Should COVID-19 Concern Nephrologists? Why and to What Extent? The Emerging Impasse of Angiotensin Blockade.

abstract：:Oral phosphatidylcholine at 900 mg/day was given to 4 patients with high lymph absorption for 8 weeks. Fluid and solute transfer before and after treatment were compared to 4 similar controls given placebo. None of the patients had overt ultrafiltration problems. After treatment, overnight peritoneal effluent phosphol...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chan PC,Tam SC,Robinson JD,Yu L,Ip MS,Chan CY,Cheng IK

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following successful kidney transplantation, renal anemia is gradually corrected during the first 3-4 months. Serum erythropoietin (EPO) levels are increased after the first postoperative day following grafting. In this study, the serum EPO levels in the early posttransplant phase were investigated in 8 living-donor a...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Goch J,Birgegård G,Wikström B,Tufveson G,Danielson BG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cases of perimembranous-type renal amyloidosis were reported. This type of renal amyloidosis was characterized by amyloid deposition predominantly involving the epithelial aspect of the glomerular capillary wall. Florid spicular arrangement was another representative feature. This type of amyloid deposition was fo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Shiiki H,Shimokama T,Yoshikawa Y,Onoyama K,Morimatsu M,Watanabe T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein: galactosyl and glycoprotein: sialic acid transferase activities were measured in the serum of patients with minimal lesion nephrotic syndrome, acute renal failure, and chronic renal insufficiency of varying severity. The activity of galactosyl transferase was elevated in all patients but one. Sialic acid...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kirschbaum BB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fall in white blood cells (WBC) and arterial oxygen pressure that occurs during hemodialysis was investigated as a function of different dialysis membranes and different sterilization methods. 8 chronic hemodialysis patients were studied and each was dialyzed with three different membranes: cellulosic hollow fiber...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hakim RM,Lowrie EG

更新日期：1982-01-01 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/AIMS:De novo expression of CD44 is considered as a marker of parietal epithelial cell (PEC) activation. The aim of our study was to explore CD74 expression, which can form a complex with CD44, in PECs during the progression of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). To clarify the role of CD74 expression ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yamazaki T,Sasaki S,Okamoto T,Sato Y,Hayashi A,Ariga T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old white male suffering from plasmacytosis with monoclonal gammopathy developed gastrointestinal bleeding, microscopic hematuria, proteinuria and progressive azotemia. A renal biopsy demonstrated capillary wall thickening, mesangial hyperplasia, crescent formation and subepithelial humps. Serum immunoglobul...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Dhar SK,Smith EC,Fresco R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacy and safety of a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) were studied in 33 stable maintenance hemodialysis patients who had a bleeding tendency on unfractionated heparin. The optimal dose of LMWH for each patient was titrated before the study; the mean total LMWH dosage was 1,152 +/- 574 IU. No major bleeding or ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Leu JG,Chiang SS,Lin SM,Pai JK,Jiang WW

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcitonin, whatever its origin, produces a decrease in the renal tubular reabsorption of sodium, phosphate and calcium in man and in the rat. Renal receptors for calcitonin have been demonstrated in the membranes of rat tubular cells using 125I salmon calcitonin as a tracer. Hormone-receptor interaction initiates the...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ardaillou R

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombospondin (TSP) is a multifunctional glycoprotein that is synthesized by a variety of cells including mesangial cells (MCs). To clarify the effect of TSP on the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy, we studied the effect of glucose concentrations on TSP synthesis in cultured human MCs. Thereafter, the effects of ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Tada H,Isogai S

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:We reviewed the recommendations and outcomes for all patients with diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease referred to the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont from 1971 through December 1983. During this period, we recommended transplantation in 53 of 73 patients evaluated. Thirty-two transplants were performed i...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rimmer JM,Sussman M,Foster R,Gennari FJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic usefulness of bone marrow hemosiderin, serum ferritin, transferrin saturation, mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and red cell protoporphyrin (EPP) in the evaluation of iron status in patients on chronic hemodialysis was studied in 39 subjects. The correlation between serum ferritin and the number of transfu...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Moreb J,Popovtzer MM,Friedlaender MM,Konijn AM,Hershko C

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing urinary net acid (titratable acid + NH4 - HCO-3) excretion is accompanied by an increased urinary Ca excretion because of reduced renal tubular reabsorption of filtered Ca. The relationships between urinary Ca excretion rates and urinary net acid excretion rates are reviewed for data: (1) among healthy adul...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lemann J Jr

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was determined in serum and peritoneal dialysis effluent (PDE) of patients on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) by a biological assay measuring the proliferation of the IL-6-dependent 7TD1 cell line. Six patients free of peritonitis displayed low but significant levels of IL-6 (mean +/...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Goldman M,Vandenabeele P,Moulart J,Amraoui Z,Abramowicz D,Nortier J,Vanherweghem JL,Fiers W

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The size distribution pattern of circulating rPRL was studied in intact control (C) rats and in three uremic models, namely urine autoinfusion (UA), bilateral ureteral ligation (BUL), and bilateral nephrectomy (BNx). Plasmas were chromatographed by gel filtration in Sephadex G-100. Rat PRL was measured by RIA. The rPR...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Martin-Oar JE,Cachofeiro MV,Rodriguez-Puyol D,Hernando L,López-Novoa JM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To reassess the reported protective effects of verapamil in renal ischaemia, we perfused the left kidney of uninephrectomized female Wistar rats with verapamil (0.1 and 1.0 mg/kg) immediately prior to clamping the renal artery for 60 min. When compared to controls, both doses of verapamil failed to afford protection w...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bock HA,Brunner FP,Torhorst J,Thiel G

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the ultrastructure of the bovine glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and tubular basement membrane (TBM) using ultra-high-resolution scanning electron microscopy after conductive staining without metal coating. Purified basement membranes (BMs) were obtained by sonication and acellular BMs by detergent trea...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yamasaki Y,Makino H,Ota Z

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The porphyrin status of 38 renal transplant patients was investigated using a sensitive thin-layer chromatographic assay. Abnormalities of porphyrin synthesis observed in patients on hemodialysis were generally reversed on receipt of a transplant with sustained good renal function. Urinary coproporphyrin levels and th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Day RS,Eales L

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the prevalence of kidney disease in a cohort of individuals with silicosis. METHODS:Review of medical records and questionnaires from patients reported to a state surveillance system for silicosis. Reporting of individuals with silicosis is required by state law. All individuals with silicosis reporte...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rosenman KD,Moore-Fuller M,Reilly MJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic and hormonal actions of acute (50 mg) and chronic (150 mg/day) captopril were tested in 10 patients with essential hypertension. Under short-term conditions blood pressure was reduced, heart rate and plasma adrenaline did not change, plasma angiotensin II and plasma aldosterone decreased. Plasma renin acti...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Stanek B,Silberbauer K

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Bradykinin (BK) elicits extracellular-dependent [Ca2+](i) elevations in mouse mesangial cells (MMC) that are not blocked by verapamil, nifedipine, L-nicardipine, NiCl(2), or LaCl(3). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the mechanisms involved in calcium influx induced by BK in MMC. [Ca2+](i) was analyzed thro...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Campos AH,Calixto JB,Schor N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma immunoreactive atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) levels, their chromatographic profiles (high-performance liquid chromatography; HPLC) and changes during sequential ultrafiltration (UF; 1 litre/h) and biochemical correction without fluid removal (BC; 3 h) were studied in 8 end-stage chronic renal failure patients...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Tonolo G,McMillan M,Richards AM,Montorsi P,Polonia J,Soro A,Troffa C,Glorioso N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports on the nephritogenic and immunological enhancing capacity of posttransplant circulating immune complexes (CICs) are conflicting and have been confined to the study of acute rejection episode (AR). This study was undertaken to assess the nephritogenicity of CICs in patients undergoing accelerated acute...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Jordan SC,Sakai R,Ettenger RB,Fine RN

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Haemophilus influenzae infection is a mild and self-limited disease in the healthy population. However, it may show an aggressive course in the immunocompromised state which underlines the importance of vaccination against this agent. On the other hand, posttranplant immunosuppression may impair immune respo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sever MS,Yildiz A,Eraksoy H,Badur S,Yüksel-Onel D,Görçin B,Türk S,Erkoç R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated hindquarters of bilaterally nephrectomized and sham-operated rats were perfused in the presence and absence of 14C-labelled serine, respectively. After a perfusion period of 30 min 14C-serine was 4,074 +/- 270 dpm/ml in the perfusion medium of sham-operated animals and decreased to 2,800 +/- 190 dpm/ml in the...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Djovkar A,Hörl WH,Heidland A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Enamel-renal syndrome is characterized by nephrocalcinosis, enamel defects, gingival hyperplasia and eruption failures. It has been recently identified that recessive mutations in the FAM20A gene result in amelogenesis imperfecta (AI)-gingival fibromatosis. The aim of this research to determine whether ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Koruyucu M,Seymen F,Gencay G,Gencay K,Tuna EB,Shin TJ,Hyun HK,Kim YJ,Kim JW

更新日期：2018-01-01 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