Renal adaptation to altered dietary sulfur amino acid intake occurs at luminal brushborder membrane.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipid peroxidation impairs renal function. Aldosterone contributes to renal injury in the remnant kidney model. This study aimed to determine the effects of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on renal function and aldosterone levels in chronic renal failure. METHODS:Adult male Wistar rats were submitted...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Shimizu MH,Coimbra TM,de Araujo M,Menezes LF,Seguro AC

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rats that recover from acute puromycin nephrosis later develop widespread glomerular and tubulointerstitial injury. The current study sought to identify structural changes present in the recovery phase that could precipitate progressive renal disease. METHODS:Stereologic studies were performed 10 weeks afte...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Rasch R,Nyengaard JR,Marcussen N,Meyer TW

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of immunoglobulin (Ig) Fc-macrophage cell surface receptor affinity (macrophage Fc-affinity) in determining the mediation systems responsible for immune glomerular injury has been studied. Glomerular injury was initiated in rabbits by the passive administration of immunoglobulin preparations directed against ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Boyce NW,Holdsworth SR

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The international guideline from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes suggests a hemoglobin target of 11 to 12 g/dl for children with chronic kidney disease. However, information to support this proposal is very limited in the pediatric population. Because of controversy, the unmet need is the establishment of an...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hattori M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the challenges of treating patients with glomerulonephritis is to accurately assess disease activity. As renal biopsies are routinely stained for deposits of C3 activation fragments and glomerular C3 deposits are found in most forms of glomerulonephritis, we sought to determine whether a relatively noninvasive ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sargsyan SA,Serkova NJ,Renner B,Hasebroock KM,Larsen B,Stoldt C,McFann K,Pickering MC,Thurman JM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Candidate biomarkers for vasculopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) include circulating endothelial cells and the recently identified endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) which, when shed, promotes a thrombotic diathesis. This study sought correlation between plasma levels of soluble EPCR and diseas...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sesin CA,Yin X,Esmon CT,Buyon JP,Clancy RM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism whereby glucocorticoid deficiency impairs renal water excretion was studied in the conscious mineralocorticoid-replaced, adrenalectomized rat. Control animals received physiologic replacement with prednisolone, and experimental animals were deprived of glucocorticoid hormone for either 1 or 14 days. The ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Linas SL,Berl T,Robertson GL,Aisenbrey GA,Schrier RW,Anderson RJ

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-ray crystal interferometer-based X-ray phase-contrast microtomography (phase-contrast microtomography) is able to image microstructures within soft tissue without the use of a contrast agent. Here we determined the feasibility of using this technique in the non-destructive inspection of formalin-fixed kidney tissue ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Wu J,Takeda T,Lwin TT,Momose A,Sunaguchi N,Fukami T,Yuasa T,Akatsuka T

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and inflammation is high in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Adiponectin is an adipocytokine that may have significant anti-inflammatory and anti-atherosclerotic effects. Low adiponectin levels have previously been found in patients with high risk f...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Stenvinkel P,Marchlewska A,Pecoits-Filho R,Heimbürger O,Zhang Z,Hoff C,Holmes C,Axelsson J,Arvidsson S,Schalling M,Barany P,Lindholm B,Nordfors L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether acute renal failure (ARF) increases the long-term risk of progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD), we studied the outcome of patients whose initial kidney function was normal or near normal but who had an episode of dialysis-requiring ARF and did not develop end-stage renal disease within 30 days...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lo LJ,Go AS,Chertow GM,McCulloch CE,Fan D,Ordoñez JD,Hsu CY

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to identify genes with kidney specific, developmentally regulated expression. Here we report the cDNA sequence and expression pattern of KS, a novel kidney-specific rat gene. METHODS:A partial cDNA was identified by differential display polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of a renal cell fraction enric...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hilgers KF,Nagaraj SK,Karginova EA,Kazakova IG,Chevalier RL,Carey RM,Pentz ES,Gomez RA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteinuric diabetic patients have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and almost always have hypertension. In the early stages of diabetic renal disease (microalbuminuria) when renal function is well preserved, systemic arterial blood pressure is already elevated compared to insulin-dependent diabetic patient...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Earle K,Viberti GC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States indigenous people have high rates of chronic kidney disease but poor access to effective therapies. To more fully define these issues, we compared the demographics of renal transplantation of indigenous patients in these 4 countries. Data encompassing 312,507 in...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Yeates KE,Cass A,Sequist TD,McDonald SP,Jardine MJ,Trpeski L,Ayanian JZ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Inhibition of pressure natriuresis in mice lacking the AT2 receptor. BACKGROUND:Angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptor knockout mice have higher blood pressures than wild-type mice; however, the hypertension is imperfectly defined. We tested the hypothesis that renal mechanisms could be contributory. METHODS...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Gross V,Schunck WH,Honeck H,Milia AF,Kärgel E,Walther T,Bader M,Inagami T,Schneider W,Luft FC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of clinical laboratory and biopsy-derived parameters were assessed for their prognostic significance in the short (24 months), intermediate (60 months) and long terms in 45 patients (43 female, 2 male) with diffuse proliferative lupus glomerulonephritis (DPGN). The factors evaluated were serum creatinine (SCr...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Magil AB,Puterman ML,Ballon HS,Chan V,Lirenman DS,Rae A,Sutton RA

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a common complaint in patients with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease, and a systematic approach is needed to differentiate the etiology of the pain and define an approach to management. A thorough history is the best clue to the multifactorial causes of the pain, superimposed upon an understanding ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Bajwa ZH,Gupta S,Warfield CA,Steinman TI

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA1 proteins from sera of patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) are galactosylated to a lesser degree than those from healthy controls. The increased reactivity of intact or de-sialylated serum IgA1 with N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-specific lectins, Helix aspersa (HAA) and Caragana arborescens (CAA) and de-sialylat...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Tomana M,Matousovic K,Julian BA,Radl J,Konecny K,Mestecky J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of glycine on hypoxia- and ionomycin-induced increases in calpain activity in rat proximal tubules was determined. Calpain activity was determined both in vitro and in the intact cell using the fluorescent substrate N-succinyl-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr-7-amido-4-methyl coumarin (N-succinyl-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr-AMC) and We...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Edelstein CL,Ling H,Gengaro PE,Nemenoff RA,Bahr BA,Schrier RW

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elimination of residual proteinuria is the novel target in renoprotection; nevertheless, whether a greater suppression of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) effectively improves the antiproteinuric response in patients with moderate proteinuria remains ill-defined. METHODS:We evaluated the effects of maximizing...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Iodice C,Balletta MM,Minutolo R,Giannattasio P,Tuccillo S,Bellizzi V,D'Amora M,Rinaldi G,Signoriello G,Conte G,De Nicola L

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Normal human podocytes are terminally differentiated and quiescent cells. It is not known why podocytes fail to proliferate in response to most forms of injury. Proliferation is regulated by cell cycle proteins and their inhibitors. The Cip/Kip family of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors (p21, p27, p5...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Shankland SJ,Eitner F,Hudkins KL,Goodpaster T,D'Agati V,Alpers CE

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ontogeny of the renal mineralocorticoid (MR) and glucocorticoid (GR) receptors in the ovine fetus, and the effects of early exposure to synthetic or natural glucocorticoids on the expression of these genes in late gestation were examined. METHODS:A partial cDNA sequence for the ovine MR was cloned and u...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hantzis V,Albiston A,Matsacos D,Wintour EM,Peers A,Koukoulas I,Myles K,Moritz K,Dodic M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical creation of new anastomosis has been proposed as the preferred treatment for perianastomotic stenoses of fistulae. However, disadvantages of surgical approach have included (1) frequent conversion of fistula to a graft by using synthetic graft material to create a new anastomosis, (2) shortening the length of...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Asif A,Lenz O,Merrill D,Cherla G,Cipleu CD,Ellis R,Francois B,Epstein DL,Pennell P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal urine contains thousands of proteins, largely due to the presence of 'exosomes,' tiny vesicles secreted into the urine by renal epithelial cells. These exosomes, demonstrated by Keller and colleagues to be also retrievable from amniotic fluid, offer great promise for future disease biomarker discovery studies. ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Knepper MA,Pisitkun T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In renal cells, hyperosmolarity has been shown to induce the accumulation of myo-inositol, via the Na+/myo-inositol cotransporter (SMIT). Previously we showed that SMIT mRNA in the kidney is localized in the medullary thick ascending limb of Henle (TALH). Here we used renal cells derived from the rabbit oute...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Yorek MA,Dunlap JA,Lowe WL Jr

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[Arg(8)]-vasopressin (AVP) has several functions via its three distinct receptors, V1a, V1b, and V2. The V1a vasopressin receptor (V1aR) is expressed in blood vessels and involved in vascular contraction. Recently, we generated V1a receptor-deficient (V1aR(-/-)) mice and found that they were hypotensive. In addition, ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Aoyagi T,Koshimizu TA,Tanoue A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The erythropoietin analogs have been an important advance for the treatment of the anemia of kidney disease, resulting in reduced need for blood transfusion and improved quality of life. Recent studies, however, have indicated risks associated with targeting higher levels of hemoglobin (Hb). As a result, in March 2007...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Fishbane S,Nissenson AR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous and aspirated blood samples were collected from the welling points of surface efferent arterioles in the rat kidney. The amount of tubular reabsorbate in each sample was calculated from measurements of the inulin concentration in the sample and systemic arterial plasma. Both spontaneous and aspirated sampl...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Jensen PK,Blaehr H,Steven K

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date direct evidence for the presence of a H-K-ATPase in the medulla comes from proton and potassium transport studies performed on K-restricted animals and K dependent ATP hydrolysis and Rb uptake in both normal and K-depleted animals. The present work examines K-dependent acidification in the medulla of rabbits o...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Curran KA,Hebert MJ,Cain BD,Wingo CS

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing knowledge of the role of gangliosides in normal and diseased tissues, little is known of the presence, distribution and functions of these molecules in the kidney. In this study we analyzed the main gangliosides of isolated glomeruli and cortical, medullary and papillary fractions of the human, ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Holthöfer H,Reivinen J,Miettinen A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the expression of EPO, VEGF and VEGF receptor gene under conditions of reduced oxygen supply in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes, and compared it with the expression of these genes in hypoxic rat livers in vivo. To this end we exposed male Sprague-Dawley rats to hypoxia (10% and 8% O2), carbon m...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sandner P,Wolf K,Bergmaier U,Gess B,Kurtz A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00