Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis complicating solitary kidney.

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:Although congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are the most common cause of pediatric end-stage renal disease (ESRD), little is known about the characteristics exhibited in the infantile period by CAKUT patients who develop ESRD. Further, an efficient screening method for CAKUT diagnos...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Yoshino A,Honda M,Sasaki N,Hataya H,Ishikura K,Sakazume S,Tanaka Y,Nagai T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The herbicide paraquat (1, 1'-dimethyl-4, 4'-bipyridylium dichloride; PQ) is a poison well-known to cause delayed mortality due to acute kidney injuries (AKI). This study examines the changes in serum amino acids (AAs) metabolite profiles as surrogate markers of renal cell metabolism and function after paraq...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Wan X,Li X,Wang Q,Zheng B,Zhou C,Kang X,Hu D,Bao H,Peng A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant public health problem. Strategy for its early detection is still controversial. This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of population strategy, i.e. mass screening, and Japan's health checkup reform. METHODS:Cost-effectiveness analysis was carried out t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kondo M,Yamagata K,Hoshi SL,Saito C,Asahi K,Moriyama T,Tsuruya K,Yoshida H,Iseki K,Watanabe T

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:C1q nephropathy, first proposed by Jennette and Hipp [Am J Clin Pathol 83:415-420, 1985; Am J Kidney Dis 6:103-110, 1985], was described as a distinct glomerular disease entity characterized by extensive mesangial deposition of C1q, with associated mesangial immune complexes, and the absence of any clinical and labora...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Mii A,Shimizu A,Masuda Y,Fujita E,Aki K,Ishizaki M,Sato S,Griesemer A,Fukuda Y

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 58-year-old Japanese man with primary systemic AL amyloidosis who achieved disappearance of proteinuria including Bence-Jones protein (lambda-type) after two courses of VAD therapy (vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone) and subsequent high-dose melphalan, followed by autologous peripheral blood stem...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Yamazaki O,Ubara Y,Suwabe T,Nakanishi S,Hoshino J,Sawa N,Hayami N,Yamanouchi M,Takemoto F,Kenmei T,Masuoka K,Oohashi K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Creatinine clearance (Ccr) overestimates glomerular filtration rate (GFR) due to the tubular secretion of creatinine. It is known that fractional excretion of creatinine (FE-Cr) increases with decreasing GFR. Association of serum albumin level with the tubular secretion of creatinine was also reported previo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Horio M,Imai E,Yasuda Y,Watanabe T,Matsuo S

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Increasing attention has been paid to the relationship of autoantibodies to ribosomal P proteins (anti-P) with lupus nephritis. Several mechanisms of involvement of anti-P in lupus nephritis have been proposed, including cross-reactivity with anti-dsDNA and anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA). In addition, it is a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Hirohata S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital with a 5-month history of taking Chinese herbal medicine containing aristolochic acid. She presented with metabolic acidosis, severe anemia, hypophosphatemia and uric aciduria, and generalized aminoaciduria and glycosuria, features which were consistent with the clin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kazama I,Matsubara M,Michimata M,Suzuki M,Hatano R,Sato H,Ito S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mizoribine (MZR) was approved in 1984 in Japan for the suppression of rejection in renal transplantation with an approved administration dosage of 1-3 mg/kg/day. The action of MZR resembles that of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), but MZR dosing is markedly lower than that of MMF. To examine whether higher dosin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Takahara S,Takahashi K,Akiyama T,Uchida K,Tanabe K,Amada N,Toma H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyslipidemia is an established risk factor for atherosclerotic disease, such as stroke and ischemic heart disease, and is often detected in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The role of dyslipidemia in CKD progression, however, is not well understood. CKD patients are heterogeneous and may include those who ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Iseki K

更新日期：2014-04-01 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:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), one of the most common hereditary kidney diseases, causes gradual growth of cysts in the kidneys, leading to renal failure. Owing to the advanced technology of next-generation sequencing (NGS), genetic analyses of the causative genes PKD1 and PKD2 have be...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Mochizuki T,Teraoka A,Akagawa H,Makabe S,Akihisa T,Sato M,Kataoka H,Mitobe M,Furukawa T,Tsuchiya K,Nitta K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is closely associated with pneumonia in the general population, its relationship is unclear in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. METHODS:This is a cohort study consisting of 739 PD patients and dividing into two groups. Kaplan-Meier curves were applied to obser...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Zhang Y,Lai X,Chen Q,Zhan X,Long H,Peng F,Zhang F,Feng X,Zhou Q,Wu X,Liu L,Wang Z,ETNA.,Peng X,Hu K,Wang D,Guo G,Zeng Y,Wen Y,Liang J

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a threatening medical condition associated with poor outcomes at different settings. The development of standardized diagnostic criteria and new biomarkers addressed significant clinical impacts of AKI and the need for an early AKI detection, respectively. There have been some breakthrough...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Doi K

更新日期：2020-11-01 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:In Japan, systematic evaluation of the histologic parameters of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA)-related vasculitis has been performed according to the Japanese classification by Shigematsu et al. However, this classification is quite different from that of the European Vasculitis Study Grou...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Joh K,Muso E,Shigematsu H,Nose M,Nagata M,Arimura Y,Yumura W,Wada T,Nitta K,Makino H,Taguma Y,Kaneoka H,Suzuki Y,Kobayashi M,Koyama A,Usui J,Hashimoto H,Ozaki S,Tomino Y,Yamagata K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both myeloperoxidase-associated antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA) and antiglomerular basement membrane antibody (anti-GBM Ab) positivity have been demonstrated in patients with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN), either with or without pulmonary hemorrhage; however, the implications o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Nakabayashi K,Fujioka Y,Nagasawa T,Kimura T,Kojima K,Arimura Y,Yamada A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitoring and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) provide important cardiovascular risk information for dialysis patients. This study aims to evaluate the risk factors of cfPWV and the associations between ambulatory blood pressure, especially night-time blood pressur...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Li X,Jiang Q,Wu W,Xu X,Miao L,Jin L,Xue L,Huang T,Di J,Liu J,He X

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal dysfunction is recognized with increasing frequency among the noninfectious comorbidities associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP) has been shown to be a new biomarker to screen for not only tubulointerstitial damage but also k...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Hikasa S,Yasuda M,Hideta K,Kawakami M,Higasa S,Sawada A,Tokugawa T,Kimura T

更新日期：2017-12-01 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:The Determinants of the prescribed dialysis dose have not been well studied in a large patient population. Few studies have examined survival rates after adjusting for dose determinants. METHODS:Data were obtained from a cohort of chronic hemodialysis patients for the period January 1991 through December 20...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Iseki K,Tozawa M,Takishita S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IgG4-related disease has attracted wide attention recently. It is characterized by a high level of serum IgG4 and dense infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells into multiple organs, with the kidney being one representative target. Although several sets of diagnostic criteria for autoimmune pancreatitis (A...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kawano M,Saeki T,Nakashima H,Nishi S,Yamaguchi Y,Hisano S,Yamanaka N,Inoue D,Yamamoto M,Takahashi H,Nomura H,Taguchi T,Umehara H,Makino H,Saito T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the well-established annual urinalysis screening system in Japan, the duration of nephropathy (DN) can be estimated in more than half of all patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN). Treatment using a combination of tonsillectomy and steroid pulse (TSP) therapy has been reported as an effective method...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ieiri N,Hotta O,Sato T,Taguma Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known concerning the risk of hospitalization and the risk of death before receiving dialysis by the stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Japan. METHODS:The subjects comprised a total of 13,911 Japanese men (mean age 49.2 ± 9.9 years). Based on the results of a health checkup performed in 2006,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Nishikawa K,Takahashi K,Yamada R,Kinaga T,Masato M,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achieving a normal final adult height (FH) remains a challenge in the field of pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx). To examine the optimal approach to assuring normal FH following KTx, we retrospectively examined the post-transplant growth and FH of pediatric KTx recipients. METHODS:Since the relevant fa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Fujii H,Chikamoto H,Akioka Y,Hattori M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD), as defined by reduced glomerular filtration rate (<60 ml/min/1.73 m(2)) and/or the presence of renal damage for >3 months, is a significant threat for public health in modern societies. Recent epidemiological studies have demonstrated that CKD is a significant risk for cardiovascular even...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ito S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00