Monitoring of serum neopterin levels in renal transplant recipients: increased values during impaired renal function and cytomegalovirus infection.

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：:By April 26, 2020, infections related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affected people from 210 countries and caused 203,818 reported deaths worldwide. A few studies discussed the outcome of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients. This short series demonstrates our experience in managing COVID-19 disease in re...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Elhadedy MA,Marie Y,Halawa A

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal biopsy specimens from 8 patients with IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease) were examined immunocytochemically at the light and electron microscopic levels with peroxidase-labeled antibodies to IgA, IgM, J chain and secretory component. In 2 of the 8 specimens heavy deposits of IgA, but no IgM, were found in the me...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Komatsu N,Nagura H,Watanabe K,Nomoto Y,Kobayashi K

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:The effect of intravenous 1 alpha(OH)D3 on circulating intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) and COOH-terminal immunoreactive PTH was examined in 21 patients on chronic hemodialysis. The patients were treated for 3 months with increasing doses of 1 alpha(OH)D3 under careful control of serum Ca2+. 1 alpha(OH)D3 was given in...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Brandi L,Daugaard H,Tvedegaard E,Storm T,Olgaard K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria (HHRH) is a new autosomal form of hypophosphatemic rickets, recently described. This disease is characterized, and differs from other forms of hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets and/or osteomalacia by increased serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, hypercalci...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Tieder M,Arie R,Bab I,Maor J,Liberman UA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical profile of a patient with a 15 years' evolution of acne conglobata developing systemic amyloidosis with severe renal involvement is described, and the possible influence of suppurative skin foci surgical excision on the rapid progression to terminal renal failure is discussed. This etiological cause of se...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Naya MT,Soria C,Quereda C,Orte L,Romero R,Ortuño J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creatinine clearance has been repeatedly measured in three groups of chronic uremics. In the first control group (31 cases), following a conventional low-protein diet, creatinine clearance declined linearly with time. In the second group (12 cases), following very low nitrogen diet supplemented with essential amino ac...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Barsotti G,Guiducci A,Ciardella F,Giovannetti S

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to clarify cellular responses in dilated renal tubules in the acute and chronic phase of ureteral obstruction, we investigated the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and osteopontin (OPN) in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO)-treated rat kidneys. The results showed that renal epithelial cells...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sakai T,Tanaka H,Shirasawa T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysfunction of the host defense against infection in hemodialysis (HD) patients has major clinical and socioeconomic implications. T helper type 1 (Th1) and type 2 (Th2) cytokines are implicated in regulating the immune responses and, therefore, may be involved in impaired status. The present study was designed to exa...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Daichou Y,Kurashige S,Hashimoto S,Suzuki S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During hemodialysis, platelets are activated across a dialyzer. Soluble P-selectin (sP-selectin) is a form of P-selectin which is a glycoprotein relocated from secretory granules to the surfaces of platelets and endothelial cells after these cells have been physiologically activated. To investigate whether sP-selectin...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kawabata K,Nagake Y,Shikata K,Fukuda S,Nakazono H,Takahashi M,Ichikawa H,Makino H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At present, the determination of dry weight in patients on hemodialysis is largely made empirically by trial and error. Extracellular volume (ECV) assessment by bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is a preferable technique for determining dry weight, and it also provides useful data on body composition. METHODS:We ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chen YC,Chen HH,Yeh JC,Chen SY

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor (PAF) belongs to a new class of lipid chemical inflammatory mediators described as acetyl glyceryl ether phosphorylcholine. Although PAF has been implicated in kidney injury, its role in renal immune injury has not been clearly defined yet. We studied the levels of PAF in the plasma and urin...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Iatrou C,Moustakas G,Antonopoulou S,Demopoulos CA,Ziroyiannis P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrotoxic agents such as puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) and sodium maleate (MAL) have been used to induce experimental glomerular proteinuria and tubular disease, respectively. Current studies show that PAN caused a massive loss of albumin in the urine while not affecting the excretion of the smaller, sex-dependent...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Neuhaus OW,Flory W,Biswas N,Hollerman CE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoproteins might be involved in the pathogenesis of glomerular damage. Uptake of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) by cultured human glomerular cells has been studied using LDL, labelled with the fluorescent probe 1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3'3'-tetramethyl-indocarbocyanine perchlorate (diI). Cells have been characterised usi...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rayner HC,Horsburgh T,Brown SL,Lavender FL,Winder AF,Walls J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopexamine hydrochloride is a synthetic dopamine analogue recently developed to improve myocardial and renal performance in patients suffering from low cardiac output states. The present study was designed to assess the pharmacological profile and the anatomical localization of [3H]-dopexamine binding sites within the...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Napoleone P,Cavallotti C,Ricci A,Amenta F

更新日期：1993-01-01 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 accumulation in blood plasma and efficiency of hemodialysis of pyrimidine compounds (orotic acid, orotidine, pseudouridine, uridine, thymine) as well as uric acid and creatinine in 23 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) was investigated. As a reference, the analysis of the above metabolites in the plasma of ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Daniewska-Michalska D,Motyl T,Gellert R,Kukulska W,Podgurniak M,Opechowska-Pacocha E,Ostrowski K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies showed that ceftriaxone can cause acute kidney injury (AKI) in the pediatric population. This study proposed a cellular model of crystalline nephropathy in ceftriaxone-associated AKI and explored the related pathophysiology by using a proteomic approach. METHODS:Ceftriaxone was crystallized...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chatchen S,Pongsakul N,Srisomsap C,Chiangjong W,Hongeng S,Svasti J,Chutipongtanate S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acid-base disturbances are frequent in critically ill patients. Arterial blood gas (ABG) is the gold standard in the diagnosis of these disturbances, but it is invasive with potential hazards. For patients with a central venous catheter, venous blood gas (VBG) sampling may be an alternative, less-invasive di...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Schrauben SJ,Negoianu D,Costa C,Cohen RM,Goldfarb S,Fuchs BD,Berns JS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the mass transfer coefficients (MTC) for low- and middle-molecular-weight substances are maintained at medium terms in patients under continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) therapy. We have studied the MTC for parathormone (MW 5,500-6,000) in 29 patients under CAPD. 11 patients...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rodríguez-Carmona A,Selgas R,Martínez ME,Ortí F,Miguel JL,Salinas M,Riñón C,Sánchez-Sicilia L

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between ultrafiltration rate (UFR) and mortality may be affected by the muscle mass or volume status in hemodialysis (HD) patients. However, there is an absence of data regarding this association. METHODS:We performed an observational study on patients (≥18 years old) who had been on HD for ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lim Y,Yang G,Cho S,Kim SR,Lee YJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and its soluble TNF receptors 55 and 75 (sTNFR55, sTNFR75), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1BETA) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were measured in plasma from 13 patients with the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) on admission. No significant changes in the plasma levels of TNF-alp...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： van de Kar NC,Sauerwein RW,Demacker PN,Grau GE,van Hinsbergh VW,Monnens LA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to elucidate immunopathogenic of membranous nephropathy (MN), freshly collected sera from patients with biopsy proven MN were assayed of circulating immune complexes (ICs) by the Raji cell method and for anti-renal tubular epithelial (RTE) antibodies by a newly established radioimmunoassay (RIA) and by in...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Zager RA,Couser WG,Andrews BS,Bolton WK,Pohl MA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the incidence of painless (silent) myocardial ischemia, manifested as S-T segment deviation, by Holter ECG monitoring in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing regular hemodialysis. Forty-five patients underwent Holter ECG monitoring for a continuous 48-hour period covering dialysis and the int...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kremastinos D,Paraskevaidis I,Voudiklari S,Apostolou T,Kyriakides Z,Zirogiannis P,Toutouzas P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemistry and function of vanadate and its possible role in health as well as in disease remains one of the most fascinating stories in biology. This review has surveyed the pertinent literature regarding its effect in the normal kidney and other tissues. While inhibition of the Na(+)-K+ ATPase enzyme was the f...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Dafnis E,Sabatini S

更新日期：1994-01-01 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:Chronic renal failure is commonly associated with disturbances in hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal function. METHODS:The gonadotrophins, prolactin and estradiol or testosterone levels were measured immediately before renal transplantation, at discharge from the transplantation unit (19 +/- 8 days after Tx) an...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Saha MT,Saha HH,Niskanen LK,Salmela KT,Pasternack AI

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum apolipoproteins A (Apo-A) and B (Apo-B) and lecithin: cholesterol acyl transferase (LCAT) activities and 24-hour urinary cholesterol levels were estimated in 25 nephrotic children before and during steroid treatment with 4 weeks of daily prednisolone followed by another 4 weeks of alternate-day prednisolone. The...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Nayak SS,Bhaskaranand N,Kamath KS,Baliga M,Venkatesh A,Aroor AR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate the relation between the urinary excretion of guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) and other substances in hypertensive patients (6 with borderline hypertension and 29 with hypertension) and 12 normal controls. In 10 of the hypertensive patients, GAA was measured before and after 4 weeks of...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Takano Y,Aoike I,Gejyo F,Arakawa M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00