Helmut Rennke

Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School

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  • Harvard Medical School

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Harvard Medical School

Dr. Rennke is currently working at Brigham and Women's Hospital and affiliated to Harvard Medical School. He has received a medical degree from the University of Chile. He is broad certified in Anatomic Pathology. His research interests are Renal Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical and Laboratory Pathology, Nephrotic Syndrome, Paraproteinemia, Procoagulant States, Transplant Pathology

Clinical Interests

  • Amyloidosis
  • Anatomical Pathology
  • Hereditary And Congenital Kidney Diseases
  • Nephritic Syndrome
  • Nephrotic Syndrome
  • Paraproteinemia
  • Pathology
  • Procoagulant States
  • Renal Pathology
  • Surgical Pathology
  • Thrombotic Angiopathy
  • Transplant Pathology

Education and Training:

  • Medical School 1963 - 1971 : Universidad De Chile, Chile M.D.
  • Residency 7/1/1972 - 6/30/1974 : Boston City Hospital
  • Residency 7/1/1974 - 6/30/1975 : Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
  • Fellowship 7/1/1975 - 6/30/1977 : Peter Bent Brigham Hospital

Clinical Specialties:

Renal Pathology

Research Interests: Publication:

  • Vella JP, Magee C, Vos L, Womer K, Rennke H, Carpenter CB, Hancock W, Sayegh MH. Cellular and humoral mechanisms of vascularized allograft rejection induced by indirect recognition of donor MHC allopeptides. Transplantation 1999 67:1523-32
  • Laurinavicius A, Hurwitz S, Rennke HG. Collapsing glomerulopathy in HIV and non-HIV patients: A clinicopathological and follow-up study. Kidney Int 1999; 56: 2203-13.
  • Kaplan JM, H Kim S, North KN, Rennke H, A Correia L, Tong HQ, Mathis BJ, Rodriguez-Perez JC, Allen PG, Beggs AH, Pollak MR. Mutations in ACTN4, encoding alpha-actinin-4, cause familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Nature Genet 2000; 24:251-6.
  • Ziai F, Nagano H, Kusaka M, Coito AJ, Troy JL, Nadeau KC, Rennke HG, Tilney NL, Brenner BM, MacKenzie HS. Renal allograft protection with losartan in Fisher-->Lewis rats: hemodynamics, macrophages, and cytokines. Kidney Int 2000; 57:2618-25.
  • O'Bryan T, Weiher H, Rennke HG, Kren S, Hostetter TH. Course of renal injury in the Mpv17-deficient transgenic mouse. J Am Soc Nephrol 2000;11:1067-74
  • Thurberg BL, Rennke H, Colvin RB, Dikman S, Gordon RE, Collins AB, Desnick RJ, O'Callaghan M. Globotriaosylceramide accumulation in the Fabry kidney is cleared from multiple cell types after enzyme replacement therapy. Kidney Int 2002; 62:1933-1946.

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