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JXJing XuRenal Pathology · Nephrology

Jing XuMD

Nephrologist & Renal Pathologist · Associate Chief Physician

Bridging glomerular disease diagnosis and machine learning.

  • Ruijin Hospital Department of Nephrology · SJTU School of Medicine
  • University of Chicago Department of Pathology · Visiting Scholar
Portrait of Dr. Jing Xu
01Research

Areas of Focus

Diagnostic renal pathology at the intersection of immune-mediated glomerular disease and computational pathology.

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Glomerular & Renal Pathology

Diagnostic classification and clinicopathologic study of glomerular lesions, integrating light microscopy, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy with clinical outcomes.

  • Membranous nephropathy (PLA2R / NELL-1)
  • Ultrastructural (EM) podocyte injury
  • Renal biopsy interpretation & risk stratification
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Immune- & Infection-Related Glomerular Disease

Immune-mediated and infection-associated glomerular injury — characterizing serologic and morphologic phenotypes across lupus nephritis, ANCA-associated vasculitis, and IgA nephropathy.

  • ANCA-associated vasculitis — classification & outcomes
  • Lupus nephritis & pediatric ANCA phenotypes
  • IgA nephropathy with podocytopathic lesions
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AI & Machine Learning in Renal Pathology

Computational pathology applied to the kidney — glomerular detection and segmentation, prognostic modeling, and multimodal approaches that augment the diagnostic workflow.

  • Glomerular detection & segmentation
  • Prognosis & treatment-response prediction
  • Whole-slide image & multimodal analysis
02Selected Work

Publications & Manuscripts

2026In Press

A Clinicopathologic Study of NELL-1 Associated Membranous Nephropathy in a Chinese Cohort

Jing Xu, Xiaofan Hu, Ye Zhu, Xialian Yu, Dujuan Hua, Weiming Wang, Muyin Zhang, Mannan Shi, Yuhua Ma, Zhiyuan Liu, Xiujuan Zang, Jingyuan Xie, Xiaoxia Pan

Kidney International ReportsFirst author · Corresponding author

2026Published

Ultrastructural Injury of Renal Podocytes in Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Jing Xu, Suling Ye, Hui Shi, Yanjia Chen, Chenyang Qi, Wei Jin, Xiaoxia Pan

Kidney MedicineFirst author

2024Published

Combined Serologic and Genetic Risk Score and Prognostication of PLA2R-Associated Membranous Nephropathy

Xiaofan Hu, Jing Xu, Wei Wang, Lili Liu, Yuanmeng Jing, Chenni Gao, Xialian Yu, Yi Li, Li Lin, Jun Tong, Qinjie Weng, Xiaoxia Pan, Wen Zhang, Hong Ren, Guisen Li, Krzysztof Kiryluk, Nan Chen, Jingyuan Xie

Clinical Journal of the American Society of NephrologyCo-first author

2017Published

Histopathological Classification and Renal Outcome in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies-Associated Renal Vasculitis: A Study of 186 Patients and Meta-analysis

Chen YX, Xu J, Pan XX, Shen PY, Li X, Ren H, Chen XN, Ni LY, Zhang W, Chen N

Journal of RheumatologyCo-first author

03About

Physician-Scientist in Renal Pathology

Nephrologist and renal pathologist at Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, whose work spans the clinicopathologic study of glomerular disease — membranous nephropathy, ANCA-associated vasculitis, and lupus nephritis — and the application of machine learning to renal pathology.

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