Effect of a low-protein diet on urinary albumin excretion in uremic patients.

abstract：:The 24-hour urinary excretion of kallikrein (K) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), which reflects their intrarenal synthesis, was measured in 7 normal women (NW), 10 women with essential hypertension (EH), 26 normal pregnant women (NP), 12 women with hypertension in pregnancy (HP), and 4 women with toxemia. All pregnant wom...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kovatz S,Arber I,Korzets Z,Rathaus M,Ben Aderet N,Bernheim J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a review of the literature regarding kinetic models used for assessing the adequacy of hemodialysis, no definite conclusions can be drawn as to whether the classical urea kinetic model (UKM) or modified direct dialysis quantification (mDDQ) is more reliable. We compared mDDQ with classical UKM and with a modified...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bosticardo GM,Alloatti S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine (CsA) nephrotoxicity is partially mediated by renal vasoconstriction due to an imbalance between vasodilator and vasoconstrictor eicosanoids. LSL 90202 is a purified lysine salt of eicosapentaenoic acid which is a known inhibitor of renal eicosanoid synthesis. The aim of the present work was to determine ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Torras J,Valles J,Sanchez J,Sabate I,Seron D,Carrera M,Castelao AM,Herrero I,Puig-Parellada P,Alsina J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CBA/CaH-kdkd mice develop hereditary tubulointerstitial disease with mononuclear cell infiltration and cyst formation, possibly representing a model of human nephronophthisis. The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the components of the fibrotic changes which typically develop in the kidneys of these ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sibalic V,Sun L,Sibalic A,Oertli B,Ritthaler T,Wüthrich RP

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular morphological changes produced by 5-hour intravenous infusion of endotoxin (40 micrograms/kg/h) were studied in 57 rabbits. During endotoxin infusion all animals developed signs of endotoxemia, anemia, and transient leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Acute renal failure also developed in all animals. By light...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bertani T,Abbate M,Zoja C,Corna D,Remuzzi G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case, seemingly sporadic, in which ocular and acral malformations were associated with an interstitial nephropathy; we made a diagnosis of acro-renal-ocular syndrome. There was no stasis, reflux, or urinary tract infection in our patient. We believe that interstitial nephritis in acro-renal-ocular syndro...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Boscutti G,Pizzolitto S,Montanaro D,Messa P,Messa M,Favazza A,Beltrami CA,Mioni G

更新日期：1994-01-01 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

abstract：:A four-year-old male with steroid refractory nephrotic syndrome was found to have diffuse deposition of alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) in the glomeruli which showed diffuse mesangial proliferation and partial hyalinization by light microscopy. Camostat mesylate, a commercially available synthetic proteinase inhibito...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Asami T,Ohsawa S,Tomisawa S,Hashimoto K,Toyabe S,Sakai K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study evaluated the complications in 154 patients in whom a permanent peritoneal dialysis catheter was inserted percutaneously from April 1982 to June 1986. Obstruction to flow and fluid leakage occurred in 9.2 and 2.6% of the catheters, respectively. Catheter survival was 64.6 and 48.6% at 1- and 2-year...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Allon M,Soucie JM,Macon EJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 92 renal transplant recipients, serum or plasma levels of neopterin were significantly elevated during pretransplant uremia, rejection, cyclosporin A induced nephrotoxicity and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections. In patients with normal serum creatinine (less than 115 mumol/l) 71% had elevated serum neopterin levels....

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bäckman L,Ringdén O,Björkhem I

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variations of ionized and total calcium concentrations were studied during haemodialysis with high flux membrane using dialysate calcium concentrations of 1.63 and 1.76 mmol/l. The changes in ionized and total calcium were related to the predialytic calcium concentration difference between plasma and dialysate. Th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kancir CB,Wanscher M,Petersen PH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1987, we have experienced 11 children with acute renal failure (ARF) associated with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (YP) infection. The illness began with the sudden onset of high fever, skin rash and gastrointestinal symptoms. Later in the course, periungual desquamation developed, mimicking Kawasaki disease. Elev...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Cheong HI,Choi EH,Ha IS,Lee HJ,Choi Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:The assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) on hemodialysis is often hampered by abnormal responses to the standard 1-mg dexamethasone suppression test. Various mechanisms have been proposed to explain this lack of suppressibility. The present study was design...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Van Herle AJ,Birnbaum JA,Slomowitz LA,Mayes D,Chandler DW,Rosenblit PD,Nissenson A

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that the margin of safe fluoride exposure is narrowed in rats that are physiologically compromised by renal dysfunction. The study objective was to determine whether increases in fluoride retention and tissue fluoride levels in rats with surgically induced renal insuffic...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Dunipace A,Brizendine E,Wilson M,Zhang W,Wilson C,Katz B,Kafrawy A,Stookey G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum specimens from 99 selected renal patients were examined over a 3-year period by both a hemagglutination technique (HA) and an indirect immunofluorescent (IIF) method for the presence of circulating antibody against tubular basement membrane (TBM). 11 patients were found with anti-TBM antibodies. 6 of them also h...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Cattran DC

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To clarify the role of leukocyte subsets in the development of glomerulosclerosis (GS) and interstitial lesions which may contribute to the prognosis of membranous nephropathy (MN), we investigated infiltrating cells in both glomeruli and interstitium in biopsy specimens. METHODS:Forty-one cases of MN were divided...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Saito T,Yusa A,Soma J,Ootaka T,Sato H,Ito S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the types of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory (G) protein subunits in isolated glomeruli, cortices excluding glomeruli and medullas of rat kidneys using bacterial toxin-catalyzed adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) ribosylation and specific immunoblots. ADP ribosylation catalyzed by cholera or pertussis to...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yanagisawa H,Kurihara N,Klahr S,Morrissey J,Wada O

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the in vivo involvement of cellular adhesion molecules and cytokines in human glomerulonephritis, we have investigated the glomerular and interstitial expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) in 69 kidney biopsy specimens by immunohistochemical methods and its correlation with serum bioactiv...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yokoyama H,Takaeda M,Wada T,Ohta S,Hisada Y,Segawa C,Furuichi K,Kobayashi K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic membranous nephropathy remains the leading cause of nephrotic syndrome in Caucasian adults. Immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporine (CSA) is often successful in reducing proteinuria, but its use is associated with a high relapse rate. Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody that specifically targets ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Fervenza FC,Canetta PA,Barbour SJ,Lafayette RA,Rovin BH,Aslam N,Hladunewich MA,Irazabal MV,Sethi S,Gipson DS,Reich HN,Brenchley P,Kretzler M,Radhakrishnan J,Hebert LA,Gipson PE,Thomas LF,McCarthy ET,Appel GB,Jeffers

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intravenous iron, with and without androgens, was studied in a group of 39 patients treated by regular haemodialysis, almost all of whom had normal serum iron concentrations. Intravenous iron 1-2 g every 4 months produced a significant rise in haemoglobin from 6.3 to 7.9 g/dl in 17 female patients with ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： von Hartitzsch B,Kerr DN

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of isolated ACTH deficiency with hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism, presenting severe hyponatremia, is described. A 57-year-old man complaining of nausea, vomiting and fatigability was admitted to our hospital because of hyponatremia (114 mEq/I). The low levels of serum cortisol and urinary 17-OHCS suggested gluc...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Okada K,Takahashi S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of vasoactive peptides such as endothelin (ET), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP) in the regulation of blood pressure in uremic patients, and to determine the effect of various types of dialyzer membranes on hemodialysis (HD)-induced changes in pla...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Niwa T,Fujishiro T,Uema K,Tsuzuki T,Tominaga Y,Emoto Y,Miyazaki T,Maeda K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 'epidemic' of aseptic peritonitis occurred in our peritoneal dialysis unit, affecting 5 of 20 patients. Acute and convalescent viral titers were normal in all 5. The peritoneal fluid of the affected patients was not tested for endotoxin, but endotoxin was found in subsequent dialysis fluids from two machines in the...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Gandhi VC,Kamadana MR,Ing TS,Daugirdas JT,Viol GW,Robinson JA,Geis WP,Hano JE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Most transplant centres use SV40 large T antigen (TAg) staining for the diagnosis and assessment of BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (BKPyVAN). This study was performed to evaluate the significance of capsid protein VP1 expression in BKPyVAN. METHODS:We performed immunohistochemical staining using anti-SV40 ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Masutani K,Matsukuma Y,Tsuchimoto A,Okabe Y,Doi A,Kaku K,Nakamura M,Nakano T,Tsuruya K,Kitazono T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of abnormalities in red blood cell (RBC) deformability in patients undergoing hemodialysis remains a major problem, because it is related to peripheral microcirculation, oxygen supply, and various complications in such patients. gamma-Linolenic acid (GLA; 18:3n-6), one of the polyunsaturated ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Iijima S,Otsuka F,Kikuchi H,Yamada K,Nakajima T,Yahiro K,Kondo A

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:This prospective study was designed to evaluate the eventual correction of anemia and iron status in 39 iron-deficient uremics starting hemodialysis. Nine patients (control group) had no iron supplementation, 10 had oral ferrous iron, and 20 were treated with intravenous iron gluconate. Follow-up periods were 12 month...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Fudin R,Jaichenko J,Shostak A,Bennett M,Gotloib L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugated diene fatty acids (CDFA) were evaluated by second derivative spectrophotometry in the plasma and adipose tissue of 42 chronic renal failure (CFR) patients in conservative treatment, 40 patients treated by hemodialysis (HD) with cuprophane, cellulose acetate or hemophan, 29 treated by hemodiafiltration (HDF)...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lucchi L,Banni S,Botti B,Cappelli G,Medici G,Melis MP,Tomasi A,Vannini V,Lusvarghi E

更新日期：1993-01-01 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