Henoch-Schönlein purpura due to methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia from central venous catheterization.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular calcification is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, while erythropoietin (EPO) is widely used in the treatment of renal anemia in CKD patients, whether there is a link between the two is still not clear. METHODS:The primary rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and CKD rats were tr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： He J,Zhong X,Zhao L,Gan H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Edaravone, a drug for treating acute ischemic stroke, has been reported to provoke acute renal disorders. In the previous study, the author evaluated the role of edaravone in the development of renal disorders in 207 patients reported as having developed them in the post-marketing survey of the drug. The ove...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Hishida A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) is a progressive hereditary nephropathy caused by mutations in the type IV collagen alpha chain 5 gene (COL4A5). Although many COL4A5 mutations have previously been identified, pathogenic synonymous mutations have not yet been described. METHODS:A family with XLAS underwent m...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Fu XJ,Nozu K,Eguchi A,Nozu Y,Morisada N,Shono A,Taniguchi-Ikeda M,Shima Y,Nakanishi K,Vorechovsky I,Iijima K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of nephrotic syndrome (NS) and acute renal failure (ARF) associated with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) in a 10-year-old boy is reported. Ultrasound revealed irregular, echogenic, circumferential urinary bladder base mass, bilateral hydroureter and hydronephrosis. Histopathology of percutaneous renal and uret...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Olowu WA,Salako AA,Adelusola KA,Sowande OA,Adetiloye VA,Adefehinti O,Osasan SA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA nephropathy (IgAN) associated with leukemia and lymphoma has not, to our knowledge, been reported in children. Two children suffering from these diseases are described here. One patient developed IgAN at the end of 5 years' chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia. The other had microscopic hematuria 3 years be...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Motoyama O,Kojima Y,Ohara A,Tsukimoto I,Ishikawa Y,Iitaka K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peritoneal injury is an important cause of technical failure of long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD). Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a severe complication of long-term PD with potentially life threatening consequences. CD147 is a glycoprotein with diverse functions including modulation of extracel...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Seeger H,Latus J,Kitterer D,Alscher MD,Biegger D,Chen J,Edenhofer I,Wüthrich RP,Segerer S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The post-marketing surveillance of edaravone has reported serious adverse reactions, including renal and hepatic disorders. Renal disorders were the most frequently reported serious/important adverse reactions, which led to the evaluation of their causation by edaravone, their severity, and the recovery of r...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Hishida A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 59-year-old woman who had severe metabolic acidosis and hypokalemia due to an enterovesical fistula. The patient came to our hospital complaining of systemic weakness and numbness of the fingers. She was found to have hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis (arterial bicarbonate, 2.8 mEq/l) and hypokal...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Murakami K,Tomita M,Kawamura N,Hasegawa M,Nabeshima K,Hiki Y,Sugiyama S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study was conducted to clarify the clinical risk factors related to the development of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), which is one of the most serious complications in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). METHODS:The records of 78 patients with a history of PD treatment, incl...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Yamamoto R,Otsuka Y,Nakayama M,Maruyama Y,Katoh N,Ikeda M,Yamamoto H,Yokoyama K,Kawaguchi Y,Matsushima M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old female dialysis patient with chronic glomerulonephritis had been receiving hemodialysis therapy for 32 years. In 1985 she underwent a parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT); however, her parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels gradually increased. Her serum calcium level ranged from 9.0 to 10...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Oshiro Y,Tanaka H,Okimoto N

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 2 diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the most common cause of end-stage renal failure, and the prevention of its progression has been a topic of discussion. METHODS:Sixty type 2 DKD patients were retrospectively evaluated for 1 year. Factors independently affecting the annual Ccr decline were examined by...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kanauchi N,Ookawara S,Ito K,Mogi S,Yoshida I,Kakei M,Ishikawa SE,Morishita Y,Tabei K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary-renal syndrome is characterized by pulmonary hemorrhage and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in various immunological states. Histopathological analysis of pulmonary-renal syndrome is not yet complete. METHODS:Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats were sensitized using the noncollagenous (NC1) domain of t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Aoyagi D,Nakazawa K,Kaneyama T,Masumoto J,Otani M,Shigematsu H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN), recurrence after steroid pulse therapy is associated with reduced renal survival. However, the predictors of recurrence have not yet been clarified. METHODS:All patients who received 6-month steroid pulse therapy from 2004 to 2010 in our four affiliated hospitals and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Hirano K,Amano H,Kawamura T,Watanabe K,Koike K,Shimizu A,Endo S,Tsuboi N,Okonogi H,Miyazaki Y,Ikeda M,Hanaoka K,Ogura M,Komatsumoto S,Yokoo T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thallium-201 washout rate of stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has been reported to correlate with coronary flow reserve which is a parameter of myocardial microcirculation. However, the evidence for its use in diabetic kidney disease (DKD) has been lacking, and the association between thallium-201 w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Hayashi T,Joki N,Tanaka Y,Iwasaki M,Kubo S,Matsukane A,Takahashi Y,Imamura Y,Hirahata K,Hase H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the increasing incidence of cardiac failure and chronic renal failure due to the progressive aging of the population, the extensive application of cardiac interventional techniques, the rising rates of obesity and diabetes mellitus, coexistence of heart failure and renal failure in the same patient are freq...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Longhini C,Molino C,Fabbian F

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The activation of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway gives rise to inflammation in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis (LN), with A20 serving as a negative feedback regulator and ubiquitin C‑terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) acting as a downstream target protein. However, their roles in the mechani...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Sun L,Zou LX,Han YC,Zhu DD,Chen T,Wang J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current (2012) histological classification of immunoglobulin A nephropathy was established using a case-control study of 287 patients. However, the risk of progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has not been validated for the previous (2002) classification. This study aimed to determine whether th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Miyazaki Y,Kawamura T,Joh K,Okonogi H,Koike K,Utsunomiya Y,Ogura M,Matsushima M,Yoshimura M,Horikoshi S,Suzuki Y,Furusu A,Yasuda T,Shirai S,Shibata T,Endoh M,Hattori M,Akioka Y,Katafuti R,Hashiguchi A,Kimura K,M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the renal preservation effect of ubiquinol, the reduced form of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). METHODS:Three-week-old heminephrectomized male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups (10 animals each): diet with normal (0.3%) salt, high (8%) salt, and high salt plus 60...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ishikawa A,Kawarazaki H,Ando K,Fujita M,Fujita T,Homma Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interleukin (IL)-33 plays an important role in host defense, immune regulation, and inflammation. This study assessed IL-33's role in the pathogenesis of severe hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) induced by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). We also investigated the clinical significance of IL-33 and so...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Yamada S,Shimizu M,Kuroda M,Inoue N,Sugimoto N,Yachie A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to clarify the interaction between cardiac dysfunction and sodium homeostasis in the kidney, we used a murine model of cardiac dysfunction and investigated the effect on sodium transporters in renal tubular cells. METHODS:Cardiac function was deteriorated by abdominal aortic banding, and the gene e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Tsuchida Y,Kaneko Y,Otsuka T,Goto K,Saito A,Yamamoto K,Yamamoto T,Narita I

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal inulin clearance is the gold standard for glomerular filtration rate (GFR), but is compromised by problems of collecting urine samples in children, especially those <6 years of age or with a bladder dysfunction. Therefore, we should utilize the serum creatinine (Cr)-based estimated GFR (eGFR), measurin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Nagai T,Uemura O,Ishikura K,Ito S,Hataya H,Gotoh Y,Fujita N,Akioka Y,Kaneko T,Honda M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Oxford Classification is utilized globally, but has not been fully validated. In this study, we conducted a comparative analysis between the Oxford Classification and Japanese Histologic Classification (JHC) to predict renal outcome in Japanese patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN). METHODS:A retrospecti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kaihan AB,Yasuda Y,Katsuno T,Kato S,Imaizumi T,Ozeki T,Hishida M,Nagata T,Ando M,Tsuboi N,Maruyama S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sirt1, a mammalian homolog of silent information regulator 2 (Sir2), is the founding member of class III histone deacetylase (HDAC). METHODS:In this study, we examined whether Sirt1 is involved in the modification of acetylated histone H3, acetylated p53 and Werner syndrome protein (WRN), which is stabilize...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Sakao Y,Kato A,Tsuji T,Yasuda H,Togawa A,Fujigaki Y,Kahyo T,Setou M,Hishida A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contrast media (CM)-induced nephropathy (CIN) is an acute deterioration of renal function following administration of CM mediated to a large extent by the increased production of ROS within the kidney. Aim of this study was to evaluate whether a novel isoform of a recombinant Manganese SOD (rMnSOD) could pro...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Pisani A,Sabbatini M,Riccio E,Rossano R,Andreucci M,Capasso C,De Luca V,Carginale V,Bizzarri M,Borrelli A,Schiattarella A,Santangelo M,Mancini A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) responsiveness is related to the nutritional status of patients on hemodialysis (HD). Serum butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), an alpha-glycoprotein, may decrease in case of malnutrition. We investigated whether BChE was independently related to ESA resistance in patients on...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Okamoto T,Hatakeyama S,Tanaka Y,Imanishi K,Takashima T,Saitoh F,Koie T,Suzuki T,Ohyama C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cinacalcet markedly reduces the serum intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) level of hemodialysis (HD) patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroidectomy also reduces the serum intact PTH level of HD patients and it increases their bone mineral density (BMD). However, there is little information about...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Tsuruta Y,Okano K,Kikuchi K,Tsuruta Y,Akiba T,Nitta K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, there has been a paradigm shift away from an emphasis on the role of the endocrine (circulating) renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the regulation of the sodium and extracellular fluid balance, blood pressure, and the pathophysiology of hypertensive organ damage toward a focus on the role of tissue RAS found ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kagami S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA)-associated vasculitis frequently induces crescentic glomerulonephritis. However, a few cases have so far been reported to have only tubulointerstitial (TI) nephritis without any apparent glomerular lesions. We recently treated three similar cases...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Nakabayashi K,Sumiishi A,Sano K,Fujioka Y,Yamada A,Karube M,Koji H,Arimura Y,Nagasawa T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old woman presented with fever and cellulitis of the right leg. Urinalysis and kidney function were normal on admission. Cellulitis remitted but fever persisted for six weeks. X-ray imaging, cultures, serological assays for viruses and autoimmunity did not reveal the cause of fever. Unexpectedly anti-Scl 70 ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Vega Stieb J,Goecke Saavedra H,Méndez Olivieri G

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several studies have investigated the relationship between dietary nutrient intake and microalbuminuria, no study of an Asian population has been reported. The present study investigates the relationship between dietary intake and microalbuminuria in a general Japanese population. METHODS:We analyz...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Sato M,Hozawa A,Konta T,Shao L,Otani K,Narimatsu H,Sasaki S,Kato T,Kubota I,Yamashita H,Kayama T,Fukao A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00