“…Accumulating evidence indicates that months or even years of psychosocial stress, especially lower socioeconomic status and perceived discrimination, are associated with increased risk of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in human beings across races [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. In rodents, immobilization of rats 2 h per day for 5 ~ 6 weeks leads to glomerular loss [ 23 ] and chronic psychosocial stress induces interstitial nephritis in CBA mice [ 24 ].…”