Adenosine induces mesangial cell contraction by an A1-type receptor.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The amount of oxalate excreted in urine has a significant impact on calcium oxalate supersaturation and stone formation. Dietary oxalate is believed to make only a minor (10 to 20%) contribution to the amount of oxalate excreted in urine, but the validity of the experimental observations that support this co...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Holmes RP,Goodman HO,Assimos DG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated the effects of dietary sodium manipulation in dogs on the regulation of canine angiotensin receptors (cAT1 and cAT2) in the kidney and adrenal. METHODS:Isolated glomeruli and membranes from renal medulla and the adrenal gland were used in radioligand binding assays from two groups of do...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Zheng W,Ji H,Szabo Z,Brown PR,Yoo SE,Sandberg K

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In interstitial fibrosis, monocytes and myofibroblasts have been directly implicated in scarring, apoptosis, and tissue necrosis. While much has been done to explore the role of these cell types individually in fibrosis, the interactive dependency of monocytes and myofibroblasts has been only marginally expl...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Rodgers KD,Rao V,Meehan DT,Fager N,Gotwals P,Ryan ST,Koteliansky V,Nemori R,Cosgrove D

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rho proteins are small guanine 5'-triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins felt to be important regulators of several aspects of cell function, including the organization of the actin cytoskeleton. The effects of Rho proteins on the regulation of renal tubular epithelial cell function are not known. METHODS:Sele...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Anderson RJ,Ray CJ,Popoff MR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury is a leading cause of acute kidney injury; the pathogenesis of which remains poorly understood and effective therapies are still lacking. Here we tested whether microRNAs, identified as critical regulators of cell health and disease, are involved in this process. We found that miR-17-...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hao J,Wei Q,Mei S,Li L,Su Y,Mei C,Dong Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular fluid volume expansion is known to produce exaggerated natriuresis in essential hypertension. In order to assess the role of hemodynamic and intrarenal physical factors upon natriuretic response to central volume expansion, two hour water immersion (WI) experiments were made in six uncomplicated essentia...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Coruzzi P,Musiari L,Biggi A,Ravanetti C,Vallisa D,Montanari A,Novarini A

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that postnatal neovascularization relies not exclusively on sprouting of preexisting vessels ("angiogenesis"), but also involves the contribution of bone marrow-derived circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). EPCs can be isolated from peripheral blood or bone marrow mononuclear cells, C...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Urbich C,Dimmeler S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many approaches to blocking profibrotic TGFbeta overexpression are under way. Therapeutic targeting of TGFbeta-Smad signaling holds promise for slowing or halting progressive renal disease. In this issue, Fukasawa et al., using the unilateral ureteral obstruction model, provide a new target for therapeutic interventio...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Huang Y,Border WA,Noble NA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neointimal hyperplasia occurs commonly at the anastomoses of arteriovenous grafts for chronic hemodialysis, causing stenosis and occlusion. Antiproliferative drugs may be effective in inhibiting hyperplasia, but local drug delivery would be required to minimize systemic side effects. We examined the feasibil...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Masaki T,Rathi R,Zentner G,Leypoldt JK,Mohammad SF,Burns GL,Li L,Zhuplatov S,Chirananthavat T,Kim SJ,Kern S,Holman J,Kim SW,Cheung AK

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow (BM) cells are reported to contribute to the process of regeneration following myocardial infarction. The present study examined two independent clonal studies to determine the origin of bone marrow (BM)-derived cardiomyocytes. First, we transplanted single CD34(-)c-kit(+)Sca-1(+)lineage(-) side population...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Fukuda K,Fujita J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplanted organs express allogeneic epitopes against which a recipient's immune system mounts a destructive response. In the absence of a reliable strategy for induction of donor-specific tolerance, therapeutic immunosuppression remains the best prospect to prevent rejection, but exposes recipients to increased ris...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Thaunat O

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of the non-sulphated glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan by cells of the renal glomerulus in diabetes may contribute to altered matrix composition. We describe an increased production of hyaluronan from mesangial cell-enriched glomerular cores from diabetic animals, and further show that increased hyaluronan pr...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Dunlop ME,Clark S,Mahadevan P,Muggli E,Larkins RG

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The paracellular permeability of opossum kidney cells, a proximal tubule cell line. BACKGROUND:The regulation of the unusually leaky paracellular pathway of the proximal tubule is poorly understood partially because of the lack of an appropriate in vitro cell model. In this study, we determined whether the ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Liang M,Ramsey CR,Knox FG

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is the outcome of an inflammatory process that is triggered when an organ undergoes a transient reduction or cessation of blood flow, followed by re-establishment of perfusion. In the clinical setting, IRI contributes to significant acute kidney injury, patient morbidity and mortality...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Pefanis A,Ierino FL,Murphy JM,Cowan PJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High glucose evokes a variety of signals in mesangial cells that alter cellular functions responsible for the development of diabetic glomerulopathy. The hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) regulates cellular homeostasis under hypoxic conditions, but it also has pleiotropic effects in response to cellular str...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Isoe T,Makino Y,Mizumoto K,Sakagami H,Fujita Y,Honjo J,Takiyama Y,Itoh H,Haneda M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidney is influenced by circadian rhythms and is entrained to the sleep-wake cycle allowing anticipation of the metabolic and physiological demands of the kidney throughout a 24-hour cycle. Although sleep disruption has been studied extensively in cardiovascular and metabolic disease, its association with chronic ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： McMullan CJ,Curhan GC,Forman JP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to be a paracrine/autocrine regulator of proximal tubular transport. In this study, we investigated the effect of NO on the paracellular permeability of opossum kidney (OK) cells, a proximal tubule cell line that possesses a leaky paracellular pathway resembling that of the i...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Liang M,Knox FG

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin II (Ang II) can up-regulate nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate [NAD(P)H] oxidase, whose product superoxide anion (O2-) can interact with nitric oxide (NO) to form peroxynitrite (ONOO-). We tested the hypothesis that Ang II subtype 1 (AT1) receptor activation enhances oxidative stress and...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Onozato ML,Tojo A,Goto A,Fujita T,Wilcox CS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated production of adipocytokines may be involved in the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of treatment with angiotensin II (Ang II) type-1 receptor ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kurata A,Nishizawa H,Kihara S,Maeda N,Sonoda M,Okada T,Ohashi K,Hibuse T,Fujita K,Yasui A,Hiuge A,Kumada M,Kuriyama H,Shimomura I,Funahashi T

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The induction of stress response (heat shock) proteins (HSPs) is a highly conserved response that protects many cell types from diverse physiological and environmental stressors. We tested the hypothesis that the induction of HSPs is protective in experimental renal ischemia/reperfusion injury. METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kelly KJ,Baird NR,Greene AL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy volunteers (N = 9) and patients with varying degrees of renal insufficiency (N = 36) were given a low dose of dopamine and/or amino acids intravenously during a simultaneous measurement of the glomerular filtration rate and the effective renal plasma flow. Dopamine infusion led to a rise in the glomerular filt...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： ter Wee PM,Rosman JB,van der Geest S,Sluiter WJ,Donker AJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than two isoforms have been identified for angiotensin receptors based on their ligand selectivity. The objective of this study is to determine the molecular structure of angiotensin type 2 receptor (AT2), whose physiological functions are still an enigma despite extensive studies on its distribution in fetal tis...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kambayashi Y,Takahashi K,Bardhan S,Inagami T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal pattern of mRNA metabolism almost certainly becomes altered after uninephrectomy, especially during the first day when ribosomes accumulate in the proximal tubular cells of the remaining kidney. For example, within the first hour after nephrectomy, the fraction of newly synthesized poly(A)-deficient mRNA in...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ouellette AJ

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In hemodialysis patients with hyperkalemia, i.v. sodium bicarbonate has recently been found to be ineffective in lowering plasma potassium within one hour. In the present study the effect of a prolonged bicarbonate infusion on plasma potassium was investigated. Twelve patients with terminal renal failure who were on h...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Blumberg A,Weidmann P,Ferrari P

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations of large artery function and structure are frequently observed in renal allograft recipients. However, endothelial function has not yet been assessed in this population. METHODS:Flow-mediated vasodilation is a useful index of endothelial function. We measured the diameter and distensibility of t...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hausberg M,Kisters K,Kosch M,Rahn KH,Barenbrock M

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clofibrate, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR alpha) agonist, increases renal tubular cytochrome P450 4a (Cyp4a) expression thereby increasing 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) production. To determine if clofibrate affects blood pressure regulation we studied mice with DOCA-salt induced...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Zhou Y,Luo P,Chang HH,Huang H,Yang T,Dong Z,Wang CY,Wang MH

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unknown whether the association between body mass index (BMI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is mediated by genetic confounding or obesity-associated diabetes. We investigated the association between BMI and incident CKD in 29,136 Swedish twins with no history of CKD or diabetes, first using traditional Cox re...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Xu H,Kuja-Halkola R,Chen X,Magnusson PKE,Svensson P,Carrero JJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the pathogenesis of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) remains elusive, multiple epidemiologic, clinical, and experimental studies converge on the common theme of immune dysregulation. Initially, T-cell adaptive immunity was solely emphasized; however, the role of humoral immunity in nephrotic syndro...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Chambers ET,Gbadegesin RA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanate is a uremic toxin responsible for the carbamylation of proteins, which has been implicated as playing a key role in accelerating the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with chronic kidney disease. El-Gamal et al. report that while cyanate promotes protein carbamylation in vivo, the resulting endothelia...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hawkins CL

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We determined the effect of regional citrate versus systemic heparin anticoagulation for continuous renal replacement therapy in critically ill subjects suffering from acute renal failure who were not at high risk for hemorrhagic complications. METHODS:Between April 1999 and June 2002, 30 critically ill sub...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kutsogiannis DJ,Gibney RT,Stollery D,Gao J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00