Prof. Pang also serves on several international organizations as well as local professional committees. He is chair of the Publication and Communication Committee, International Continence Society, and vice-chair of the Pelvic Floor Disorder Group, Urology Committee, Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine. Additionally, he won the Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement award in 2017.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Ran Pang*

**Section 2**

Studies

and Strategies

*and David Yembilla Yamik*

*by Shiela Chetri*

Post-Covid-19 Era: What is Next?

**Section 3**

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Insight into Kidney Diseases **9**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 25**

**Chapter 4 33**

New Features of the Host-Pathogen Relationship **49**

**Chapter 5 51**

**Chapter 6 63**

Bacterial Resistance in Urinary Tract Infections: Multidrug Resistant ESBL

Unraveling Primary Membranous Nephropathy Using Proteogenomic

Influence Engulfment Cell Motility-1 (ELMO-1) Protein and Matrix Metalloproteases-9 (MMP-9) in Diabetic Nephropathy Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis in Renal Transplantation: Indications

*by Jean Jeanov Filipov and Emil Paskalev Dimitrov*

Producing Gram Negative Uropathogens from Patients *by Akosua Bonsu Karikari, Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba* 

Introductory Chapter: Insights into Urinary Disorders

*by Omar Ragy, Patrick Hamilton and Durga Kanigicherla*

*by Elfiani Elfiani and Huntari Harahap*
