Cost-effectiveness of chronic kidney disease mass screening test in Japan.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular endothelial cells (VECs) play crucial roles in physiological and pathologic conditions in tissues and organs. Most of these roles are related to VEC plasma membrane proteins. In the kidney, VECs are closely associated with structures and functions; however, plasma membrane proteins in kidney VECs re...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Liu Z,Xu B,Nameta M,Zhang Y,Magdeldin S,Yoshida Y,Yamamoto K,Fujinaka H,Yaoita E,Tasaki M,Nakagawa Y,Saito K,Takahashi K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy chain deposition disease (HCDD) is one of three entities of monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease, characterized histopathologically by the presence of nodular glomerulosclerosis and glomerular and tubular deposition of monoclonal heavy chains without associated light chains. Although HCDD is an extremely...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Oe Y,Soma J,Sato H,Ito S

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Guidelines for treatment of hypertension are not available for chronic hemodialysis (HD) population, despite the high mortality rate due to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Survival is much better among hypertensive patients than normal to hypotensive patients. Target levels of blood pressure and the class of a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Iseki K,Tokuyama K,Shiohira Y,Higa A,Hirano H,Toma S,Kohagura K,Ueda S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular lipid deposition is sometimes associated with a particular kind of lipid metabolism disturbance. Ultrastructural analyses using electron microscopy often indicate a disease-specific aspect of intraglomerular lipid distribution. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Sato H,Takahashi N,Sato E,Kisu K,Ito S,Saito T

更新日期：2014-04-01 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: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：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：:Inflammatory pseudotumour (IPT) is a rare disease of unknown cause that most commonly involves the lung but can occur in almost any site in the body. Occurrence in the kidneys is very rare and bilateral renal involvement even rarer. There are 34 previously reported cases in the English-language medical literature betw...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Li JY,Yong TY,Coleman M,Astill D,Passaris G,Juneja R,Siddins M,Barbara JA

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：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:Acute renal infarction (ARI) is a rare disease. ARI causes decline in renal function in both the acute and chronic phases. However, the correlation between the volume of the infarction and degree of renal function decline has not been fully investigated. Therefore, we aimed to examine the relationship betwee...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kagaya S,Yoshie O,Fukami H,Sato H,Saito A,Takeuchi Y,Matsuda K,Nagasawa T

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman presented with unusual electron microscopic findings. The patient was admitted to ascertain the cause of her persistent proteinuria, and kidney biopsy was performed. While light microscopic findings and immunofluorescence study suggested membranous nephropathy, electron microscopic study showed mic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Nomura S,Inoue-Kiyohara M,Oosugi K,Ishikawa E,Obe T,Horiki T,Ito M

更新日期：2008-12-01 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:The renoprotection achieved by angiotensin II blockade in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy is well established in both the clinical and the experimental settings. In contrast, the therapeutic efficacy of calcium channel blockers (CCBs) in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy still remains controversial...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Moriyama T,Oka K,Ueda H,Imai E

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autosomal dominant polycystic disease (ADPKD) often results in renal failure. Recently, allelic influences of PKD1 mutation types on renal survival were extensively investigated. Here, we analyzed integrated influences of PKD1 mutation types and positions on renal survival. METHODS:We included 338 (82 pedig...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Higashihara E,Horie S,Kinoshita M,Harris PC,Okegawa T,Tanbo M,Hara H,Yamaguchi T,Shigemori K,Kawano H,Miyazaki I,Kaname S,Nutahara K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of the article, the second sentence under the heading, Case presentation appears incorrectly as A computed tomographic (CT) scan demonstrated left-sided hydronephrosis (Fig. 1). ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Wu BS,Ho Y,Yang CY

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2013, eculizumab was approved for treatment of the atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome (aHUS) in Japan, which was defined as a thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) excluding Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli-HUS and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Simultaneously, post-marketing surveillance was start...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ito S,Hidaka Y,Inoue N,Kaname S,Kato H,Matsumoto M,Miyakawa Y,Mizuno M,Okada H,Shimono A,Matsuda T,Maruyama S,Fujimura Y,Nangaku M,Kagami S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies reported that children with neural tube defects, but without any history of intrinsic renal diseases, have small kidneys when compared with age-matched standard renal growth. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible causes of small renal size in children with spina bifida by com...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Montaldo P,Montaldo L,Iossa AC,Cennamo M,Caredda E,Del Gado R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dotinurad is a novel selective urate reabsorption inhibitor (SURI) that selectively inhibits the reabsorption of uric acid in renal tubules and promotes the excretion of uric acid into urine. In this study, the effects of age and gender on the pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and safety of dotin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

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

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 17-year-old male patient with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) associated with hyperthyroidism. He presented with a 2-month history of fatigue, loss of appetite, low-grade fever, and a 12-kg weight loss when he was admitted to our hospital. He had iritis, which was complicated by fibrin in t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ebihara I,Hirayama K,Usui J,Seki M,Higuchi F,Oteki T,Kobayashi M,Yamagata K

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:A 69-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to our hospital because of myocardial infarction. A central venous catheter (CVC) for infusive therapy was inserted. After two weeks he developed fever, purpura, and knee arthralgia. Hemoculture yielded methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. Subsequently, oliguric renal f...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Uggeri S,Fabbian F,Catizone L

更新日期：2008-06-01 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:Serum cystatin C is not only a marker of renal function but also acts as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular damage, heart failure, and death. It is known that the initiation and progression of these cardiovascular events contributes to renal dysfunction and chronic inflammation. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Okura T,Jotoku M,Irita J,Enomoto D,Nagao T,Desilva VR,Yamane S,Pei Z,Kojima S,Hamano Y,Mashiba S,Kurata M,Miyoshi K,Higaki J

更新日期：2010-12-01 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:Hyperuricemia is supposed to be an independent risk factor for kidney dysfunction in diabetic patients. We attempted to examine the uric acid-lowering effect and the renoprotective effect of topiroxostat, a selective xanthine oxidoreductase inhibitor, in patients with diabetic nephropathy and hyperuricemia i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Wada T,Hosoya T,Honda D,Sakamoto R,Narita K,Sasaki T,Okui D,Kimura K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study aimed to clarify the beneficial effect of allopurinol on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in a cohort of hypertensive nephropathy patients with impaired kidney function. METHODS:One hundred and seventy-eight patients diagnosed with hypertensive nephropathy and presenting with impaire...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Terawaki H,Nakayama M,Miyazawa E,Murata Y,Nakayama K,Matsushima M,Miyazaki M,Sato H,Sato M,Sato T,Taguma Y,Ito S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) evaluation is significant for drug dosing of carboplatin, anticancer drug excreted mainly from kidney. Serum cystatin-C (sCys-C) is a GFR marker with little affected by body muscle mass volume. And GFR equations based on serum creatinine (eGFRcreat) and sCys-C (eGFRc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Shibata K,Yasuda Y,Kobayashi R,Ando Y,Shimokata T,Kamiya H,Hayashi M,Maruyama S,Matsuo S,Nakao M,Tsuchiya T,Teramachi H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stromal cell-derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) is an inflammatory chemokine that plays a critical role in cardiovascular disease. Although persistent inflammation causes renal dysfunction, it remains unclear whether SDF-1α is related to progression of chronic kidney disease. This study examined whether high levels ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Uematsu M,Nakamura T,Yoshizaki T,Watanabe Y,Deyama J,Watanabe K,Kobayashi T,Fujioka D,Saito Y,Nakamura K,Kawabata K,Obata JE,Kugiyama K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00