The role of incretins in salt-sensitive hypertension: the potential use of dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitors.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the direct and indirect effects of estrogen on bone with special emphasis on the analysis of the recent findings related to the putative role of FGF23 in the estrogen-dependent parathyroid hormone (PTH) suppression. RECENT FINDINGS:Estrogens act directly on bone cells, downregulating oste...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Cannata-Andía JB,Carrillo-López N,Naves-Díaz M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Calciphylaxis remains a poorly understood vascular calcification disorder with predilection for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Recent data from large patient registries and databases have begun to provide information regarding incidence, risk factors, and outcomes in patients with calci...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Nigwekar SU

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasculature wall is an active, integrated organ composed of endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells, as well as other cell types depending on the specific vascular segment (e.g. fibroblasts in many vascular regions). The vascular wall is not static; the vascular components (cells and extracellular matri...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Dubey RK,Jackson EK,Rupprecht HD,Sterzel RB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Arterial stiffness due to alterations in extracellular matrix is one of the mechanisms responsible for increased peripheral resistance in hypertension. Recent evidence points to arterial stiffness as an independent predictor of cardiovascular events. This review focuses on recent advances in the biolo...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Briones AM,Arribas SM,Salaices M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Multiple studies have established the beneficial role of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy for kidney injury. In this review we will discuss the recent identification of Gli1 as a marker for perivascular MSC and the role of this cell population in kidney fibrosis. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies dem...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Kuppe C,Kramann R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although glomerular cell apoptosis may be detrimental in acute and chronic inflammation, it is also a key component of the reparative glomerular remodelling that can follow injury. All glomerular cells are vulnerable to apoptosis although there are often differences in the nature of the initiating sti...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Hughes J,Savill JS

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes recent advances in the understanding of the molecular physiology and regulation of the thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCC). RECENT FINDINGS:Mutations of with-no-lysine (WNK) kinases 1 and 4 result in hyperactivity of NCC and familial hyperkalemic hypertension...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Ko B,Hoover RS

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Skin autofluorescence (SAF) is a measure of the accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) proposed to act as a marker of 'cumulative metabolic stress'. This article discusses mechanisms of AGE formation and reviews published literature on SAF as a biomarker and risk factor across the spec...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Viramontes Hörner D,Taal MW

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Phosphate homeostasis is tightly controlled by the coordinated activity of bone, kidney, intestine, and parathyroid gland. The renal phosphate transporters have emerged as key regulators of both total body phosphate homeostasis and serum phosphate concentration. This review focuses on the latest updat...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Lederer E

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is mounting evidence that elevated serum phosphorus is an important cardiovascular risk factor in patients with end stage renal disease. Recent work has shown that vascular smooth muscle cells have the ability to undergo osteoblastic differentiation and produce an environment conducive to mineralization. Serum p...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Block GA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal tubular cells die by apoptosis as well as necrosis in experimental models of ischemic and toxic acute renal failure as well as in humans with acute tubular necrosis. It is not yet possible, however, to determine the relative contribution of these two forms of cell death to loss of renal tubular cells in acute tu...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Bonegio R,Lieberthal W

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hypertension (HTN) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are significant problems. With recent advances in technologies, biosensors have shown a great potential to provide better home monitoring in hypertension (HTN), medication compliance, diagnostic device for kidney disease, CKD/end-stage renal disease ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Park SH,Zhang Y,Rogers JA,Gallon L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognition that cell death in the myocardium is not only necrotic in nature but is also mediated by activation of the suicide program of myocytes has raised several questions concerning the magnitude of this phenomenon, and whether these two distinct forms of cell death are disease-dependent or coexist in the pat...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Anversa P,Olivetti G,Leri A,Liu Y,Kajstura J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We aim to review the biological properties of novel molecules that are members of a kidney-bone axis involved in the regulation of phosphate homeostasis. In addition, we describe how an improved knowledge of the mechanisms leading to changes in renal phosphate handling may lead to the development of n...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Strom TM,Jüppner H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic heart disease is the major cause of death in dialysis patients. Efforts at coronary artery disease detection in end-stage renal disease patients have primarily focused on the cardiac evaluation of 'high-risk' renal transplant candidates. Despite their high cardiac risk, no data exist on the results of reperfu...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Herzog CA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parathyroid normally has very few cells in mitosis but it retains the potential to proliferate. In-vivo studies in rats have demonstrated that hypocalcaemia and high serum phosphate both lead to an increase in the number of proliferating cells, which is relevant to the increased parathyroid cell proliferation in c...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Silver J,Sela SB,Naveh-Many T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of population-based studies and clinical trials have examined the role of blood pressure in renal disease. Recent reports indicate that elevations of blood pressure, even within the normotensive range, may result in renal damage. The available evidence suggests that blood pressure reduction dimini...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Perneger TV,Whelton PK

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Renal acid-base homeostasis, to a very large extent, depends on renal ammonia production and transport. A putative ammonia transporter family of proteins has recently been identified, and at least two members of this family are expressed in the renal connecting segment and collecting duct. The purpose...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Weiner ID

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Connective tissue growth factor (CCN2) has recently received much attention as a possible key determinant of progressive renal fibrosis. However, the mechanism(s) by which this growth factor functions is not known. The purpose of this review is to summarize and discuss the recent findings regarding th...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Abdel Wahab N,Mason RM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic allograft nephropathy has fallen into disfavor as a morphologic term to describe parenchymal scarring in the renal allograft, with a recommendation that this be replaced by the more descriptive term 'interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy'. However, neither term addresses the underlying cau...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Haas M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cytochrome (CYP) P450 metabolites of arachidonic acid, 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) contribute to the regulation of renal tubular and vascular function. This review highlights the results of the recent genetic studies in humans and rodent models, indic...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Fan F,Muroya Y,Roman RJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Calcium is an essential ion for the maintenance of normal bone health and physiologic functions. The extracellular and intracellular levels of calcium are maintained through hormonal regulation called homeostasis. Balance, the net intake minus excretion of calcium, is maintained by hormonal regulation...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Moe SM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise adaptation of renal sodium excretion to systemic needs is to a large extent achieved by the regulation of sodium re-absorption in the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron. Transcellular sodium re-absorption by the segment-specific cells of the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron (often called principal ce...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Verrey F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Klotho is a transmembrane protein that acts as a co-receptor for fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). Recent investigations have discovered the presence of Klotho in bone-forming osteoblasts and osteocytes. This review summarizes emerging literature on the roles of bone Klotho in mineral and bone meta...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Komaba H,Lanske B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The renin-angiotensin system plays an important role in cardiovascular disease via the production of angiotensin II. Over the past decades, however, more and more evidence has accumulated suggesting an important role for another angiotensin: Angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)]. In this review, we discuss th...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： van Twist DJ,Kroon AA,de Leeuw PW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volume regulatory mechanisms are reviewed for both short- and long-term adaptation of renal cells to anisotonic media. Within minutes after exposure to hypotonic solutions a common feature of many renal cells is the increase in plasma membrane potassium and chloride conductances. Although extrusion of intracellular po...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Laprade R,Noulin JF,Lapointe JY

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The review describes studies investigating the role of microRNAs in the signaling pathway of the mineralocorticoid hormone, aldosterone. RECENT FINDINGS:Emerging evidence indicates that aldosterone alters the expression of microRNAs in target tissues thereby modulating the expression of key regulator...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Butterworth MB

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal synthesis of the active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3], is a pivotal step in calcium and phosphate homeostasis. Production of 1,25(OH)2D3 is catalyzed by the mitchondrial cytochrome P450, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1alpha-hydroxylase (1alpha-HYD). As a consequence of the tight regulation of ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Bland R,Zehnder D,Hewison M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Dialysis has been the prevailing treatment paradigm in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) for patients ineligible for or unlikely to receive kidney transplantation. As dialysis may neither offer survival benefit nor improved quality of life in certain groups, there has been increasing interest in c...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Rhee CM,Nguyen DV,Nyamathi A,Kalantar-Zadeh K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Despite advances in hemodialysis technology, a stable and well functioning vascular access remains the bane of every hemodialysis patient. It is recognized that vascular access contributes to cardiovascular disease mortality through a number of mechanisms. This review describes the relationship betwee...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： MacRae JM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00