Improvement of histological and immunological change in steroid and immunosuppressive drug-resistant lupus nephritis by high-dose intravenous gamma globulin.

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：:Continuous therapy with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor has been shown to have a glomerular vasodepressor effect in the newly diabetic rat and to largely prevent subsequent development of severe sclerosing glomerular injury. Preliminary studies in humans with established diabetic glomerular injury rev...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Myers BD,Meyer TW

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma associated with membranous glomerulonephropathy (MGN) developed a transient amelioration of the nephrotic syndrome after excision of the tumor. We tried to identify a nephritogenic tumor antigen using the immunoblotting technique in this patient with MGN, since previous stud...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Togawa A,Yamamoto T,Suzuki H,Watanabe K,Matsui K,Nagase M,Hishida A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three unusual cases are described which demonstrated hypomagnesemia and symptoms resembling magnesium deficiency syndrome. The hypomagnesemia was most likely secondary to urinary losses from diuresis following release of post-renal obstruction and renal homotransplantation. Heretofore, this association has not been de...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Davis BB,Preuss HG,Murdaugh HV Jr

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of chitosan-coated dialdehyde cellulose (chitosan DAC), a newly developed oral adsorbent for urea and ammonia, were examined in a glomerulonephritis model in rats. Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis accompanied with proteinuria was induced by an intravenous injection of anti-rat Thy-1.1 monoclonal ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yagi M,Kato S,Nishitoba T,Sato H,Kobayashi N,Iinuma N,Nagano N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific lipid alterations in plasma and four different tissues, as well as the activities of plasma lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) and tissue lipolytic enzymes were determined in experimental nephrotic and control rats. In nephrotic rats, the cholesterol level in the heart was significantly increased...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Agbedana ED,Yamamoto T,Moriwaki Y,Suda M,Takahashi S,Higashino K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Although the PTH-suppressive effect of intravenous calcitriol has already been demonstrated by various studies, the precise dose-response to calcitriol has not been fully determined for uremic secondary hyperparathyroidism (2HPT). In order to investigate in detail the dose-response of intravenous calcit...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Koshikawa S,Akizawa T,Kurokawa K,Marumo F,Sakai O,Arakawa M,Morii H,Seino Y,Ogata E,Ohashi Y,Akiba T,Tsukamoto Y,Suzuki M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal infection with verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) has been strongly implicated in the etiology of the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), the leading cause of pediatric acute renal failure. The binding of fluorescein-conjugated VT1 overlaid on to frozen human renal sections has been examined. Se...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lingwood CA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with AIDS-related complex who presented with renal failure and microscopic hematuria were found to have mesangial deposits of IgA at renal biopsy. Though such glomerular deposits have not yet been reported in patients with HIV infection, their occurrence is most likely not coincidental. Indeed, there are ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kenouch S,Delahousse M,Méry JP,Nochy D

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:15 patients who had benign, uncomplicated essential hypertension, were treated with chlorthiazide (500 mg twice a day) with or without propranolol (10--20 mg 4 times a day), and the effect of the treatment on plasma renin activity (PRA), urinary aldosterone excretion, total body potassium (TBK) and plasma sodium and p...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Oh MS,Carroll HJ

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) excretion was measured in 33 patients including 10 with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 8 with focal glomerular sclerosis (FGS), 9 with IgA nephropathy (IgAN), and 6 with membranous nephropathy (MN), and in 7 healthy subjects by enzyme-linked immunosorbent ass...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kanai H,Mitsuhashi H,Ono K,Yano S,Naruse T

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:To avoid the use of aluminium as a phosphate binder, patients on CAPD who were stable were dialysed against a peritoneal dialysis fluid which was magnesium free. A mixture of calcium and magnesium carbonate was used as a phosphate binder over a period in excess of 1 year. Vitamin D analogues were used in the majority....

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Parsons V,Baldwin D,Moniz C,Marsden J,Ball E,Rifkin I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is most important to differentiate destructive spondyloarthropathy (DSA) from vertebral osteomyelitis (VOM), both showing similar roentgenographic findings and evaluate the spinal involvement of DSA. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for morphological and biochemical analysis of spinal lesions, but few stu...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Maruyama H,Gejyo F,Arakawa M

更新日期：1991-01-01 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 main regulatory hormone for the control of erythropoiesis is erythropoietin (EPO). This glycoprotein has a molecular weight of 34,000 daltons, about 40% of which is represented by carbohydrates. EPO leads to an enhanced mitosis and differentiation of erythroid precursors (colony-forming unit erythroid) in the bone...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bauer C,Kurtz A,Eckardt KU,Tannahill L

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin substrate concentrations and the release of renin in response to the rapid removal of 15 ml/kg weight blood or subcutaneous administration of 500 microgram/kg body weight isoproterenol were measured in control rats and animals recovering from prior myohemoglobinuric acute renal failure (recovery rats). Blood for...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Carvalho JS,Landwehr DM,Oken DE

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：:Hematuria and proteinuria in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are commonly associated with drug therapy but occur independently of drugs, amyloid or urologic disorders. The latter occurrences suggest a primary renal lesion associated with RA. Review of reported renal biopsies identifies mesangial glomerulopathy as a common f...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Pollet S,Depner T,Moore P,Olander H,Robbins D

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased free-radical production leading to oxidative stress may contribute to the development of cardiovascular complications in haemodialysis patients. The ferroxidase activity of caeruloplasmin forms an important component of antioxidant defences in body fluids. The aim of this study was to assess ferroxidase acti...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Roxborough HE,Mercer C,McMaster D,Maxwell AP,Young IS

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:We present data on the costs and impact of chronic renal failure, the primary renal diseases leading to end-stage renal disease in children, and review the adaptive responses and the pathophysiology and complications of uremia in experimental animals and in man. A treatment strategy is summarized. ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Saborio P,Hahn S,Hisano S,Latta K,Scheinman JI,Chan JC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucose degradation products (GDPs) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) solution (PDS) have been shown to inflict damage to the kidney, which is the major organ for advanced glycosylation end product elimination. Hence, this study investigated whether new PDSs with neutral pH and low-GDPs have a beneficial effect on...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Wang J,Zhu N,Yuan W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat sera, 10-30 h after unilateral nephrectomy (UNI), enhance 3H-thymidine ("3H-Tdr) incorporation into DNA of incubating renal tissue from control rats. Stimulation is even greater when extracts from remaining growing kidneys 20 h after UNI are combined with sera from rats after UNI. UNI extracts, i.e., extracts from...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Castillo O,Robertson D,Goldin H,Preuss HG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective efficacy of three schedules of a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine was evaluated in 42 patients undergoing dialysis at a teaching hospital. The rate of seroconversion after vaccination was highest (82.3%) among the recipients of three 20-micrograms doses (i.e. double the conventional dose for healthy adul...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Mitwalli A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cardiac surgery-associated severe acute kidney injury (SAKI) is associated with high mortality and poor quality of life. A prognostic score for SAKI may enable prevention of complications. METHODS:This observational study of 2,552 patients undergoing cardiac surgery from January 2006 to December 2011 i...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Che M,Wang X,Liu S,Xie B,Xue S,Yan Y,Zhu M,Lu R,Qian J,Ni Z,Zhang W,Wang B

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:While the bulk of renal hypertrophy induced by contralateral nephrectomy or a high-protein diet consists of tubular cell growth, there is some evidence suggesting that mesangial cells play a role in this phenomenon. Previous data suggest that this role of mesangial cells is associated with their proliferation. We, the...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Weissgarten J,Modai D,Berman S,Cohn M,Galperin E,Averbukh Z

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to determine if low doses of ciclosporin (CS) designed to give fasting serum levels of 50-100 ng/ml achieve effective immunosuppression when used from the early postoperative period after renal transplantation. Ninety-four primary renal transplant recipients were studied. Group 1 patients were treate...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Brady HR,Kamel KS,Harding ME,Cook GT,deVeber GA,Cardella CJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 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