The endothelium as part of the integrative glomerular barrier complex.

abstract：:Insulin resistance from chronic kidney disease (CKD) stimulates muscle protein wasting but mechanisms causing this resistance are controversial. To help resolve this, we used microarray analyses to identify initiators of insulin resistance in the muscles of mice with CKD, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance. C...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Thomas SS,Dong Y,Zhang L,Mitch WE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that asymptomatic hyperuricemia is involved in the development of hypertension and chronic kidney disease. A 2-hit model has been proposed to explain the role of urate in hypertension. The first hit entails activation of the renin-angiotensin system and inhibition of nitric oxide synthe...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ponticelli C,Podestà MA,Moroni G

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) is a rare disease often causing obstructive uropathy. We evaluated the clinicopathologic features of 24 patients with IRF to characterize the histopathology of the disease and to provide a framework for the differential diagnosis with other retroperitoneal fibrosing conditions...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Corradi D,Maestri R,Palmisano A,Bosio S,Greco P,Manenti L,Ferretti S,Cobelli R,Moroni G,Dei Tos AP,Buzio C,Vaglio A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study by Rieg et al. is the first to examine potassium handling in BK(-/-) mice, thereby addressing many unanswered questions regarding the separate roles of BK and ROMK channels in renal potassium secretion. This Commentary is an interpretation and opinion of their results, by two researchers who have been studyi...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sansom SC,Welling PA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemic acute renal failure (iARF) is associated with increased nitric oxide (NO) production during the reperfusion period, as endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is maximally activated, and renal tubular inducible NOS (iNOS) is stimulated. Increased NO production leads to augmented tubular injury, pro...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Schwartz IF,Schwartz D,Traskonov M,Chernichovsky T,Wollman Y,Gnessin E,Topilsky I,Levo Y,Iaina A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between commonly occurring genetic variants (G1 and G2) in the APOL1 gene in African Americans and different disease traits, such as kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and pre-eclampsia, remains the subject of controversy. Here we took a genotype-first approach, a phenome-wide association study, ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Bajaj A,Ihegword A,Qiu C,Small AM,Wei WQ,Bastarache L,Feng Q,Kember RL,Risman M,Bloom RD,Birtwell DL,Williams H,Shaffer CM,Chen J,Center RG,Denny JC,Rader DJ,Stein CM,Damrauer SM,Susztak K

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmin protease system may have a role in maintaining the patency of renal tubules and in regulating matrix degradation within the glomerulus. Urokinase-plasminogen activator (u-PA) is a serine protease which plays an important part in the regulation of plasmin production from plasminogen. The synthesis of u-PA b...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Brown PA,Wilson HM,Reid FJ,Booth NA,Simpson JG,Morrison L,Power DA,Haites NE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effect of varying concentrations (0 to 800 microM) of three different light chains on sodium-dependent L-(14C)alanine and D-(14C)glucose uptake by rat renal brush border membrane vesicles were studied. One kappa and two lambda type light chains (lambda-1 and lambda-2) were isolated from urines of patients with multipl...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Batuman V,Sastrasinh M,Sastrasinh S

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high risk of hyperkalemia, which increases mortality and can lead to renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) dose reduction or discontinuation. Patiromer, a nonabsorbed potassium binder, has been shown to normalize serum potassium in patients with CKD an...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Bushinsky DA,Williams GH,Pitt B,Weir MR,Freeman MW,Garza D,Stasiv Y,Li E,Berman L,Bakris GL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of clinical laboratory and biopsy-derived parameters were assessed for their prognostic significance in the short (24 months), intermediate (60 months) and long terms in 45 patients (43 female, 2 male) with diffuse proliferative lupus glomerulonephritis (DPGN). The factors evaluated were serum creatinine (SCr...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Magil AB,Puterman ML,Ballon HS,Chan V,Lirenman DS,Rae A,Sutton RA

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed a study to provide reversibility and comparative injury data for several candidate urinary biomarkers of kidney injury in the United States Food and Drug Administration biomarker qualification process. The nephrotoxin gentamicin was given to rats once on each of three days and the animals were killed durin...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Rouse RL,Zhang J,Stewart SR,Rosenzweig BA,Espandiari P,Sadrieh NK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the inverted formin 2 gene (INF2) have recently been identified as the most common cause of autosomal dominant focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). To quantify the contribution of various genes contributing to FSGS, we sequenced INF2 where all mutations have previously been described (exons 2 to...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Barua M,Brown EJ,Charoonratana VT,Genovese G,Sun H,Pollak MR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of components of the classical and alternative complement pathways and the activity of the C3 nephritic factor (C3NeF) were measured in serum specimens from patients with type I (subendothelial deposits) and type II (intramembranous dense deposits) membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) and the results...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ooi YM,Vallota EH,West CD

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysfunction and loss of podocytes (glomerular epithelial cells) are the hallmarks of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). In recent years, activation and proliferation of parietal epithelial cells (PECs) have been increasingly appreciated in FSGS. The functional role of PECs in FSGS is still a hotly debated issu...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sweetwyne MT,Susztak K

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for atherosclerosis that is common in chronic renal failure (CRF), but its cause is unknown. Homocysteine metabolism is linked to betaine-homocysteine methyl transferase (BHMT), a zinc metalloenzyme that converts glycine betaine (GB) to N,N dimethylglycine (DMG). DMG is ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： McGregor DO,Dellow WJ,Lever M,George PM,Robson RA,Chambers ST

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular death continues to be a major problem in renal failure. Structural abnormalities of the heart and the vasculature contribute to the increased cardiovascular risk. They are ameliorated by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, but because of the nonspecifity of ACE inhibition, it is un...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Amann K,Gassmann P,Buzello M,Orth SR,Törnig J,Gross ML,Magener A,Mall G,Ritz E

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac surgery associated-acute kidney injury (CS-AKI) occurs in 30-50% of patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. Here we determine if CS-AKI is associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with congenital heart disease. Using Danish regional population-based registries, our cohort stud...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Madsen NL,Goldstein SL,Frøslev T,Christiansen CF,Olsen M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the degradation of heme, converting heme to biliverdin, during which iron is released and carbon monoxide (CO) is emitted; biliverdin is subsequently converted to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase. At least two isozymes possess HO activity: HO-1 represents the isozyme...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Nath KA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental studies have demonstrated the cardinal role played by the mononuclear phagocyte system in the removal of antigen-antibody complexes. To assess the functional capacity of phagocytes in patients with renal disease, 33 normal subjects, 10 patients with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis, 8 patients w...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ooi YM,Ooi BS

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity has been suggested to have a detrimental impact on kidney structure and function, leading to focal glomerulosclerosis and hypertension. It is also associated with hyperleptinemia and elevated renal sympathetic nerve activity. Prenatal undernutrition promotes postnatal obesity, hypertension, and an altered rena...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Williams PJ,Kurlak LO,Perkins AC,Budge H,Stephenson T,Keisler D,Symonds ME,Gardner DS

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential role of the glycoprotein hormone erythropoietin (Epo) in the control of red blood cell production is well established. Synthesis of Epo is induced in response to low oxygen (hypoxia). In response to stimulation, increases in serum Epo levels are paralleled by changes in the abundance of Epo mRNA. These c...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Göpfert T,Eckardt KU,Geb B,Kurtz A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing [5-15N] and [2-15N]-labeled glutamine and gas chromatography mass spectrometry methodology, we examined the pathways of ammoniagenesis under basal and acute acidotic conditions of pH 7.0 and pH 6.8, respectively. LLC-PK1 cultures were incubated for one hour with gentle rocking in a bicarbonate buffer of pH 7...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Nissim I,Sahai A,Sandler RS,Tannen RL

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine plays an important role in regulation of renal sodium transport. Proximal tubule cells produce dopamine after decarboxylation of L-DOPA via the enzyme aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC). The presence and cellular localization of AADC-like immunoreactivity (-LI) and AADC mRNA were examined during pre- ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Meister B,Fried G,Holgert H,Aperia A,Hökfelt T

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How much dialysis is required for optimal well-being and long-term survival? The Frequent Hemodialysis Network completed two prospective trials examining the effect of more frequent, short hours and, now, of nocturnal hemodialysis compared with standard thrice-weekly treatments. Whereas the short-hours trial reported ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Davenport A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of glycine on hypoxia- and ionomycin-induced increases in calpain activity in rat proximal tubules was determined. Calpain activity was determined both in vitro and in the intact cell using the fluorescent substrate N-succinyl-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr-7-amido-4-methyl coumarin (N-succinyl-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr-AMC) and We...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Edelstein CL,Ling H,Gengaro PE,Nemenoff RA,Bahr BA,Schrier RW

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A morphometric technique is used to estimate the absolute and relative surface areas of the brush border microvilli and cell walls bordering lateral intercellular spaces. In isolated, perfused proximal tubule from rabbit, the luminal and lateral surfaces are equal in area. For proximal convoluted tubules (PCT) each su...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Welling LW,Welling DJ

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of our evolving knowledge of adhesion receptors to experimental models of immune complex glomerulonephritis has led to substantial advances in our understanding of how leukocytes emigrate from the vasculature into glomeruli and produce glomerular dysfunction. With respect to neutrophil (PMN) migration ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lefkowith JB

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-amino acid transport capabilities of rat renal epithelium were assessed using brushborder membrane vesicles (BBMV). Taurine, a metabolically inert sulfur-containing amino acid, was studied with emphasis on the renal adaptation to dietary sulfur amino acid alteration. Three isoproteinic diets were given to Spr...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Chesney RW,Gusowski N,Friedman AL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although atherosclerotic renovascular disease is increasingly recognized in chronic kidney disease, few national level studies have examined its clinical epidemiology. METHODS:Claims data from a 5% random sample of the United States Medicare population were used to select patients without atherosclerotic re...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kalra PA,Guo H,Kausz AT,Gilbertson DT,Liu J,Chen SC,Ishani A,Collins AJ,Foley RN

更新日期：2005-07-01 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