Renal and cardiac effects of DPP4 inhibitors--from preclinical development to clinical research.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In uremic patients coronary surgery and the entire perioperative management is demanding. METHODS:We analyzed retrospectively data from all patients requiring chronic hemodialysis who under went coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between January 1 2001 and December 31 2004 at the Deutsches Herzzentrum B...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Krabatsch T,Yeter R,Hetzer R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The WNK-dependent STE20/SPS1-related proline/alanine-rich kinase SPAK participates in the regulation of NaCl and Na(+),K(+),2Cl(-) cotransport and thus renal salt excretion. The present study explored whether SPAK has similarly the potential to regulate the epithelial Na(+) channel (ENaC). METHODS:ENaC...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Ahmed M,Salker MS,Elvira B,Umbach AT,Fakhri H,Saeed AM,Shumilina E,Hosseinzadeh Z,Lang F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This prospective, randomized study was to investigate the role of nicorandil in the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with chronic renal dysfunction undergoing an elective coronary procedure. METHODS:A total of 252 eligible patients were enrolled in this study and allocated into t...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Fan Z,Li Y,Ji H,Jian X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Co-deposition of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and IgG4 anti-phospholipase A2 receptor (anti-PLA2R) autoantibodies under subepithelial cells has been observed in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (iMN), but the relationships of MBL deposition to iMN severity and progression remain unclear. METHO...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Zhang Y,Liu Y,Liang L,Liu L,Tang X,Tang L,Chen P,Chen J,Wang Z,Cao W,Chen Q,Zhao N,Xu D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA) is a natriuretic hormone synthesized in the kidneys by conversion of filtered 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-Dopa), and is activated during hypervolaemia and increased dietary sodium intake. The natriuretic activity of endogenous DA is controversial, however, and the regulation of renal DA synthesis has y...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Hansell P,Källskog O,Wolgast M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the major complications of hypertension. It is not only associated with the future burden of end-stage renal disease but also affects mortality and cardiovascular outcomes caused by hypertension. To help understand the pathogenesis and early prevention of progressi...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Dai H,Lu S,Tang X,Lu M,Chen R,Chen Z,Yang P,Liu C,Zhou H,Lu Y,Yuan H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are high in patients with chronic kidney disease. We evaluated the influence of small differences in preoperative kidney function on mortality and complications following cardiac surgery. METHODS:This is an observational study that included adult patients undergoi...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Shavit L,Tauber R,Lifschitz M,Bitran D,Slotki I,Fink D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether the renoprotective effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) following 5/6 renal mass reduction is due in part to the potentiation of kinins. Three groups of rats with 5/6 renal mass reduction were studied during the 14 weeks following surgery. One grou...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： MacLaughlin M,Monserrat AJ,Muller A,Matoso M,Amorena C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To prevent contrast induced renal dysfunction a periprocedural prophylactic hydration is applied. Due to dilution it should cause a drop in serum creatinine concentration (SCR). Surprisingly, no reduction in SCR after contrast admission is found in up to 25% of patients as early as 12-18 hours after cor...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Burchardt P,Rzezniczak J,Synowiec T,Angerer D,Palasz A,Zurawski J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND METHODS:Our aim was to evaluate the antihypertensive efficacy and tolerability of angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor antagonists. Valsartan or candesartan cilexetil was administered to 11 dialysis patients with elevated blood pressure. The patients (6 male, 5 female; mean age +/- SD 61+/-11 years) were on re...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Tepel M,van der Giet M,Zidek W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:OSR1 (oxidative-stress-responsive kinase 1) participates in the regulation of renal tubular ion transport, cell volume and blood pressure. Whether OSR1 contributes to the regulation of organic solute transport remained; however, elusive. The present study thus explored the OSR1 sensitivity of the peptid...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Warsi J,Elvira B,Bissinger R,Shumilina E,Hosseinzadeh Z,Lang F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension in the elderly is commonly characterized by an elevation of pulse pressure. With regard to advanced arteriosclerosis and limited physical fitness, doubt was casted whether elderly patients still achieve relevant cardiovascular benefits by physical exercise. The present work examines the impact o...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Westhoff TH,Franke N,Schmidt S,Vallbracht-Israng K,Meissner R,Yildirim H,Schlattmann P,Zidek W,Dimeo F,van der Giet M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Renalase (gene name RNLS), a recently discovered enzyme with monoamine oxidase activity, is implicated in the degradation of catecholamines. Recent studies indicate that common variations in the gene with RNLS are associated with hypertension. The aim of this study was to examine the association between...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Wang Y,Chu C,Ren J,Mu JJ,Wang D,Liu FQ,Ren KY,Guo TS,Yuan ZY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:This experimental study was designed to investigate protective and therapeutic effects of Dexpanthenol (Dxp), an alcoholic analogue of pantothenic acid, on kidney damage induced by ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) in rats. METHODS:Forty rats were randomly divided into a control group and 4 I/R groups (1 h is...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Altintas R,Parlakpinar H,Beytur A,Vardi N,Polat A,Sagir M,Odabas GP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Hypertensive patients present with increased oxidative stress and frequently receive angiotensin II (ANGII) receptor type I blockers (ARB) for blood pressure (BP) reduction. Recent studies revealed an important role of ANGII in maintaining vascular oxidative homeostasis, including sustaining normal sodi...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Mihalj M,Tadzic R,Vcev A,Rucevic S,Drenjancevic I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Lung dysfunction associates with increased mortality but the impact of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is less clear. We evaluated lung function and its association with mortality among individuals with normal to severely reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR). METHODS:404 individuals representing GFR c...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Mukai H,Ming P,Lindholm B,Heimbürger O,Barany P,Stenvinkel P,Qureshi AR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal involvement in Takayasu's arteritis (TA) effects the disease outcome and endovascular treatment is an effective treatment of choice. We investigated nitric oxide (NO) levels and the effect of endovascular treatment in renovascular hypertensive TA patients. METHODS:In five hypertensive patients with re...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Parildar Z,Gulter C,Parildar M,Oran I,Erdener D,Memis A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The kinases SPAK (SPS1-related proline/alanine-rich kinase) and OSR1 (oxidative stress-responsive kinase 1) participate in the regulation of the NaCl cotransporter NCC and the Na+, K+, 2Cl- cotransporter NKCC2. The kinases are regulated by WNK (with-no-K[Lys]) kinases. Mutations of genes encoding WNK ki...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Elvira B,Munoz C,Borras J,Chen H,Warsi J,Ajay SS,Shumilina E,Lang F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The association between ACYP2(Acylphosphatase 2) polymorphisms and immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) risk in the Chinese Han population remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the association between ACYP2 polymorphisms and IgAN risk by performing a case-control study. METHODS:Eleven ACYP2 single nucle...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Jin G,Liang Y,Yan X,Zhang L,Li Z,Yin A,Wang X,Tian P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a common and serious metabolic complication. Genetic polymorphisms of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and angiotensinogen (AGT) genes have been reported to be related to diabetes mellitus and insulin sensitivity; however, the role of these genes in the developm...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Lee Sr,Moon JY,Lee SH,Ihm CG,Lee TW,Kim SK,Chung JH,Kang SW,Kim TH,Park SJ,Kim YH,Jeong KH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) is mainly synthesized by renal proximal tubular cells. More recently, it has been shown to affect cell growth and TGF-beta(1) synthesis in glomerular and tubular renal cells in vitro, and to prevent glomerulosclerosis in vivo in subtotally nephrectomized rats. The mechanisms involv...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Weinreich T,Wüthrich RP,Booy C,Binswanger U

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NGAL (neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin) is an acute phase protein, participating in antibacterial immunity. NGAL forms a complex with metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), thereby increasing its activity and preventing its degradation. NGAL is freely filtered through the glomerular membrane and reabsorbed by endocyto...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Helanova K,Spinar J,Parenica J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To date, there is no imaging technique to assess tubular function in vivo. Blood oxygen level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD MRI) measures tissue oxygenation based on the transverse relaxation rate (R2*). The present study investigates whether BOLD MRI can assess tubular function using a tub...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Bauer F,Wald J,Bauer FJ,Dahlkamp LM,Seibert FS,Pagonas N,Gedat E,Babel N,Zidek W,von Bodman C,Noldus J,Liermann D,Westhoff TH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high mortality rate seen in dialysis patients is related to long-standing high blood pressure and the presence of other traditional as well as non-traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Hypertension is associated with increased risk for left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery disease, congestiv...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Hörl MP,Hörl WH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Additional validation study was warranted to confirm the clinical significance of C score, which was recently added to the Oxford classification for immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). METHODS:We performed a multicenter retrospective cohort study in four hospitals in Korea. Patients who had biopsied g...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Park S,Baek CH,Park SK,Kang HG,Hyun HS,Park E,Han SH,Ryu DR,Kim DK,Oh KH,Joo KW,Kim YS,Moon KC,Chin HJ,Lee H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND METHODS:By analyzing data from 2,861 individuals who underwent general health screening 2 years running, we have investigated the impact of changes in waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) over a 1-year period on systolic blood pressure (BPs). We termed WC, BMI, and BPs at the first visit as WC1, ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Ishizaka N,Ishizaka Y,Toda E,Koike K,Yamakado M,Nagai R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated serum uric acid experimentally stimulates renal vasoconstriction and activation of the renin- angiotensin system and consequently modulates erythropoietin (EPO) production. We used a dopamine-induced glomerular filtration response test (DIR) to assess whether elevated uric acid is associated with do...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Sulikowska B,Johnson RJ,Odrowąż-Sypniewska G,Manitius J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite developments in the technology of dialysis procedures and improvements in the understanding of systemic derangements related to chronic kidney disease (CKD), cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death. Unfortunately, the leading subset of cardiovascular disease death is sudden cardiac death (SCD). To d...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Kanbay M,Solak Y,Covic A,Goldsmith D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Subclinical hypovolemia may contribute to allograft dysfunction in long-term kidney transplant (KT) patients. In order to predict responsiveness to saline hydration, indices for tubular transport were investigated. METHODS:Fifty-four clinically euvolemic long-term KT patients with recently aggravated a...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Choi JW,Park JS,Koo TY,Lee CH,Kang CM,Kim GH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The presence of protein-energy wasting (PEW) among dialysis patients is a crucial risk factor for outcomes. The complicated pathogenesis of PEW makes it difficult to assess and treat. This single-center retrospective study focuses on the association between nutritional markers and the outcomes of contin...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Yan X,Yang X,Xie X,Xiang S,Zhang X,Shou Z,Chen J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00