Therapeutic angiogenesis by vascular endothelial growth factor supplementation for treatment of renal disease.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Incidence of end-stage renal disease has increased dramatically during the last 30 years and screening for early stages of chronic kidney disease is often suggested as a preventive measure. The relationship between chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease is complex, however, and recent stud...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Hallan SI,Vikse BE

更新日期：2008-05-01 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:The review will examine clinically relevant advances in the area of polycystic kidney disease (PKD), mainly focusing on autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Discussion will focus on predicting the course of ADPKD, clinical trials and new research endeavors. RECENT FINDINGS:During the...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Steinman TI

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium restriction is the most commonly used lifestyle modification for control of hypertension. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on the relative importance of salt in the development of hypertension, nor is the physiological mechanism(s) responsible for salt-induced elevations of blood pressure clearly understood....

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Hatton DC,McCarron DA

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The prevalence of nephrolithiasis has been on the rise over recent decades. There have also been extensive efforts to identify risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD). The purpose of this review is to highlight recent evidence on the association of nephrolithiasis with the development of CKD and...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Keddis MT,Rule AD

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) endure compromised health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Although the link between HRQOL and increased mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is well documented, less is known about the relationship between CKD and HRQOL. This article rev...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Soni RK,Weisbord SD,Unruh ML

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The renin-angiotensin system, traditionally viewed as a circulatory system, has significantly expanded in the last two decades to include independently regulated local systems in several tissues, newly identified active products of angiotensin II, and new receptors and functions of renin-angiotensin s...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Kumar R,Singh VP,Baker KM

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:The cellular and molecular mechanisms whereby hypertension causes vascular and cardiac disease are beginning to be understood. Angiotensin II, perhaps because so many probes to explore its action are available, is emerging as a central pathogenetic factor in the development of both vascular and cardiac hypertrophy. It...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Oliver JA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex multifactorial inheritance pattern of systemic lupus erythematosus in various murine models has been dissected via both classic genetic analysis and the use of modern technologies in genomic manipulation. Current information suggests that lupus may be mediated by a multitude of genetic abnormalities that i...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Yim YS,Wakeland EK

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To clarify misconceptions about the feasibility and risks of peritoneal dialysis that unnecessarily limit peritoneal dialysis uptake or continuation in patients for whom peritoneal dialysis is the preferred dialysis modality. The inappropriate choice of haemodialysis as a result of these misconception...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Lee MB,Bargman JM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THIS REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to explain the rationale and limitations for use of mineralocorticoid receptor blockers (MRBs) for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies in animal models of CKD demonstrate that blockade of the mineraloco...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Toto RD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic nephropathy is a major cause of chronic renal failure in people over 50 years of age. In addition, renal artery stenosis is associated with increased mortality, particularly if renal or cardiac function is compromised. The diagnosis is made both by clinical characteristics and imaging studies. At present, dup...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Tuttle KR

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the genetics of hypertension include studies on localizations of many loci involved in blood pressure regulation in the rat, elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying monogenetic forms of hypertension, and studies of candidate genes in primary hypertension. Evidence that the angiotensinogen...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Lathrop GM,Soubrier F

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The renal distal tubule has been considered for a long time as the main cellular target of aldosterone, where the hormone enhances sodium reabsorption and potassium secretion. However, other cell types in nonepithelial tissues, such as the heart, the vessels, adipose tissue, and macrophages, are now a...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Nguyen Dinh Cat A,Jaisser F

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The nephrology community lacks a unified view of protein sieving through the glomerular capillary wall. The glomerular capillary wall consists of three distinct but closely interacting layers: the fenestrated endothelium, with its glycocalyx; the podocytes, with their interdigitated foot processes and...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Jarad G,Miner JH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Obesity is becoming recognized as one of the most important risk factors for the development of hypertension. The purpose of the review is to examine the latest evidence linking hypertension to obesity, summarize the benefits of weight reduction and present results of recent clinical trials evaluating...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Chrostowska M,Szczech R,Narkiewicz K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the nature of allorecognition is fundamental to the design of antigen-specific therapies for transplantation. As recently as 10 years ago it was generally believed that recognition of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules by T lymphocytes was direct and represented the "simplest" kind of T-lym...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Krensky AM,Clayberger C

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:While treating high blood pressure in middle age is beneficial in terms of reducing the occurrence of cardiovascular disease, treated and well controlled hypertensive adults still have a substantial excess mortality and reduced survival compared with normotensives. Therefore, identification of the mea...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Lawlor DA,Smith GD

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressants cyclosporine and FK506 (tacrolimus) are extremely potent inhibitors of T-lymphocyte activation. Recent studies have shown that these agents are actually prodrugs that become active only when bound to specific members of the cyclophilin or FK506 binding protein receptor gene families. The cyclosp...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Tocci MJ,Sigal NH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a family of nuclear receptors activated by nutrient molecules and their derivatives. Their role has been increasingly recognized to be important in hypertension, metabolic disorders and cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis. Control o...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Duan SZ,Usher MG,Mortensen RM

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Substantial evidence indicates that the adverse effects of hypertension on the kidney depend on the degree to which systemic blood pressure elevations are transmitted to the renal microvasculature. Such blood pressure transmission and consequent susceptibility to hypertensive renal damage is markedly exacerbated in st...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Bidani AK,Griffin KA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a ligand-activated nuclear transcription factor that regulates many important physiological processes including glucose and lipid metabolism, energy homeostasis, cell proliferation, inflammation, immunity and reproduction. The current review ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Yang J,Zhou Y,Guan Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Epigenetic modifications are reversible changes to a cell's DNA or histones that alter gene expression but not DNA sequence. The present review will explore epigenomic profiling and bioinformatics techniques for the study of kidney development and disease. RECENT FINDINGS:Reversible DNA and histone m...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Wilson PC,Ledru N,Humphreys BD

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Autonomic dysfunction is well recognized in chronic kidney disease. The baroreflex arc is an important component of the autonomic nervous system and influences vasodilatation and heart rate in response to information derived from baroreceptors located in the aorta and common carotid arteries. Appropri...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Chesterton LJ,McIntyre CW

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to describe the recent findings concerning novel Mg transporters as putative interesting players in renal transepithelial Mg transport. RECENT FINDINGS:So far, the best characterized Mg transport proteins are found in prokaryotes and yeast cells. In recent years, phylogenetic analysi...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Ferrè S,Hoenderop JG,Bindels RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMAs) manifest as a spectrum of related disorders in the form of thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). New data on both diseases support more and more the relatedness of the disorders and reveal related pathomechanisms, which, however, manife...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Zipfel PF,Heinen S,Skerka C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hypertension is an important risk factor for adverse cardiovascular and renal outcomes particularly in patients with chronic kidney disease. This review compares blood pressure measurements obtained in the clinic with those obtained outside the clinic to predict cardiovascular and renal injury and out...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Agarwal R

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00