{"id":159502,"date":"2025-10-28T12:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/?p=159502"},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:12:01","slug":"can-specialised-eye-scans-be-used-to-monitor-kidney-disease-progression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/2025\/10\/28\/can-specialised-eye-scans-be-used-to-monitor-kidney-disease-progression\/","title":{"rendered":"Can specialised eye scans be used to monitor kidney disease progression?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<h2><b>A kinder way to monitor kidney health<\/b>\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<p>Currently, monitoring kidney health often relies on blood tests and, in some cases, biopsies (taking a small tissue sample from the kidney), both of which can be invasive and uncomfortable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>In December\u202f2023 we reported on the promising results from a study by Professors Neeraj Dhaun (Bean), Matt Bailey and the team at the University of Edinburgh. With funding from Kidney Research UK, the researchers showed that specialised eye scans, called optical coherence tomography (OCT) could be used to monitor kidney disease progression.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\t<h2>What can the eyes tell us about the kidneys?<\/h2>\r\n<p>The eye and the kidney are structurally similar, as are the pathways to disease, and so some diseases might present in a similar way in both organs. This enables researchers to gain important insights into kidney function by studying the eye.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The team at Edinburgh used a non\u2011invasive imaging technique called optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure thickness of the retina and choroid &#8211; structures at the back of the eye that help you to see and keep the eyes healthy.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PastedGraphic-1.png\" alt=\"A scan using the imaging technique OCT. The image has a dark background and there are some colour thin lines horizontally across the scan.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"228\" width=\"384\" title=\"Optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PastedGraphic-1.png\" alt=\"A scan using the imaging technique OCT. The image has a dark background and there are some colour thin lines horizontally across the scan.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"228\" width=\"384\" title=\"Optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\r\n\t\tOptical coherence tomography (OCT) scan\r\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/2023\/12\/05\/new-research-offers-hope-of-revolutionising-approaches-to-monitoring-kidney-health\/\">The study<\/a> found that patients with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/conditions-symptoms\/chronic-kidney-disease\/\">chronic kidney disease<\/a> (CKD) had thinner retina and choroid layers than healthy volunteers, and that the thinning got worse as kidney function declined. In kidney transplant patients, retinal and choroid layers thickened as kidney function improved, and the thickness also predicted future kidney decline.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>These results suggested that simple eye scans might offer a non-invasive, early warning system for kidney disease and a way to monitor treatment progress.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\t<h2><b>Seeing the potential. Where are we now?<\/b>\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<p>To further understand the mechanisms that cause these eye changes to occur in line with kidney changes, with continued support from Kidney Research UK, the team are now working on experiments in the lab to see if there were changes to the eye that happened following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/conditions-symptoms\/acute-kidney-injury\/\">acute kidney injury<\/a> (AKI). They will also be looking at whether the eye shows improvement when kidney function improves due to treatment.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>By using the same OCT scanner previously used with patients, they have conducted laboratory experiments with models to further look at the eye and its blood vessels and are now analysing images.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\t<h2>An eye into the future for kidney disease. What can we expect?<\/h2>\r\n<p>So far, this work has suggested that a simple eye scan could give doctors a clear view of kidney health and how the disease is progressing. Continued work at the University of Edinburgh is underway to develop these initial indications into a foundation for a device pathway for patients with CKD.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>This approach could transform how we monitor kidney disease making it more less invasive and kinder to patients.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Angiography-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white scan image. It had bright lines of the eye.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\" title=\"Angiography\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Angiography-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white scan image. It had bright lines of the eye.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\" title=\"Angiography\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\r\n\t\tImage from an eye angiography &#8211; a diagnostic imaging technique to photograph the blood vessels in the back of the eye.\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_Bean-Pic-463x500.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Neeraj Dhaun wearing a white collared shirt with lights behind him.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"463\" title=\"Professor Neeraj Dhaun\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_Bean-Pic-463x500.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Neeraj Dhaun wearing a white collared 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