Evaluation of Urinary Indices for Albuminuria and Proteinuria in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:IgA nephropathy is associated with aberrant O-glycosylation of IgA1, which is recognized by autoantibodies leading to the formation of circulating immune complexes. Some of them, after deposition into kidney mesangium, trigger glomerular injury. In patients with active disease nonresponding to angiotens...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Kosztyu P,Hill M,Jemelkova J,Czernekova L,Kafkova LR,Hruby M,Matousovic K,Vondrak K,Zadrazil J,Sterzl I,Mestecky J,Raska M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Our aim was to determine whether altered human β-defensin (HBD), pro-inflammatory cytokines including interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrotic factor (TNF)-α could increase the risk of developing and exacerbation of chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially for patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN). METHO...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Oh DJ,Kim HR,Lee MK,Woo YS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality is greatly enhanced in patients with chronic kidney disease, compared to the non-renal population. One key element of this high CV burden appears to be arterial stiffness, as an expression of premature vascular aging. Increased arterial stiffness in renal patients may be a c...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Gusbeth-Tatomir P,Covic A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic nephropathy constitutes a large proportion of end-stage kidney failure in diabetic patients. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. METHODS:Db/db diabetic mouse models and high glucose (HG)-induced human renal mesangial cells (HRMCs) were used as research models in vivo and in...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Min XQ,Xie Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Apparent treatment resistant hypertension (aTRH) is highly prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The impact of aTRH and achievement of recommended blood pressure (BP) values on the rate of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) loss in CKD patients is poorly known...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Viazzi F,Greco E,Ceriello A,Fioretto P,Giorda C,Guida P,Russo G,De Cosmo S,Pontremoli R,AMD-Annals Study Group.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To gain insight into the effect of arginine vasopressin (AVP) on renal hemodynamics in hypertensive rats, we investigated the vasoconstrictive response to AVP on total renal blood flow (RBF) and total and zonal glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in young and old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). A hy...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Christiansen RE,Roald AB,Gjerstad C,Tenstad O,Iversen BM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), a biomarker of oxidative stress, is associated with an increased risk of diabetes and hypertension. However, it is not known whether higher serum GGT is independently associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Therefore, we examined the association between serum ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Teppala S,Shankar A,Li J,Wong TY,Ducatman A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We examined the factors associated with blood pressure variability in a multi-ethnicity prospective study in China to gain more evidence to guide the prevention and management of hypertension through risk factor intervention. METHODS:A total of 318 consecutive adult subjects aged 29-94 years with suspe...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Li W,Yu Y,Liang D,Jia EZ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether the regulation of aquaporin (AQP) channels is altered by inhibition of type 2 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11betaHSD2). METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with glycyrrhizic acid (GA, 2 g/l drinking water) for 7 days. The expression of AQP2 and AQP3 was determined in the k...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Ma SK,Nam KI,Kim SW,Bae EH,Choi KC,Lee J

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:The deposition of β2-microglobulin induced by reactive inflammation causing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the complications of dialysis-related amyloidosis in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Air pollution levels, especially particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of <2.5 mm (PM...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Weng CH,Hu CC,Yen TH,Huang WH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonmetabolizable glucose analogue [(3)H]-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((3)H-2DG) was used to study glucose transport in cultured rat podocytes. Intracellular accumulation of (3)H-2DG was linear up to 20 min and was inhibited by cytochalasin B (80% inhibition) and by phlorizin (20% inhibition). Pretreatment with insulin stimu...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Lewko B,Bryl E,Witkowski JM,Latawiec E,Gołos M,Endlich N,Hähnel B,Koksch C,Angielski S,Kriz W,Stepinski J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Calcifications of large arteries are frequent in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and may contribute to the high cardiovascular risk in this population. The aim of this study was to examine whether abdominal aortic calcification volume (AACV) was a predictor of the rate of decline in glomerular filtration ra...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Jansson H,Saeed A,Svensson MK,Finnved K,Hellström M,Guron G

更新日期：2019-01-01 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:Interleukin (IL)-18, a member of the IL-1 cytokine superfamily, is recognized as an important regulator of immune responses. The aim of our study was to investigate the IL-18 levels in serum and urine from children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) during relapse and remission, and to evaluate th...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Kiliś-Pstrusińska K,Medyńska A,Zwolińska D,Wawro A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urine osmolality indicates the ability of the kidney to concentrate the urine and reflects the antidiuretic action of vasopressin. However, results about the association between urine osmolality and adverse renal outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) are conflicting. We investigated the association betwee...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Lee MJ,Chang TI,Lee J,Kim YH,Oh KH,Lee SW,Kim SW,Park JT,Yoo TH,Kang SW,Choi KH,Ahn C,Han SH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Kidney function is critical for homocysteine (Hcy) clearance, and plasma Hcy levels are frequently increased in patients with renal failure. Microalbuminuria (MAU) is an important marker of early renal damage caused by hypertension. At present, there is insufficient evidence on the relationship between ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Kuang ZM,Wang Y,Feng SJ,Jiang L,Cheng WL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal proximal tubular Na/phosphate cotransport is the key target in the control of renal phosphate handling. Using molecular tools for the type II Na/phosphate cotransporter, it could be documented that altered brush border membrane phosphate transport reflects a state of altered brush border expression of the specif...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Murer H,Lötscher M,Kaissling B,Biber J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant hypertension is a common occurrence during treatment with calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) in kidney transplant population. The pathogenesis of vasoconstriction induced by CNIs involves vascular tone alterations and kidney sodium transport regulation. Among the factors involved a key role is played by the...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Calò LA,Ravarotto V,Simioni F,Naso E,Marchini F,Bonfante L,Furian L,Rigotti P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cardiorenal syndrome type 1 (CRS1) is a syndrome characterized by a rapid worsening of cardiac function leading to acute kidney injury (AKI). The aims of this study were to investigate the risk factors and the prognosis of CRS1 in elderly patients. METHODS:A total of 312 elderly patients (≥60 years old...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Hu W,He W,Liu W,Fang X,Wu Y,Yu F,Hao W

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flucloxacillin is an important antimicrobial drug in the treatment of infections with Staphylococcus aureus and therefore is often used in staphylococcal infections. Furthermore, flucloxacillin has a high protein binding rate as for example ceftriaxone or teicoplanin--drugs which have formerly been character...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Meyer B,Ahmed el Gendy S,Delle Karth G,Locker GJ,Heinz G,Jaeger W,Thalhammer F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is highly expressed in the kidney and recognized to be renoprotective by degrading Angiotensin II to Angiotensin (1-7) in diabetic nephropathy. However, little is known about the role of urinary ACE2 (UACE2) in diabetes. The present study was performed to evaluate ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Liang Y,Deng H,Bi S,Cui Z,A L,Zheng D,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a serious complication of diabetes mellitus and is considered to be a sterile inflammatory disease. Increasing evidence suggest that pyroptosis and subsequent inflammatory response play a key role in the pathogenesis of DN. However, the underlying cellular and molecular mechani...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Zhan JF,Huang HW,Huang C,Hu LL,Xu WW

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious complication of sepsis and has a high morbidity and mortality rate. Caspase-11 induces pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death that plays a critical role in endotoxic shock, but its role in tubular epithelial cell death and whether it contributes to sepsis-asso...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Ye Z,Zhang L,Li R,Dong W,Liu S,Li Z,Liang H,Wang L,Shi W,Malik AB,Cheng KT,Liang X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Hemodialysis (HD) patients often have inadequate nutrition, especially with respect to ascorbic acid (AA). It is reported that every HD session may cause a 50%- 75% decrease in plasma AA levels. Some studies have shown that supplementation of AA can change the outcome of chronic kidney disease-mineral b...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Ke G,Huang J,Zhu Y,Yang J,Zhang Y,Chen L,Hu J,Tao S,Hu Y,Yang D,Liu S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, single-stranded, noncoding RNAs that modulate many key biological processes by simultaneously suppressing multiple target genes. Among them, miR-26a, a conserved miRNA among vertebrates, is highly expressed in various tissues. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that miR-26a plays pivotal ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Li X,Pan X,Fu X,Yang Y,Chen J,Lin W

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：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