Risk of macrovascular disease stratified by stage of chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetic patients: critical level of the estimated glomerular filtration rate and the significance of hyperuricemia.

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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Vascular access dysfunction caused by stenosis is a major complication for hemodialysis (HD) patients. However, physiopathology of late arteriovenous fistula (AVF) stenosis is still under investigation. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between plasma soluble EPCR (sEPCR) with...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Bilgic MA,Yilmaz H,Bozkurt A,Celik HT,Bilgic IC,Gurel OM,Kirbas I,Bavbek N,Akcay A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Darbepoetin alfa (DA) is an attractive alternative to recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) in managing renal anemia. Since DA has not been approved by the appropriate Japanese drug regulatory agencies for the indication of renal anemia in children in Japan, we have conducted a multicenter prospective st...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Hattori M,Matsunaga A,Akioka Y,Fujinaga S,Nagai T,Uemura O,Nakakura H,Ashida A,Kamei K,Ito S,Yamada T,Goto Y,Ohta T,Hisano M,Komatsu Y,Itami N

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renin-angiotensin system blockers (RASBs) reduce end-stage kidney disease and cardiovascular event (CVE) development in chronic kidney disease. However, whether RASBs improve long-term prognosis in kidney transplant (KT) recipients remain unknown. METHOD:We investigated 900 kidney transplant patients in a m...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Tsuchimoto A,Masutani K,Ueki K,Nakagawa K,Matsukuma Y,Tanaka S,Unagami K,Kakuta Y,Okumi M,Noguchi H,Kaku K,Okabe Y,Nakano T,Kitazono T,Nakamura M,Ishida H,Tanabe K,Japan Academic Consortium of Kidney Transplantation (JA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dotinurad, a novel selective urate reabsorption inhibitor (SURI), increases urinary uric acid excretion. The aim of this study is to examine the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety of dotinurad according to the type of hyperuricemia, with or without concomitant use of xanthine oxidase inhibitor, i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Okui D,Sasaki T,Fushimi M,Ohashi T

更新日期：2020-03-01 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:Adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase (AMPK), as a sensor of cellular energy status, has been known to play an important role in the pathophysiology of diabetes and its complications. As AMPK is also expressed in podocytes, it is possible that podocyte AMPK would be an important contributing...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Choi JY,Ha TS,Park HY,Ahn HY

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is the most common chronic glomerular disease in children. At least 20 % of children with this syndrome show frequent relapses and/or steroid dependence during or after immunosuppressive therapies, a condition defined as complicated frequently relapsing/steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrom...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Iijima K,Sako M,Nozu K

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis (CGGN) is usually slowly progressive, and only a minority of these patients progress to end-stage renal failure. This report describes an atypical case of a patient with CGGN who demonstrated a rapidly progressive and irreversible renal deterioration. After pr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Tsuboi N,Ichinose M,Kawamura T,Joh K,Utsunomiya Y,Hosoya T

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Japan is currently rising. Therefore, measures to control the progression of CKD from a predialysis condition to endstage renal failure are urgently required. We are conducting a clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of an oral carbonaceous ads...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Morita S,Fukuhara S,Akizawa T,Asano Y,Kurokawa K

更新日期：2005-09-01 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:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common disease, affecting about 10% of the general population. The genetic component about CKD incidence in Asian population is not well known. The aim of the study is to find the genetic loci associated with incident CKD and to figure out the effect of genetic variation on ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Yun S,Han M,Kim HJ,Kim H,Kang E,Kim S,Ahn C,Oh KH

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:A 78-year old woman with complicating solitary kidney had nephrotic syndrome. Renal biopsy specimens showed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). First, the patient was treated with angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI). Proteinuria decreased from 10 to 6 g/day, but...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Oshiro Y,Umena S,Noda M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The suitable methods evaluating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) have not been established in patients undergoing radical nephrectomy (RN) or radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) due to urological malignancies in Japan as well as worldwide. METHODS:We examined the relationship between creatinine clearance-based...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Niwa N,Yoshida T,Mizuno R,Kikuchi E,Miyajima A,Hayashi M,Oya M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) is the most common of infectious diseases with high morbidity and mortality. However, the clinical characteristics of SSTI in patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS), especially in those patients who received immunosuppressive therapy, are still lacking. The present study w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Hu T,Wang M,Chen W,Zhao J,Xiong J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The etiology of hemodialysis (HD)-induced hypotension and hypertension remains speculative. There is mounting evidence that endothelin-1 (ET-1) may play a vital role in these hemodynamic changes. We examined the possible role of intradialytic changes of ET-1 in the pathogenesis of hypotension and rebound hyp...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： El-Shafey EM,El-Nagar GF,Selim MF,El-Sorogy HA,Sabry AA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported a significant increase in plasma TGF-beta1 in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Progression of CRF may be caused by persistent renal production of TGF-beta1. In CRF rat models, an oral carbonic absorbent (AST-120) reduces the expression of the TGF-beta1 gene in the kidney, and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Iida S,Kohno K,Yoshimura J,Ueda S,Usui M,Miyazaki H,Nishida H,Tamaki K,Okuda S

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenomedullin (AM) has antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects on mesangial cells in culture, but the regulation of AM and its receptors in glomeruli with glomerulonephritis have not been clarified. METHODS:We examined sequential changes in the mRNA expression of AM and its receptors (receptor-activity-...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Matsumoto M,Fujimoto S,Iwatsubo S,Sato Y,Hara S,Kitamura K,Eto T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:School urinary screening has been performed in Japan. METHODS:Ikeda City and Toyono Town introduced, in 2012 and 2013, urinary protein/creatinine (Cr) ratio measurement into the urine-screening protocols designed for students aged between 4 and 15 years. For each student whose urinary protein/Cr ratio was ≥...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kajiwara N,Hayashi K,Fujiwara M,Nakayama H,Ozaki Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 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:Phosphodiesterase type IV (PDEIV) plays an important role in the immune response and inflammation. However, it is well known that classical PDEIV inhibitors have systemic side effects, so the clinical and chronic use of these agents as therapy for glomerulonephritis is difficult. This study was performed to ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Sadakane C,Kase Y,Koseki J,Hasegawa Y,Shindo S,Maruyama H,Takeda S,Takeda H,Hattori T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depending on the etiology and pathophysiology of hematuria, urinary bleeding is classified as glomerular hematuria or nonglomerular hematuria. Nephritis is usually detected by the presence of proteinuria, especially elevated albumin excretion. In this study, we report on the use of the urinary albumin-to-tot...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ohisa N,Kanemitsu K,Matsuki R,Suzuki H,Miura H,Ohisa Y,Yoshida K,Kaku M,Sato H

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：: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:Analyses of selected cases suggest that immunosuppressive treatment could reduce proteinuria and delay the progression of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). The aim of this study was to examine the long-term effectiveness of this therapy on the clinical course of IgAN. We also examined the relationship bet...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Oshima S,Kawamura O

更新日期：2008-08-01 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 AND OBJECTIVES:Data regarding renal disease in the elderly (age ≥65 years old) and very elderly (age ≥80 years old) Japanese are extremely limited. The aim of this study was to examine the causes of renal disease and their clinical presentations in elderly patients who underwent renal biopsy. DESIGN, SETTIN...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Yokoyama H,Sugiyama H,Sato H,Taguchi T,Nagata M,Matsuo S,Makino H,Watanabe T,Saito T,Kiyohara Y,Nishi S,Iida H,Morozumi K,Fukatsu A,Sasaki T,Tsuruya K,Kohda Y,Higuchi M,Kiyomoto H,Goto S,Hattori M,Hataya H,Kag

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The appropriate blood pressure target to prevent end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is controversial. METHODS:We examined the association between systolic blood pressure (SBP) changes and ESRD incidence in 69,575 participants from the Okinawa general population aged ≥ 20 years who underwent health check-ups in ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Usui T,Iseki C,Iseki K,Kawakami K,Nangaku M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proteinuria caused by glomerular disease is characterized by podocyte injury. Vasopressin V2 receptor antagonists are effective in reducing albuminuria, although their actions on glomerular podocytes have not been explored. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of tolvaptan, a selective ora...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Okada T,Sakaguchi T,Hatamura I,Saji F,Negi S,Otani H,Muragaki Y,Kawachi H,Shigematsu T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00