Publication Name	World Journal of Transplantation
Manuscript ID	124182
DOI	10.5500/wjt.124182
Country	India

Category	Transplantation
Manuscript Type	Correspondence
Article Title	Reply: Chronic kidney disease after liver transplantation: Accurate measurement, early acute kidney injury, and renal-protective strategies
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Pranjal Kashiv, Khushboo Saxena, Manish Ramesh Balwani and Vivek B Kute
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Corresponding Author	Vivek B Kute, Department of Nephrology, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Dr HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Civil Hospital Campus, 178-2A, Civil Hospital Road, Asarwa, Ahmedabad 380016, Gujarat, India. drvivekkute@rediffmail.com
Key Words	Chronic kidney disease; Liver transplantation; Calcineurin inhibitors; Cystatin C; Acute kidney injury; Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors; Tacrolimus
Core Tip	Sessa et al recast chronic kidney disease after liver transplantation as a preventable threat to survival. We press their case further. The creatinine-based estimates that underpin every reported risk factor, the female sex signal included, should give way to cystatin C, measured glomerular filtration and the albuminuria axis. Surveillance should follow intrapatient tacrolimus variability rather than isolated troughs that fail to predict chronic disease. And nephroprotective pharmacotherapy, sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors foremost among them, deserves formal trial in this population rather than continued neglect.
Citation	Kashiv P, Saxena K, Balwani MR, Kute VB. Reply: Chronic kidney disease after liver transplantation: Accurate measurement, early acute kidney injury, and renal-protective strategies. World J Transplant 2026; In press DOI: https://doi.org/10.5500/wjt.124182
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