Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide, body weight and twenty-four-hour blood pressure monitoring in chronic hemodialysis patients.

abstract：:Abnormalities in plasma composition of essential fatty acids (EFAs) may be associated with the etiology of pruritus and other skin problems in patients undergoing hemodialysis. To study whether an oral supplementation with omega-6 (n-6) EFAs would restore deranged plasma EFAs and ameliorate skin symptoms, 9 and 7 dial...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yoshimoto-Furuie K,Yoshimoto K,Tanaka T,Saima S,Kikuchi Y,Shay J,Horrobin DF,Echizen H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TINU syndrome (tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis) was first described by Dobrin et al. in 1975. Since then, more than 50 cases have been documented each with diverse immunopathogenetic and genetic characteristics. The aim of this report is to describe a case of TINU associated with reduced complement levels...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Conz PA,Milan M,Bragantini L,La Greca G,Bevilacqua PA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) reduce proteinuria and slow renal disease progression more effectively than other therapies in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, differences regarding efficacy and safety between these therapies rem...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Silvariño R,Rios P,Baldovinos G,Chichet MA,Perg N,Sola L,Saona G,De Souza N,Lamadrid V,Gadola L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is already a considerable amount of evidence suggesting that fibronectin (Fn) plays an important role in the pathogenic process in some forms of glomerulonephritis (GN). It has been postulated that Fn may participate in the progression or regression of glomerular diseases. The Fn is presented in the kidney as a ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Altunkova I,Minkova V,Belovezhdov N

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several underlying metabolic abnormalities may be present in patients with recurrent calcium calculus disease (RCCD). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of deficiencies of 2 well-known potent inhibitors of crystal formation and growth, citrate and pyrophosphate, in the various metabolic subgroups an...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Laminski NA,Meyers AM,Sonnekus MI,Smyth AE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Increased susceptibility of the kidney to acute renal failure (ARF) in the setting of sepsis even in the absence of systemic hypotension is well known. In the hypothesis that the proinflammatory cytokines and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in gram-negative sepsis can directly cause renal tubular cell apoptosi...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Jo SK,Cha DR,Cho WY,Kim HK,Chang KH,Yun SY,Won NH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complete remission (CR) and partial remission (PR) are beneficial to the long-term outcome of patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (iMN). However, we are lacking in studies that evaluate the clinical predictors of response to treatment with prednisone plus cyclophosphamide (CP). The objectives of ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Li S,Wang L,Zhang M,Zhou W,Fang W,Wang Q,Qi C,Mou S,Shao X,Ni Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is recognised to be a strong risk factor for causing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), independent of the presence of diabetes mellitus. The association of NAFLD with outcomes in patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) has been v...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chinnadurai R,Chrysochou C,Kalra PA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between glycosaminoglycans and beta 2-microglobulin, glycosaminoglycans and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase as well as the relationship between the chondroitin sulfate/heparan sulfate ratio and SDS electrophoresis in the urine of subjects from the endemic area of Balkan nephropathy was studied in orde...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Juretić D,Cvoriscec D,Vuković-Holjevac A,Benković J,Lipovac K,Stavljenić A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to determine whether intraperitoneal and oral administration of formalin-fixed gram-negative bacteria induced immunohistologically and ultrastructurally evident glomerular deposition of IgA and C3 in C3H/HeN mice. Separate treatments with strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Haemo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Endo Y,Kanbayashi H,Hara M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary excretion of oxalate, calcium and urate has been investigated in 88 patients affected by idiopathic calcium oxalate stone disease and in 20 normal subjects. Of these ions, only oxalate was found significantly higher in stone formers. Defining hyperoxaluria as urinary oxalate excretion greater than 2 SD above n...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Baggio B,Gambaro G,Favaro S,Borsatti A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the control of aldosterone secretion, including the role played by hepatic metabolic clearance, ACTH, and the renin-angiotensin system, and the interrelationships of aldosterone secretion with sodium and potassium metabolism. The physiological modulations of aldosterone secretion by the upright post...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chan JC

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 57-year-old man with end-stage renal failure due to chronic glomerulonephritis, who had been on hemodialysis for 13.5 years and had suffered from recurrent painful swelling of the left leg for 4.7 years. A diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis was made by the phlebography. Coagulation studies showed decreas...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Maruyama H,Gejyo F,Hanano M,Arakawa M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet activation is commonly monitored with a battery of monoclonal antibodies against different platelet epitopes with controversial results. The transient expression of platelet markers and their role mediating interactions with other cells could easily explain these discrepancies. The present study has evaluated...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hernández MR,Galán AM,Lozano M,Bozzo J,Cases A,Escolar G,Calls J,Ordinas A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to raise the possibility of methylguanidine, a peroxidative product of creatinine, as a measure of the peroxidative state. As a known standard, we measured the inhibitory effect of uremic serum on the NADPH-dependent microsomal lipid peroxidation. This is an established method for evaluating the peroxi...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Nagase S,Aoyagi K,Hirayama A,Gotoh M,Ueda A,Tomida C,Kikuchi H,Takemura K,Koyama A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mysterious deaths of archeologists after opening Egyptian tombs have been suspected to be secondary to inhalation of mycotoxin, however, the hypothesis has never been verified. Recently, we observed a case of acute renal failure (ARF) undeniably due to inhalation of ochratoxin of Aspergillus ochraceus. After spending ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Di Paolo N,Guarnieri A,Loi F,Sacchi G,Mangiarotti AM,Di Paolo M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyst infection is a frequent and serious complication of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) that is often difficult to treat. However, the factors influencing cyst infection are still unknown. Therefore, we investigated clinical factors related to the duration of hospitalization and death d...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Suwabe T,Ubara Y,Hayami N,Yamanouchi M,Hiramatsu R,Sumida K,Sawa N,Sekine A,Kawada M,Hasegawa E,Hoshino J,Takaichi K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension secondary to renal transplantation was studied in our experimental model in the rat. In this model an intravenous injection of donor strain blood into recipients of allogeneic donor kidneys prior to transplantation was used to prolong the allograft survival. A reduced renal function associated with the hy...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： de Keijzer MH,Provoost AP,van Aken M,Kort WJ,Wolff ED,Molenaar JC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the mechanism of peritoneal dialysis fluid inhibition of cell functions, laboratory-prepared fluids were used to investigate the specific influences of low pH and high lactate concentration on neutrophil viability, phagocytosis, respiratory burst activation and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) generation. I...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Liberek T,Topley N,Jörres A,Petersen MM,Coles GA,Gahl GM,Williams JD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the expression of Mac-1 on granulocytes (flow cytometry) from 9 patients (27 examinations) during hemodialysis with cuprophane membranes (CuM). Samples were drawn before dialysis and from the arterial and venous lines at 5, 15 and 180 min. Granulocytopenia was most pronounced after 15 min of treatment. Mac-...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lundahl J,Hed J,Jacobson SH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human peritoneal mesothelial cells lie on a basement membrane-like material consisting of fibronectin (FN), type I collagen (CI), type III collagen (CIII) and laminin (LA). To understand how these extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins affect mesothelial cell behavior, we investigated their effect on the adhesion and pro...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yen CJ,Fang CC,Chen YM,Lin RH,Wu KD,Lee PH,Tsai TJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of changes in the dialysate calcium concentration on calcium fractions and parathyroid hormone species in plasma during hemodialysis has been examined. C-terminal immunoreactive parathyroid hormone was suppressed when plasma calcium increased by greater than 25% whereas N-terminal fragments demonstrated an ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： McIntosh CH,Fuchs C,Dorn D,Quellhorst E,Henning HV,Hesch RD,Scheler F

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodialysis (HD) prescription is usually based on the periodical measurement of the Kt/V achieved in a midweek dialysis session. The purpose of the study was to assess the duration of each HD session to achieve a target dose of dialysis. This allowed to determine whether a given dialysis session may be considered rep...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hernandez-Herrera G,Martin-Malo A,Rodriguez M,Aljama P

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old Chinese girl had had absence seizures and received sodium valproate (VPA) treatment which provided good control. Six months later, she developed interstitial nephritis with proteinuria and microhematuria. Renal biopsy revealed interstitial nephritis with granular deposition of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and C...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lin CY,Chiang H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of nephrotic syndrome (idiopathic membranous glomerulonephropathy) with high serum HDL cholesterol (91 mg/100 ml) which increased to 240 mg/100 ml following steroid therapy. The increase in HDL was mainly a result of increased HDL2 and increased plasma apolipoprotein A-I. ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sasaki J,Hara F,Motooka T,Naito S,Arakawa K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumstantial evidence that pIgA has a key role in glomerular injury of IgAN is now strong. Although the answers to the questions posed in this review are necessarily incomplete, they do indicate that (1) pIgA is a major component of mesangial IgA. (2) circulating pIgA is increased and this pIgA is particularly enhan...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Harper SJ,Feehally J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement factor D, a complement system serine protease, circulating in vivo as its active form, accumulates in patients with chronic renal failure. The pathophysiological role of this active protease in these patients was examined by studies on activities of excess factor D on 10 synthetic peptide substrates for som...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Inagi R,Miyata T,Oda O,Maeda K,Inoue K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postnephrectomy serum has been proved to enhance proliferation of mesangial cells in culture. Studies in offspring to uninephrectomized (UNx) mothers indicate that it remains active for a long period following UNx. On the other hand, postnephrectomy renal compensatory growth in vivo is known to be completed within a s...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Weissgarten J,Modai D,Cohn M,Berman S,Averbukh Z

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of free radicals on the development of crystals attached to the living epithelium have been studied using an experimental model that enables close simulation of the conditions prevailing in the kidney. The results obtained clearly demonstrate that free radical-damaged cells produce a favorable environment ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Grases F,García-Ferragut L,Costa-Bauzá A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with cadaveric renal transplantation was diagnosed by brain-computed tomography and ELISA as having neurocysticercosis in the CSF. Complete cure was achieved after praziquantel therapy. Function of the allograft was not affected. ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Gordillo-Paniagua G,Muñoz-Arizpe R,Ponsa-Molina R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00