Nlrp3-inflammasome activation in non-myeloid-derived cells aggravates diabetic nephropathy.

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：:Leukocytes play a major role in the development and progression of autoimmune diseases. We measured gene expression differences in leukocytes from patients that were antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA) positive, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and healthy donor...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Alcorta DA,Barnes DA,Dooley MA,Sullivan P,Jonas B,Liu Y,Lionaki S,Reddy CB,Chin H,Dempsey AA,Jennette JC,Falk RJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uracil ribonucleotide-sugars and aminosugars are required for glomerular basement membrane (GBM) biosynthesis. Since these nucleotides are metabolic derivatives of uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP), we have studied the cellular pools of uridine 5'-diphosphoglucose (UDPG), uridine 5'-diphosphoglucuronic acid (UDPGA), uridi...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Cortes P,Dumler F,Levin NW

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of protein intake to urinary oxalate and glycolate excretion was examined in a large cohort (N = 101) of normal individuals on self-selected diets and in 11 individuals on controlled protein diets. On self-selected diets no correlation was detected between protein intake and urinary oxalate or glycola...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Holmes RP,Goodman HO,Hart LJ,Assimos DG

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D hydroxylated at carbon 25 (25(OH)D) is generally recognized as a precursor of active vitamin D. Despite its low affinity for the vitamin D receptor (VDR), both deficient and excessive 25(OH)D levels are associated with poor clinical outcomes. Here we studied direct effects of 25(OH)D3 on the kidney using 25(...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kusunoki Y,Matsui I,Hamano T,Shimomura A,Mori D,Yonemoto S,Takabatake Y,Tsubakihara Y,St-Arnaud R,Isaka Y,Rakugi H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genome-wide association scan of the Genetics of Kidneys in Diabetes (GoKinD) collections identified four novel susceptibility loci, located on chromosomes 7p14.3, 9q21.32, 11p15.4, and 13q33.3 associated with type 1 diabetic nephropathy. A recent evaluation of these loci in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes sup...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Pezzolesi MG,Poznik GD,Skupien J,Smiles AM,Mychaleckyj JC,Rich SS,Warram JH,Krolewski AS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased venous pressure (VP) and decreased access flow (Qa) are predictors of dialysis access graft thrombosis. VP is easily obtainable. Qa assessment requires a special device and takes more time. The aims of our randomized multicenter studies were to compare outcome in patients with grafts monitored by V...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Smits JH,van der Linden J,Hagen EC,Modderkolk-Cammeraat EC,Feith GW,Koomans HA,van den Dorpel MA,Blankestijn PJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of the present study were twofold: first, to assess the renal excretory and hormonal responses to chronic water restriction in dogs whose sodium retaining mechanisms had been stimulated through dietary sodium (Na+) deprivation; second, to determine the mediator(s) of the natriuresis which was observed with w...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Merrill DC,Skelton MM,Cowley AW Jr

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone marrow reconstitution using genetically-modified hematopoietic stem cells has been reported to confer resistance to inflammation and prevent renal injury in glomerulonephritis. Although this strategy has potentials for clinical use, taking hematopoietic stem cells from bone marrow is highly stressful fo...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Yokoo T,Ohashi T,Utsunomiya Y,Okamoto A,Suzuki T,Shen JS,Tanaka T,Kawamura T,Hosoya T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although apoptosis has been linked to the renal cell deletion and ensuing renal fibrosis, its regulating mechanisms remain obscure. Of the known regulators of apoptosis, the best characterized is the Bax to Bcl-2 ratio. However, its importance in controlling apoptosis in glomerulonephritis is unclear. Here, ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Yang B,Johnson TS,Thomas GL,Watson PF,Wagner B,Furness PN,El Nahas AM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in living animals have suggested that variations in the serum concentrations of calcium and phosphate directly affect renal tubular bicarbonate transport. To examine this area more directly, we measured the bicarbonate and the fluid transport in isolated rabbit proximal convoluted and straight tubules...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： McKinney TD,Myers P

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (Ngal) is a biomarker for acute and chronic renal injuries, including polycystic kidney disease (PKD). However, the effect of Ngal on PKD progression remains unexplored. To study this, we generated 3 strains of mice with different expression levels of Ngal within an establish...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Wang E,Chiou YY,Jeng WY,Lin HK,Lin HH,Chin HJ,Leo Wang CK,Yu SS,Tsai SC,Chiang CY,Cheng PH,Lin HJ,Jiang ST,Chiu ST,Hsieh-Li HM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the direct toxicity of human Bence Jones protein (BJP), individual nephrons of male Sprague-Dawley rats were perfused in vivo at 20 nl/min with an artificial tubule fluid (ATF) that contained no protein, a human kappa BJP (5 g/dl), or bovine serum albumin (5 g/dl), and proximal convoluted tubule functio...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sanders PW,Herrera GA,Galla JH

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Segerer et al. report the expression and localization of macrophage and dendritic-cell markers in human renal biopsies and indicate that both cell types express CD68, findings that resonate with murine studies. The functional and phenotypic distinction between macrophages and dendritic cells is discussed. ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ferenbach D,Hughes J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evaluation of beta2-microglobulin (beta2m) removal during hemodialysis using predialysis and immediate postdialysis plasma concentrations is only valid in the absence of postdialysis rebound. Postdialysis rebound of beta2m has not been studied extensively, and its importance in the determination of beta2m cl...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Leypoldt JK,Cheung AK,Deeter RB

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have greatly expanded our knowledge of initial events that lead to epithelial cell polarity. Epithelial polarity is defined, in part, by apical cell-cell tight junctions that separate the plasma membrane into the apical domain and the basolateral domain, as well as the zonula adherens that mediate inter...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Wang Q,Margolis B

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This very brief summary of the various possible contributions of PG to normal and abnormal renal function should highlight the problem of assigning a specific role to PG in overall renal physiology and pathophysiology. PG produced in specific segments of the nephron will affect specific functions occurring in this seg...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Schlondorff D,Ardaillou R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The profibrotic adhesion molecule, osteopontin (OPN), is upregulated in kidneys of humans and mice with diabetes. The thiazolidinedione (TZD) insulin sensitizers decrease albuminuria in diabetic nephropathy (DN) and reduce OPN expression in vascular and cardiac tissue. To examine whether OPN is a critical mediator of ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Nicholas SB,Liu J,Kim J,Ren Y,Collins AR,Nguyen L,Hsueh WA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that cisplatin inhibits fatty acid oxidation, and that fibrate treatment ameliorates renal function by preventing the inhibition of fatty acid oxidation and proximal tubule cell death. Urine samples of mice treated with single injection of cisplatin (20 mg/kg body weight) were collected for 3 days and an...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Portilla D,Li S,Nagothu KK,Megyesi J,Kaissling B,Schnackenberg L,Safirstein RL,Beger RD

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an alternative to classical immunosuppressants in experimental lupus nephritis, we looked at bindarit, 2-methyl-2-[[1-phenylmethyl)-1H-indazol-3-y1]methoxy]propanoic acid, a novel molecule devoid of immunosuppressive effects, which selectively reduces chronic inflammation in rat adjuvant arthritis. Two groups of NZ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Zoja C,Corna D,Benedetti G,Morigi M,Donadelli R,Guglielmotti A,Pinza M,Bertani T,Remuzzi G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of the bisphosphonate pamidronate on bone histomorphometry, structure and strength in male rats with uninephrectomy or with chronic renal disease induced by 5/6 nephrectomy. In rats with chronic renal disease the plasma urea, phosphate and parathyroid hormone levels were significantly increase...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Jokihaara J,Pörsti IH,Kööbi P,Jolma PM,Mustonen JT,Saha HH,Sievänen H,Kannus P,Iwaniec UT,Turner RT,Järvinen TL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peritoneal sclerosis, characterized by collagen accumulation, is a serious complication in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) therapy. Heat shock protein 47 (HSP47) is a collagen-specific molecular chaperon and is closely associated with collagen synthesis. METHODS:We determined the expression...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Shioshita K,Miyazaki M,Ozono Y,Abe K,Taura K,Harada T,Koji T,Taguchi T,Kohno S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical demographics of chronic dialysis patients are changing worldwide. However, long-term data from regional dialysis registries have not yet been analyzed and reported. METHODS:The Okinawa Dialysis Study (OKIDS) registry included all chronic dialysis patients treated in Okinawa, Japan, since 1971. ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Iseki K,Tozawa M,Iseki C,Takishita S,Ogawa Y

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperphagic obese Zucker rats develop glomerular injury and die of renal disease, an outcome prevented by food restriction at an early age. We examined the effects of food restriction imposed at different ages on systemic, renal hemodynamic, and hormonal changes to gain insight into the mechanisms of obesity...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Maddox DA,Alavi FK,Santella RN,Zawada ET Jr

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high frequency (25%) of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies is observed in French hemodialyzed patients; this is associated with detectable viremia in 85% and results in chronic hepatitis in more than 90%. We conducted a pilot study to examine the tolerance and efficacy of alpha-2b Interferon therapy upon HCV in...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Pol S,Thiers V,Carnot F,Zins B,Romeo R,Berthelot P,Bréchot C

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is known that chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) patients with gout may have subtle lead poisoning. In addition, gout episodes frequently aggravate progressive renal insufficiency because of the use of nephrotoxic drugs and urate deposition. Our study was arranged to evaluate the causal effect of environme...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lin JL,Yu CC,Lin-Tan DT,Ho HH

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatic cells in vitro have a finite life expectancy before entering a state of senescence, but it is unclear whether this state occurs in vivo in kidney development, growth, and aging. We previously showed that human kidney cortex displays telomere shortening with age. In this study, we compared the structu...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Melk A,Kittikowit W,Sandhu I,Halloran KM,Grimm P,Schmidt BM,Halloran PF

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is characterized by systemic vasculitis with crescentic glomerulonephritis (CGN) and circulating autoantibodies directed against neutrophil cytoplasmic antigens (ANCA). Proteinase 3 (PR-3), a neutral serine proteinase in neutrophils implicated in the growth control of myeloid ce...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Schwarting A,Hagen D,Odenthal M,Brockmann H,Dienes HP,Wandel E,Rumpelt HJ,Zum Büschenfelde KH,Galle PR,Mayet W

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) in the elderly is a never-ending challenge for every nephrologist. Kalra et al. report that adjusted hazard ratios for ARAS increased threefold from 1992 to 2004 in 16 million United States Renal Data System participants aged 66 years or older. Ho...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Krumme B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effect of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF) on the synthesis of glomerular proteoglycans (PGs) in an ex vivo recirculating organ perfusion system was investigated. Kidneys were perfused with a medium (approximately 80 ml) containing [35S]-sulfate (250 microCi/ml) and IGF (62.5 to 625 ng/ml). After radiolabeling, a sm...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Watanabe Y,Kashihara N,Makino H,Kanwar YS

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00