Failure to reduce cholesterol as explanation for the limited efficacy of antihypertensive treatment in the reduction of coronary heart disease. Evidence from the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up program (1973-1979).

abstract：:The decarboxylation and transamination reactions of glyoxylate, which divert this precursor from oxalate formation, have been investigated. Decarboxylation of glyoxylate is synergistic with 2-oxoglutarate and catalysed by 2-oxoglutarate:glyoxylate carboligase which co-chromatographs with the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogena...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bais R,Rofe AM,Conyers RA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal nevus syndrome is an unusual neurocutaneous disorder in which epidermal nevi are associated with abnormalities of the skeleton and central nervous system, including the eyes and somtimes the cardiovascular system. We treated a patient in whom the latter included renal artery stenosis. An 18-year-old man with...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Aizawa K,Nakamura T,Ohyama Y,Saito Y,Hoshino J,Kanda T,Sumino H,Nagai R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5 patients, including 4 with partial lipodystrophy and 1 with dense deposit disease (type II mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis; MCGN), had positive C3 nephritic factor assays by both a crossed-gel immunoelectrophoretic and a magnesium-dependent hemolytic assay. One or more early classic complement component was sig...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： McLean RH,Siegel NJ,Kashgarian M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum levels of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, and 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol were measured simultaneously in three groups of adults with different renal function: normal (n = 24), glomerular filtration rate (GFR) greater than 70 ml/min; moderately decreased (n = 15), GFR 5-35 ml/min...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rickers H,Christiansen C,Christensen P,Christensen M,Rødbro P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and the nephrotic syndrome on renal biopsy was found to have diabetic glomerulosclerosis, amyloidosis and membranous glomerulopathy. The presence of three distinct glomerular diseases in the same patient is unique. Possible factors involved in their pathogenesis are discussed a...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bertani T,Olesnicky L,Abu-Regiaba S,Glasberg S,Pirani CL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to determine the changes of the cyclin/CDK (cyclin dependent kinase)/CKI (CDK inhibitors) system in kidneys during pre- and postnatal development. All protein levels of cyclins (cyclins D1, D3, E, A, B) and protein levels and activities of CDKs (CDK4, CDK2, cdc2) were high in kidneys dur...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Park SK,Kim W,Lee H,Lee DY,Koh GY

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors analysed CD4+ subset populations and particularly subset killing in order to evaluate the presence of antilymphocyte antibody against CD4+ subsets in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgA N). This study was performed in 45 patients with IgA N, 30 patients with other forms of glomerulonephritis and 30 healthy ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sato M,Kino K,Nabeshima K,Koshikawa S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 day after bilateral ureteral occlusion (BUO), the extracellular fluid (ECF) volume of rats was increased by 2.8 ml/100 g body weight above those values observed after either a sham operation or after 1 day of unilateral ureteral occlusion (UUO). The plasma urea concentration of BUO rats averaged about five times the...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sophasan S,Sorrasuchart S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyomyositis, an endemic disease of tropical origin, is increasingly reported in temperate zones, especially in patients with diabetes mellitus and in the immunocompromised. A 28-year-old renal transplant recipient presented with perforating skin lesions (Kyrle's disease), thigh pain, and swelling associated with fever...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Habte-Gabr E,Zayas JA,Rosenbaum RW

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Genetic cell ablation using the human diphtheria toxin receptor (hDTR) is a new strategy used for analysing cellular function. Diphtheria toxin (DT) is a cytotoxic protein that leaves mouse cells relatively unaffected, but upon binding to hDTR it ultimately leads to cell death. We used a podocyte-specif...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Stevens M,Neal CR,Salmon AHJ,Bates DO,Harper SJ,Oltean S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There is a trend toward deferring the initiation of chronic dialysis until absolutely indicated. This strategy, however, might lead to increased uncertainties in the timing of dialysis access creation prior to dialysis onset for patients approaching end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and the impact of which on hard e...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chen YM,Wang YC,Hwang SJ,Lin SH,Wu KD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of patients with analgesic nephropathy presenting with the symptoms of hypercalcaemia, and who were found to have transitional cell carcinomas of the renal pelvis. On removal of the tumours, calcium levels fell to normal, indicating that a humoral factor produced by the tumour caused the hypercalca...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Derbyshire ND,Asscher AW,Matthews PN

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methodology for the collection, extraction, separation and measurement of urinary angiotensin II [the octapeptide, ANG(1-8)] is described. To determine the origin of urinary ANG(1-8), mean arterial pressure, renal hemodynamics and the arterial, renal venous and urinary concentrations of ANG(1-8) were examined prio...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Reams G,Villarreal D,Wu Z,Bauer JH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin substrate concentrations and the release of renin in response to the rapid removal of 15 ml/kg weight blood or subcutaneous administration of 500 microgram/kg body weight isoproterenol were measured in control rats and animals recovering from prior myohemoglobinuric acute renal failure (recovery rats). Blood for...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Carvalho JS,Landwehr DM,Oken DE

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forced migration is on the rise, mainly from the Middle East to western countries, resulting in unprecedented moral, political, and economic challenges for both refugees and host communities. Recent research showed that refugees represent around 1.5% of the dialysis population in several European and Middle Eastern co...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sekkarie MA,Abdel-Rahman EM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of imidazole-2-hydroxibenzoate on urinary excretion rates of glycosaminoglycans and albumin in 22 insulin-dependent diabetics with albumin excretion rates under 300 mg/day was evaluated in a 165-day double blind crossover study. Unlike placebo, the drug reduced glycosaminoglycan and albumin excretion rates ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Baggio B,Briani G,Cicerello E,Gambaro G,Giorato C,Iori E,Lavagnini T,Crepaldi G

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acute beta 2-type adrenoreceptor activation with intravenous albuterol on plasma and urinary sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphate and lithium were investigated in 9 volunteers during acute hydration. When compared with the control infusion with inactive vehicle, beta 2-type adrenoreceptor ac...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Duss G,Bianchetti MG,Cattaneo FA,Mullis PE,Krämer R,Peheim E,Oetliker OH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucose degradation products (GDPs) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) solution (PDS) have been shown to inflict damage to the kidney, which is the major organ for advanced glycosylation end product elimination. Hence, this study investigated whether new PDSs with neutral pH and low-GDPs have a beneficial effect on...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Wang J,Zhu N,Yuan W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July 1984 to December 1987, 9 patients with lupus nephritis did not respond to the administration of two courses of methylprednisolone pulse therapy and cyclophosphamide treatment for 56 days. Therefore, high-dose intravenous human gamma-globulin (IVIG) was administrated. Before IVIG therapy, renal biopsy showed ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lin CY,Hsu HC,Chiang H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal hemodynamics and sodium excretion were determined before and during infusion of dopamine in doses ranging from 0.25 to 8 micrograms/kg/min in healthy volunteers (n = 15) and in patients with renal disease and moderately impaired renal function (n = 21, baseline glomerular filtration rate 34-85 ml/min). While in ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Smit AJ,Meijer S,Wesseling H,Reitsma WD,Donker AJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bleeding is the most frequent complication of kidney biopsy. Although bleeding risk in patients with AA amyloidosis after kidney biopsy has not been studied in a large population, AA amyloidosis has long been perceived as a risk factor for bleeding. The aim of the present study was to evaluate post-biopsy bl...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Altindal M,Yildirim T,Turkmen E,Unal M,Boga I,Yilmaz R,Arici M,Altun B,Erdem Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the great problem of viral hepatitis in hemodialysis patients, the Italian Society of Nephrology decided to perform a national epidemiologic survey. We contacted 467 nephrological centers by a questionnaire which let us have information on 25,746 uremic patients: 18,338 on HD, 2,250 on PD and 5,176 with kid...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Mioli VA,Balestra E,Bibiano L,Carletti P,Della Bella S,Fanciulli E,Gaffi G,Marinelli R,Perilli R,Ricciatti AM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphism has been shown to be associated with cardiovascular disease in healthy subjects as well as in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In this study, we examined the allelic frequency and genotype distribution of the MTHFR gene in 151 Chinese ESRD ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lim PS,Hung WR,Wei YH

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Acute renal failure (ARF) is one of the common problems associated with sepsis or multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). We have investigated the effects of inhibiting selectin-mediated cell adhesion on lipopolysaccharide-induced ARF in rabbits, using sialyl Lewis X oligosaccharide and PB1.3, an ant...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hayashi H,Imanishi N,Ohnishi M,Tojo SJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus is the most important viral infection in kidney transplants, but rarely affects the allograft after the sixth month posttransplantation. We present a patient who developed renal failure eighteen months posttransplant; a kidney biopsy showed cytomegalovirus inclusions, acute tubular necrosis and mild in...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Trimarchi H,Jordan R,Iotti A,Forrester M,Iotti R,Freixas E,Martínez J,Schropp J,Pereyra H,Efrón E

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA nephropathy besides exhibiting a characteristic geographical distribution has been noted to have a low incidence in the blacks of the USA. There is a paucity of data on IgA nephropathy in the blacks of Africa. We report our findings among the blacks and compare these with Indians. An analysis of the primary glomer...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Seedat YK,Nathoo BC,Parag KB,Naiker IP,Ramsaroop R

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of kidney failure. Treatments with drugs that block the renin-angiotensin system have proven beneficial in slowing kidney disease progression among those with diabetes; their benefit is limited and they do not stop disease progression. Despite multiple clinical trials of vario...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Toto RD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the interactions between volume changes (body weight), plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (pANP) and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) in 10 patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing regular hemodialysis (HD) treatment three times weekly. Most patients retained their diurnal BP variati...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ojanen S,Pietilä K,Pasternack A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00