Abstract:
:Highly presensitized patients wait longer for a renal allograft than unsensitized patients and have a poorer allograft survival rate. Repeated blood transfusions have been implicated in the induction and maintenance of sensitization. To determine the effect of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) therapy on five transfusion dependent, highly sensitized adolescents on dialysis, we serially measured percentage panel reactive antibody (%PRA) levels, titers of identifiable discrete anti-HLA Class I antibody specificities, and non-specific indices of cellular immunity before and following initiation of rHuEPO therapy. Although four of the five patients had previously rejected at least one renal allograft, the removal of chronic antigenic stimulation from blood transfusions led to a marked reduction in anti-HLA antibody titers to recognizable private and public specificities (P less than 0.001) and a reduction of mean %PRA from 80% to 56% (P less than 0.05). Each patient demonstrated a reduction of two or more dilutions to at least two anti-HLA antibody specificities. A control group of five patients matched for age, transfusion dependence and sensitization status demonstrated no change during a comparable time interval. PHA responsiveness decreased significantly in the rHuEPO group whereas autologous and allogenic mixed lymphocyte response, spontaneous blastogenesis and T-cell subsets did not. These data indicate that in highly sensitized dialysis patients rHuEPO may lead to decreased sensitization, shorter waiting time on dialysis and possibly improved allograft survival rates.
journal_name
Kidney Intjournal_title
Kidney internationalauthors
Grimm PC,Sinai-Trieman L,Sekiya NM,Robertson LS,Robinson BJ,Fine RN,Ettenger RBdoi
10.1038/ki.1990.161subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-07-01 00:00:00pages
12-8issue
1eissn
0085-2538issn
1523-1755pii
S0085-2538(15)34923-1journal_volume
38pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Bone-derived fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) plays an important role in systemic phosphate turnover. Increased FGF23 activity results in hypophosphatemic disorders, while reduced activity is linked to hyperphosphatemic disorders. FGF23, together with klotho as co-factor, can activate FGF receptors in its target ti...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2014.316
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The hypothesis that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors interfere with the treatment of anemia with recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) remains controversial. To test this hypothesis, a retrospective analysis was conducted in a large group of hemodialysis patients with renal anemia. METHODS...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00028.x
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acute kidney injury (AKI) severe enough to require dialysis is increasing and associated with high mortality, yet robust information about temporal epidemiology of AKI requiring dialysis in England is lacking. In this retrospective observational study of the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set covering the enti...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2015.234
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hypertension is a well-known complication in children on renal replacement therapy and an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease in later life. In order to define the prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among children, we enrolled 3337 pediatric patients from 15 countries in the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Reg...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1038/ki.2011.232
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Low-protein diets (LPD) increase insulin-mediated glucose disposal in chronic renal failure (CRF), but the fate of the better utilized glucose and the effect on energy production rate are unknown. Using a two-step (1 and 5 mU x kg(-1) x min(-1)) euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp combined with indirect calorimetry, we ...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1997.167
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Current practice recommends metabolic evaluation of patients who have formed multiple renal stones, but not those with one stone or temporally remote stones. This presumes that recentness and recurrence imply greater risk of new future stones. We hypothesize that number of stones reflects how long patients are permitt...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1994.224
更新日期:1994-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) commonly results in glomerulonephritis, in which neutrophils and monocytes have important roles. The heterodimer calprotectin (S100A8/S100A9, mrp8/14) is a Toll-like receptor-4 ligand found in neutrophils and monocytes and is elevated in inflammatory...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2013.2
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is known to play a pivotal role in the regulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation. Since diabetic nephropathy (DMN) is characterized by basement membrane thickening and mesangial expansion, control of ECM deposition is believed to be important in the pa...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00919.x
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The binding of albumin to the glomerular capillary wall was studied using albumin-gold in perfused kidneys, the interaction of [3H]albumin with isolated glomeruli at 37 degrees C and 4 degrees C and the interaction at [3H]albumin with purified basement membrane. The albumin-gold was found to bind predominantly to the ...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1995.149
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The epidemic of chronic kidney disease in Nicaragua (Mesoamerican nephropathy) has been linked with recurrent dehydration. Here we tested whether recurrent dehydration may cause renal injury by activation of the polyol pathway, resulting in the generation of endogenous fructose in the kidney that might subsequently in...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2013.492
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hypercalciuria is one of the early manifestations of diabetic nephropathy. We explored here the role of α-Klotho, a protein expressed predominantly in distal convoluted tubules that has a role in calcium reabsorption. We studied 31 patients with early diabetic nephropathy and compared them with 31 patients with IgA ne...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2011.423
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Donor pretreatment of 100 mg/kg each of cyclophosphamide (CY) and methylprednisolone (P) infused 5 hours before nephrectomy invariably prolongs the survival of DLA mismatched, MLC incompatible nonlittermate Beagle renal allografts as well as the survival of mongrel renal allografts. The effect of donor pretreatment ap...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1982.25
更新日期:1982-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study examined the consequences of nephrectomy in United States Army personnel who lost a kidney due to trauma during World War II (WWII). Records of 62 servicemen who underwent nephrectomy at an average age of 25 years were obtained. Mortality was compared with that of WWII servicemen of the same age. Medical re...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1993.156
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Daily calcitriol therapy has been reported to improve linear growth in children with renal bone disease, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D is a key regultor of chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation. Whereas large intermittent doses of calcitriol can lower serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and reverse the skelet...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00724.x
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Surgical creation of new anastomosis has been proposed as the preferred treatment for perianastomotic stenoses of fistulae. However, disadvantages of surgical approach have included (1) frequent conversion of fistula to a graft by using synthetic graft material to create a new anastomosis, (2) shortening the length of...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000358
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::An effective therapeutic means to remove relatively large polypeptide uremic toxins seems to be a hemofiltration (HF) or hemodiafiltration (HDF) employing a larger-pore membrane, that is, a protein-permeable membrane. With either method, however, a significant amount of albumin will be lost into the ultrafiltrate or d...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1996.333
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Viral peritonitis is an exceptionally rare occurrence in peritoneal dialysis. In fact, up to now, only one case report has been documented in the literature. In a prospective study, peritoneal dialysis effluent (PDE) was specifically cultured for the following viruses: the herpes group of viruses, including herpes sim...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1989.191
更新日期:1989-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hemodialysis access thrombosis is a significant cause of morbidity for hemodialysis patients and results from decreased access flow caused by venous outflow tract stenosis. Ultrasound dilution (UD) is a practical, noninvasive, and reliable indicator of access flow and is effective in predicting venous stenos...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00753.x
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nephronophthisis is an autosomal recessive chronic tubulointerstitial disease that progresses to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in about 10% of cases during infancy. Mutations in the INVS (NPHP2) gene were found in a few patients with infantile nephronophthisis. Mutations of NPHP3, known to be associated with adolesce...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.662
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Long-term complications of continuous immunosuppression still remain a serious threat and are currently drawing the attention of transplant physicians. Wimmer et al. show that malignancy occurs approximately fourfold more frequently in renal-transplant recipients than in a normal control population. Besides immunosupp...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5002306
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In addition to nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin (PGI2), the vascular endothelium can influence local vascular tone by a mechanism involving the hyperpolarization of vascular smooth muscle cells. This response is attributed to the release of an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). The present ...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00910.x
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The continuous chemical, physical, and inflammatory insults of prolonged continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) incite mesothelial cell responses, which may result in peritoneal fibrosis. The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), especially the isoform TGF-beta 1, has long been known to play ...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00861.x
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nephronophthisis is an autosomal recessive kidney disease with high genetic heterogeneity. Understanding the functions of the individual genes contributing to this disease is critical for delineating the pathomechanisms of this disorder. Here, we investigated kidney function of a novel gene associated with nephronopht...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.kint.2019.04.014
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:It is suggested that either arginine or its metabolites, nitric oxide and polyamines play a role in the renal hemodynamic alterations observed in the early stages of diabetes. Yet, the regulation of arginine transport in diabetic kidneys has never been studied. METHODS:Arginine uptake was determined in glom...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00508.x
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The rate of myofibrillar protein degradation was measured by 3-methylhistidine (3MH) release in moderately uremic and sham-operated control rats. The rats were studied in the fed state or after 24 and 48 hours of fasting. When fed, both uremic and control rats gained weight at the same rate. During 48 hours of fasting...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1981.141
更新日期:1981-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fibrates, the PPAR alpha ligand-like compounds increase the expression of proximal tubule liver fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) and significantly decrease cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury. To study whether the bezafibrate-mediated upregulation of renal L-FABP was involved in this cytoprotective effect we trea...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.106
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease is the most frequent cause of mortality in chronic renal failure (CRF). Therefore, it is important to identify appropriate treatment measures. The antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has been shown to reduce cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients. Here we examine a possible dire...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00332.x
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2013.97
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Early graft loss (EGL) is a feared outcome of kidney transplantation. Consequently, kidneys with an anticipated risk of EGL are declined for transplantation. In the most favorable scenario, with optimal use of available donor kidneys, the donor pool size is balanced by the risk of EGL, with a tradeoff dictated by the ...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.kint.2020.01.043
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Epithelial cells in the renal inner medulla accumulate osmolytes such as betaine to maintain normal cell volume during prolonged extracellular hypertonic stress. Betaine accumulation is the result of activation of transcription of the BGT1 transporter gene followed by increased betaine transport. METHODS:We...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00733.x
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00