Neutrophil-gelatinase-associated lipocalin and renal function after percutaneous coronary interventions.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Apoptosis contributes to cyclosporine (CsA)-induced renal cell death. This study tested the effects of CsA-induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress on apoptotic cell death in an experimental model of chronic CsA nephropathy. METHODS:CsA (15 mg/kg per day) was given to rats for 7 or 28 days. The ER str...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Han SW,Li C,Ahn KO,Lim SW,Song HG,Jang YS,Cho YM,Jang YM,Ghee JY,Kim JY,Kim SH,Kim J,Kwon OJ,Yang CW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Although HIV-infected persons are at higher risk for acute kidney injury (AKI) during hospitalization compared with their uninfected counterparts, risk factors for AKI are not well-defined. We aimed to describe the evolving incidence of AKI among HIV-infected individuals and to identify important AKI ri...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Li Y,Shlipak MG,Grunfeld C,Choi AI

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal level of serum ferritin (s-ft) for anemia control and good survival in hemodialysis (HD) patients remains unclear. A 10-year survey was performed to clarify the appropriate quantities of s-ft and investigate the relationships among s-ft, transferrin saturation (TSAT), and mortality in HD patients...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Ogawa C,Tsuchiya K,Kanda F,Maeda T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicentre trial (11 nephrology centres) was carried out to test the effects of ibopamine, an orally active dopamine-like drug, on the progression of chronic renal failure. For a 2-year period 189 chronic renal failure patients (serum creatinine level 1.5-4.0 mg/dl) were observed. They were homogeneous for basic ne...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Stefoni S,Mosconi G,La Manna G,Bonomini V,Mioli V,Fanciulli E,Feletti C,Docci D,Cappelli P,Bonomini M,Locatelli F,Marai P,Bazzato G,Fracasso A,Brancaccio D,Galmozzi C,Scarpioni L,Sverzellati E,Sorba GB,Cossu M,Pic

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred twenty-eight hemodialysis patients and 64 medical personnel consisting of dialysis nurses and technicians, hemodialysis access surgeons and nephrologists were surveyed about their preferences and concerns in regard to the hemodialysis vascular access. The access preferred by physicians was the A-V fistula ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Bay WH,Van Cleef S,Owens M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study focused on the effect of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) dialysate obtained following different intraperitoneal dwell periods on the release of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) from mononuclear leukocytes (PBMC). Aliquots of 5 x 10(6)/ml healthy periph...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Jörres A,Topley N,Steenweg L,Müller C,Köttgen E,Gahl GM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a higher risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in patients treated with dabigatran versus warfarin. We analyzed the impact of renal function on the relative risk of bleeding in patients converted to dabigatran. METHODS:Patients aged ≥65 years who received anticoagulation with warfarin for a minimu...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kalil RS,Kaboli PJ,Liu X,Vaughan-Sarrazin M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the changes in causes and outcome of acute renal failure (ARF) during the years 1975-1989, 710 patients treated in our dialysis center were analyzed. We compared the etiology, the severity and catabolic state of ARF, the techniques of renal replacement therapy, which were employed and the ages and...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Biesenbach G,Zazgornik J,Kaiser W,Grafinger P,Stuby U,Necek S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we analyze the collection of ancient Greek treatises ascribed to Hippocrates (460; between 371 and 350 BC), in order to determine whether or not edema can be traced. As a result of reading these works on the Greek text, we recognize some symptoms of edema in those called oidêma (swelling) and udrôps (dr...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Touwaide A,De Santo NG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal sclerosis, a disorder similar to that previously identified in nonuremic patients, is being noted in peritoneal dialysis patients with increasing frequency. The etiology in dialysis patients remains unknown. An association with previous or ongoing peritoneal inflammation or irritation suggests that the inci...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Ing TS,Daugirdas JT,Gandhi VC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The 7-year Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Calculator (CRCRTR-MACE) predicts cardiovascular events (CVE) in renal transplant recipients (RTR), and thrombopoietin (TPO) is a humoral inflammatory factor implicated in cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of the study was to determine if circulating TP...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Mansell H,Elmoselhi H,Shoker A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension often accompanies chronic kidney disease (CKD), and diuretics are widely prescribed to reduce blood pressure (BP). Chlorthalidone (CTD) is a thiazide-like diuretic and an effective antihypertensive drug, yet little data exist to support its use in treating hypertension in individuals with advanc...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Agarwal R,Cramer AE,Balmes-Fenwick M,Sinha AD,Ouyang F,Tu W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, renoprotective treatment with a vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist (V2RA) is given in a fixed dose (FD). Disease progression and drug habituation could diminish treatment efficacy. We investigated whether the renoprotective effect of the V2RA can be improved b...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Zittema D,Versteeg IB,Gansevoort RT,van Goor H,de Heer E,Veraar KA,Peters DJ,Meijer E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Evaluation of the risk factors, and phenotype-genotype correlation of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) gene (MEFV) and serum amyloid A1 (SAA1) gene polymorphisms in renal amyloidosis. METHODS:We investigated MEFV and SAA1 genotypes (alpha, beta, and gamma isoforms) in 50 FMF patients and 50 healthy c...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Delibaş A,Oner A,Balci B,Demircin G,Bulbul M,Bek K,Erdoğan O,Baysun S,Yilmaz E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymoglobulin (Thymoglobulin®; Genzyme, Cambridge, Mass., USA) is a polyclonal antibody which has been used in the field of transplantation over the last four decades. With an initial hesitancy, it is widely used now in the prevention and treatment of rejection following renal transplantation. Thymoglobulin's lack of ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Thiyagarajan UM,Ponnuswamy A,Bagul A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The shortage in organ supply has required the use of expanded criteria donors (ECD) for kidney transplantation. Current pre-transplant evaluations of ECD organs are based on histological, clinical or mixed criteria. This monocentric study investigates the predictivity of Karpinski's histological score o...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： La Manna G,Comai G,Cappuccilli ML,Liviano D'Arcangelo G,Fabbrizio B,Valentini C,Carretta E,Ravaioli M,Scolari MP,Ridolfi L,Feliciangeli G,Grigioni FW,Pinna AD,Stefoni S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioisotopic methods for the determination of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are highly accurate but require the collection of multiple blood and urine samples and are costly to perform due to personnel, material, and analysis costs. Nonradioactive methods of GFR determination have the potential of minimizing p...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Rocco MV,Buckalew VM Jr,Moore LC,Shihabi ZK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:While the familial nature of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been recognized, it has primarily been defined from studies of first-degree relatives of selected sets of cases. The goal of this study is an evaluation of the familial clustering of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and CKD mortality using a pop...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Goldfarb-Rumyantzev AS,Cheung AK,Habib AN,Wang BJ,Lin SJ,Baird BC,Naiman N,Cannon-Albright L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overt albuminuria (urinary albumin-creatinine ratio [ACR] > 300 mg/g) is an established risk factor for progression of nephropathy and total mortality. However, whether a reduction in ACR translates into a reduction in mortality and/or cardiovascular (CV) events among insulin-treated patients with type 2 dia...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Anyanwagu U,Donnelly R,Idris I

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated thyroid hormone indices of patients with acute renal failure without other systemic illnesses (n = 12), as compared to patients with critical illnesses in the presence (n = 16) and absence (n = 6) of acute renal failure. Abnormalities in the group with acute renal failure alone included dec...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kaptein EM,Levitan D,Feinstein EI,Nicoloff JT,Massry SG

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of a single dose of 1,25-OH(2)D(3) can lower PTH levels for up to 4 days in chronic hemodialysis patients. Our purpose was to verify the effects of the same weekly dose of calcitriol per os given in one, two or three administrations, to patients on dialysis with secondary hyperparathyroidism. Thirty pat...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Manni M,Calabria S,Dinnella A,D'Anello E,Mantella D,Sardella D,Sturniolo A,Splendiani G,Coen G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Although clinical and immunological findings in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) favor an immunopathogenesis, many issues remain unsolved. Comprehensive studies analyzing cellular and humoral immunity in SSNS are scarce, and few studies addressed the effect of steroids on immunological factors...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kemper MJ,Zepf K,Klaassen I,Link A,Muller-Wiefel DE

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the acute nephrotoxicity of cisplatin has been well documented, long-term follow-up studies are scanty. We have evaluated the renal function in 35 patients who have had completed therapy with cisplatin at least 3 months before the study. All patients had normal serum creatinine levels before chemotherapy. Eva...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Brillet G,Deray G,Jacquiaud C,Mignot L,Bunker D,Meillet D,Raymond F,Jacobs C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high prevalence of periodontal disease that may predispose to tooth loss and inflammation. The goal of this study was to test the hypotheses that a genetic rat model of progressive CKD would exhibit altered oral bone properties and that treatment with ei...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Allen MR,Chen NX,Gattone VH 2nd,Moe SM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteurella multocida has been reported only once previously as a cause of peritonitis in a patient undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis. The present report describes findings associated with a case of P. multocida peritonitis in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patient in which renal replacement therap...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Elsey RM,Carson RW,DuBose TD Jr

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Upregulation of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta)/Smad signaling has been implicated in the primary pathogenesis of renal fibrosis. The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway has an important influence on TGF-beta signaling through regulating Smad degradation. As E3 ubiquitin ligases, both Arkadia and Sm...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Liu FY,Li XZ,Peng YM,Liu H,Liu YH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Used in a variety of approved and off-label indications, there are several intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations available which differ in the excipients (e.g. sucrose, glucose, maltose, D-sorbitol, glycine or L-proline) used to stabilize the protein in the solution. A very rare, but severe adverse ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Dantal J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrillary glomerulonephritis is characterized by randomly arranged fibrils, approximately 20 nm in diameter by electron microscopy. Patients present with proteinuria, hematuria and kidney insufficiency, and about half of the reported patients progress to end-stage kidney disease within 4 years. The dependen...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Payan Schober F,Jobson MA,Poulton CJ,Singh HK,Nickeleit V,Falk RJ,Jennette JC,Nachman PH,Pendergraft Iii WF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to find out whether Ramadan fasting would affect the renal function in kidney transplant recipients with normal or impaired graft function. Twenty-three transplant recipients, 17 with a normal function and 6 with an impaired but stable function with plasma creatinine levels not exceeding 300...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Abdalla AH,Shaheen FA,Rassoul Z,Owda AK,Popovich WF,Mousa DH,al-Hawas F,al-Sulaiman MH,al-Khader AA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the role of the caliceal system in urine flow. METHODS:Eight patients (6 men, 2 women; mean age 42.6 +/- 7.6 years) with an upper polar renal mass (6 renal cysts; 2 hypernephromas) which did not encroach on the pelvicaliceal system were studied. After mass removal, a manometric catheter was introduced int...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Shafik A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00