Novel erythropoiesis stimulating protein.

abstract：:Our understanding of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis has developed greatly since the discovery of ANCA, directed against neutrophil components, in 1982. Observations in human disease, and increasingly sophisticated studies in vitro and in rodent models in vivo, have allowed a nuanced u...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Hutton HL,Holdsworth SR,Kitching AR

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent breakthroughs in genomics have led to a critical reappraisal of factors once thought to initiate common complex forms of kidney disease. The tenet that diabetes mellitus and hypertension routinely initiate kidney disease whenever blood glucose concentrations or systemic blood pressures reach critical levels for...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Freedman BI,Parekh RS,Kao WH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complex pathophysiology, cardio-renal syndrome (CRS), has been redefined in recent years. One subtype is acute renocardiac CRS, or CRS type 3. This syndrome is intended to comprise situations in which acute kidney injury (AKI) results in acute cardiac injury or dysfunction. The pathophysiology of CRS type 3 is not w...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Chuasuwan A,Kellum JA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progressive decline of glomerular filtration rate in chronic kidney disease patients is associated with a significant reduction in food intake. Approximately one third of chronic dialysis patients complain of a fair or poor appetite and this is related directly to poor patient outcomes. Appetite regulation involve...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Chazot C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The very limited ability of adult podocytes to proliferate in vivo is clinically significant because podocytes form a vascular barrier that is functionally critical to the nephron, podocyte hypoplasia is a characteristic of disease, and inadequate regeneration of podocytes is a major cause of persistent podocyte hypop...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Shankland SJ,Pippin JW,Duffield JS

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase inhibitors have long been used in experimental studies as well as in clinical practice to reduce urinary protein excretion in proteinuric renal diseases. However, the mechanisms by which this treatment limits glomerular filtration of proteins are not fully elucidated. We will review the cellular and mol...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Remuzzi A,Remuzzi G

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of progressive kidney disease associated with diabetes continues to increase worldwide. Only partial renoprotection is achieved by current standard therapy with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and/or angiotensin-receptor blockers, increasing the need for novel therapeutic approaches. Experimenta...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Gagliardini E,Zoja C,Benigni A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By analogy to the findings with other transport disorders such as Bartter's or Liddle's syndrome, it might be expected that the various forms of renal tubular acidosis (RTA) could result from defects in H-ATPase or H-K-ATPase. However, the available data do not yet support such a simple explanation. With regard to dis...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Mujais SK

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal involvement is common in leptospirosis. Clinical manifestations vary from urinary sediment changes to acute renal failure. Renal failure is observed in 44% to 67% of patients. Hypokalemia frequently occurs. Severe hypotension is an important warning sign for the later development of renal and pulmonary complicat...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Sitprija V,Losuwanrak K,Kanjanabuch T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature menopause defined as secondary amenorrhea is common in women with kidney disease. Moreover, the aging population has resulted in increasing numbers of postmenopausal women with kidney disease. Though the pathophysiology is poorly understood, kidney transplantation and more frequent hemodialysis can restore m...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Ahmed SB

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent new insights into the determinants of the plasma water sodium concentration ([Na(+)](pw)) have played an important role in advancing our understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of the dysnatremias. Central to these recent advances is the recognition of the full significance of the Edelman equation disco...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Nguyen MK

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade, the safety and efficacy of long-term treatment with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) in children with chronic renal failure before and after renal transplantation has been established. This article reviews the increasing evidence that rhGH treatment also results in a significant improvem...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Haffner D,Schaefer F

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimally invasive therapies for urolithiasis including extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, and percutaneous nephrostolithotomy are highly efficacious, yet expensive. Medical expulsive therapy offers a cost-effective, nonsurgical approach for appropriate patients with ureteral stones. The use of hormo...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Sterrett SP,Nakada SY

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is a new disease whose incidence has peaked and receded over the past decade. It occurs in the presence of significant renal impairment, either acute or chronic (MDRD creatinine clearance of <30 mL/min/1.73 m(2)), and is associated with the administration of gadolinium-based contrast (GBC...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Hellman RN

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize current evidence and current foci of perioperative clinical trials, we systematically reviewed Medline and identified perioperative trials involving 100 or more adult patients undergoing surgery and reporting renal end points that were published in high-impact journals since 2004. We categorized the 10...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： McIlroy DR,Lopez MG,Billings FT 4th

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between increased uric acid (UA) levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been observed and studied for many decades. The value of UA as an independent factor within the metabolic risk profile for prediction of CVD in the normal population remains an issue of ongoing discussion. In turn, increasing ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Doehner W,Landmesser U

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimmune interaction is an emerging concept, wherein the nervous system modulates the immune system and vice versa. This concept is gaining attention as a novel therapeutic target in various inflammatory diseases including acute kidney injury (AKI). Vagus nerve stimulation or treatment with pulsed ultrasound activa...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Tanaka S,Okusa MD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of conditions can contribute to the development of the anemia that inevitably occurs with end-stage renal disease. The primary ones are decreased production of erythropoietin (EPO), decreased response to EPO by the bone marrow, and shortened red cell survival. Dialysis improves hematocrit levels by reducing p...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Korbet SM

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with renal failure. Patients with chronic kidney disease have significant CVD, and carry a high cardiovascular burden by the time they commence renal replacement therapy (RRT). The severity of CVD that has been observed in dialysis ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Jaradat MI,Molitoris BA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although calcitriol has been shown to have an important role in the pathogenesis of hyperparathyroidism, its use as a therapeutic agent often has been limited by calcemic and phosphatemic toxicity. Vitamin D analogs and the synthetic prohormones, with the potential to have lesser effects on calcium and phosphorus, hav...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Martin KJ,González EA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA nephropathy (IgAN), a common primary glomerulonephritis worldwide, is associated with a substantial risk of progression to end-stage renal failure. The disease runs a highly variable clinical course with frequent involvement of tubulointerstitial damage. A subgroup of IgAN with proximal tubular epithelial cells (P...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Leung JCK,Lai KN,Tang SCW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overweight and obesity are associated with arterial hypertension. Given the large increase in the obesity prevalence worldwide, the number of obese patients with hypertension is likely to increase substantially in the near future. Overweight and obese patients are exposed to an important metabolic and cardiovascular r...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Vogt B,Bochud M,Burnier M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) often causes peritoneal fibrosis and sclerosis with a loss of function, and some CAPD patients develop sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis. Glucose-based peritoneal dialysis fluids readily produce glucose degradation products by heat sterilization, and glucos...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Nakamura S,Niwa T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In aggregate, the evidence reviewed here supports a very important role for PDGF expression and action at local glomerular and interstitial sites in human kidney development and disease. PDGF delivered by platelets, or produced by endogenous cells of the kidney is capable of stimulating responses including proliferati...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Daniel TO,Kumjian DA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract anatomy (CAKUT) are common in children and represent approximately 30% of all prenatally diagnosed malformations. CAKUT is phenotypically variable and can affect the kidney(s) alone and/or the lower urinary tract. The spectrum includes more common anomalies such as ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Toka HR,Toka O,Hariri A,Nguyen HT

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sonography has become integral to the evaluation and management of patients with renal disease. Although many of the procedures discussed in this issue are not feasible for all nephrologists, sonography clearly is. It is convenient and saves time, both for the physician and the patient, and the equipment is not expens...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： O'Neill WC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid-base balance is critical for normal life. Acute and chronic disturbances impact cellular energy metabolism, endocrine signaling, ion channel activity, neuronal activity, and cardiovascular functions such as cardiac contractility and vascular blood flow. Maintenance and adaptation of acid-base homeostasis are most...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Wagner CA,Imenez Silva PH,Bourgeois S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies performed over the last 10 years have evaluated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the control of renal hemodynamics. This article reviews the effects of administration of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) blockers on renal function in experimental animals and human volunteers. These studies show that NOS blockade inc...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Gabbai FB,Blantz RC

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although systemic hypertension is a common clinical condition, hypertensive emergencies are distinctly unusual in clinical practice. There are some situations, however, that qualify as hypertensive emergencies or urgencies. It is important, therefore, to diagnose these conditions because immediate treatment of severe ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Fenves AZ,Ram CV

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dent's disease and familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC) are inherited diseases in which hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis, and renal failure are prominent features. Dent's disease resembles a Fanconi syndrome, with impaired reabsorption in the proximal tubule; FHHNC, with urinary los...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Knohl SJ,Scheinman SJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00