Expanding deceased donor kidney transplantation: medical risk, infectious risk, hepatitis C virus, and HIV.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Insulin resistance is a known complication of end-stage renal disease that also appears to be present in earlier stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and an important potential therapeutic target in this population. Measurement of insulin resistance is...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Pham H,Utzschneider KM,de Boer IH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review will critically highlight the role of leukotrienes as mediators of renal diseases and drug nephrotoxicity. It will also discuss the recently identified mechanism of cysteinyl leukotrienes induction and action, and will propose clinical implementation of these findings. RECENT FINDINGS:Sin...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Rubinstein M,Dvash E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Sirtuins are a family of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide+-dependent enzymes catalyzing target protein deacetylation to modulate cellular metabolism, response to oxidative stress and inflammation, senescence, autophagy and apoptosis. In this review, we provide an overview of recent studies regarding ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Wang W,Li J,Cai L

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:The parathyroid hormone (PTH)/parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) receptor belongs to a newly discovered family of G protein-coupled receptors. Members of this family, which have been isolated from mammals, include the receptors for PTH/PTHrP, calcitonin, secretin, growth hormone-releasing hormone, vasoactive ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Jüppner H

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review examines recent advances in understanding of how clinical outcomes for hemodialysis patients may be improved by achieving longer or more frequent treatment times, lower ultrafiltration rates (UFRs), improving nutritional status, and individualizing dialysate composition. This review also d...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Fissell R,Hakim RM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent data have highlighted the shortcomings of the usual blood pressure hypothesis in posthoc analyses of randomized controlled trials led in populations at high cardiovascular risk and have emphasized the importance of an increased visit-to-visit variability of blood pressure in predicting cardiova...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Rossignol P,Kessler M,Zannad F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains a serious diabetic complication despite the use of widely employed interventions such as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and glucose-lowering treatments. Accumulation of methylglyoxal, a highly reactive glucose metabolite and a major precursor in the forma...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Hanssen NMJ,Stehouwer CDA,Schalkwijk CG

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：:The majority of hemodialysis patients die from cardiovascular disease. However, the contribution of myocardial infarction to mortality is relatively minor, despite the fact that coronary artery disease is common in uremic patients. Hypertension seems to be the major risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis i...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Kooman JP,Leunissen KM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Secretion and reabsorption of organic cations in kidney is mediated by polyspecific transporters with broadly overlapping substrate specificity. Knowledge concerning function, transported compounds, clinical impact of mutations in the transporters and drug-drug interactions is rapidly increasing. Rece...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Koepsell H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldosterone plays a major role in the regulation of renal sodium reabsorption, of extracellular fluid volume and blood pressure. Such specific mineralocorticoid physiological adaptations occur despite the large prevalence of glucocorticoid hormones over aldosterone in the plasma. Indeed both classes of hormones bind w...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Farman N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To evaluate the role of restricting dietary sodium intake in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications. RECENT FINDINGS:A consistent line of evidence shows that high dietary sodium intake is a determinant of therapy resistance to blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). A...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Krikken JA,Laverman GD,Navis G

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of acute renal failure has been attributed to persistent vasoconstriction and leukocyte-endothelial interactions, resulting in inflammation and compromise of local blood flow to the outer medulla, the loss of tubular epithelial cell polarity with multiple functional sequelae, necrosis or apoptosis of ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Sheridan AM,Bonventre JV

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are antihyperglycemic drugs that act by inhibiting renal sodium-glucose cotransport. Here we present new insights into 'off target', or indirect, effects of SGLT2 inhibitors. RECENT FINDINGS:SGLT2 inhibition causes an acute increase in urinary glucose...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Dominguez Rieg JA,Xue J,Rieg T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review examines the maturational changes that occur in renal tubules during postnatal development. RECENT FINDINGS:The ability to study transport in neonatal tubules and the use of molecular techniques have allowed studies that not only examine the mechanism of solute and water transport in neon...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Baum M,Quigley R,Satlin L

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent trial data have resulted in a reevaluation of the management of anemia in chronic kidney disease, including the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, intravenous iron, and novel pharmaceuticals. In this review, we evaluate the latest research on anemia management in chronic kidney disease. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Novak JE,Szczech LA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Phosphate lowering toward the normal range is advocated and widely practiced in patients with end-stage renal disease receiving dialysis. This approach is guided by basic science data and large observational studies that have demonstrated a consistent association between hyperphosphatemia and adverse ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Wald R,Thorpe KE,Walsh MW

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Acute ischemic or toxic injury to the kidney induces alterations in the expression of many genes. Some of these molecular responses have been termed 'maladaptive' because they exacerbate the tubular damage induced by the initiating insult. Some maladaptive responses include alterations in the activity of nitric oxide ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Lieberthal W

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Obesity, which has reached epidemic prevalence, is now recognized as an independent risk factor for increasing blood pressure. The complex mechanisms of obesity-related hypertension are unclear, but several studies have provided evidence of a hypertensive shift in pressure natriuresis. Excess sympathe...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Coatmellec-Taglioni G,Ribière C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After renal transplantation, acute allograft dysfunction secondary to acute rejection occurs in around 30-40% of patients. Although in the majority of patients these episodes are reversible, acute rejection remains a major risk factor for the development of chronic rejection. Remarkably, prior episodes of acute allogr...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Chandraker A

更新日期：1999-11-01 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:To summarize recent evidence regarding the role of distal nephron segments other than the macula densa in sensing the tubular environment and transmitting this signal to the adjacent vasculature. RECENT FINDINGS:In addition to the classical contact site between the macula densa plaque and the afferen...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Komlosi P,Bell PD,Zhang ZR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 12 months additional evidence has emerged from several studies, indicating that hepatitis C virus infection is the most important liver disease after renal transplantation. A new, severe and rare entity called fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis can lead to early liver failure, although the most important ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Morales JM,Campistol JM,Andrés A,Rodicio JL

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There has been significant progress in our understanding of the structural and functional properties and regulation of the electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotansporter NBCe1, a membrane transporter that plays a key role in renal acid-base physiology. The NBCe1 variant NBCe1-A mediates basolateral elec...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Kurtz I,Zhu Q

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cells of the renal medulla osmotically adapt to chronic alterations in extracellular tonicity by appropriate changes in the intracellular contents of organic osmoeffectors. The major organic osmolytes are glycerophosphorylcholine, betaine, myo-inositol, sorbitol, and, possibly, taurine. When the concentrations of ...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Beck FX,Schmolke M,Guder WG

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Disturbances in mineral metabolism are common among individuals with chronic kidney disease and have consistently been associated with cardiovascular and bone disease. The current review aims to describe the current knowledge of the genetic aspects of mineral metabolism disturbances and to suggest dir...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Robinson-Cohen C

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The renin-angiotensin system is not what it was, or for that matter not necessarily where we thought it should be. For example, there is a novel angiotensin I-metabolizing enzyme that generates angiotensin 1-7 rather than angiotensin II. Moreover, we are slowly realizing the importance of local rather...

journal_title：Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension

authors： Fleming I,Kohlstedt K,Busse R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00