Progressive renal disease: role of race and antihypertensive medications.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Podocyte loss contributes to the development of glomerulosclerosis. Although podocytes have been detected in the urine in certain glomerular diseases, the viability of detached cells is not known. METHODS:Urine was collected from rats with experimental membranous nephropathy [passive Heymann nephritis (PHN)...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Petermann AT,Krofft R,Blonski M,Hiromura K,Vaughn M,Pichler R,Griffin S,Wada T,Pippin J,Durvasula R,Shankland SJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic acidosis is common in patients with chronic kidney disease, which is known to affect bone metabolism. We examined the effect of metabolic acidosis on the development of vascular and other soft-tissue calcifications in uremic rats treated with calcitriol. Extraskeletal calcification was measured in vivo, in c...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Mendoza FJ,Lopez I,Montes de Oca A,Perez J,Rodriguez M,Aguilera-Tejero E

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that increasing small solute clearance in peritoneal dialysis (PD) would lead to improvements in patient health-related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS:Patients were randomized to a control group [standard 4 x 2 L continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)] and an intervention group (...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Paniagua R,Amato D,Vonesh E,Guo A,Mujais S,Mexican Nephrology Collaborative Study Group.

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The candidacidal activity of kidneys, liver, and spleen's phagocytic systems was studied in mouse. Different strains of mice were inoculated intravenously (i.v.) with 1 to 2.6 x 10(4) viable Candida albicans. Elimination of the microorganisms from the kidneys, liver, and spleen were evaluated by enumeration of colony ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Baghian A,Lee KW

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) leads to chronic allograft dysfunction and loss. Regular renal transplant biopsies may be useful to find risk factors for CAN. METHODS:We carried out 688 protocol biopsies in 258 patients at 6, 12, and 26 weeks after renal transplantation. Patients with signs of CAN in th...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Schwarz A,Mengel M,Gwinner W,Radermacher J,Hiss M,Kreipe H,Haller H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of formaldehyde washout in new and reused dialyzers with 2% (w/v) and 4% formaldehyde solution was studied. Using a standard method of rinsing, the concentration of formaldehyde decreases exponentially, but the rate of decrease and the steady-state level depends on the type of dialyzer. The residual quant...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hakim RM,Friedrich RA,Lowrie EG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the specific binding of radiolabeled bradykinin ([3H]BK) and vasopressin ([3H]AVP) to membrane preparations of bovine and porcine kidney medulla. [3H]BK reversibly labeled a single site (Kd = 1.06 nM) in bovine kidney medulla independently of [Mg2+]. The number of BK receptors in bovine kidney medulla, Bmax...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Howl J,Yarwood NJ,Davies AR,Wheatley M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new study by Xu et al. presents compelling evidence for an important role of the glomerular endothelium in acute kidney injury. They show that lipopolysaccharide reduces the endothelial surface layer, resulting in mild albuminuria, reduced glomerular filtration rate, and fewer endothelial fenestrae. Tumor necrosis f...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Haraldsson BS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genetic dissection of a polygenic, multifactorial, quantitative disease such as arterial hypertension is hampered by a large environmental variance and by genetic heterogeneity. METHODS:To reduce the environmental variance, we measured the pressor response to a saline load (PRSL) and the basal plasma re...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Barlassina C,Schork NJ,Manunta P,Citterio L,Sciarrone M,Lanella G,Bianchi G,Cusi D

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Institute of Medicine's recent report, Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action, studies the current problems facing organ donation in the USA, making suggestions for quality improvement and analyzing various proposals of incentivized donation and presumed consent (PC). Although the report deals with the donation ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Das KK,Lerner BH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we studied a possible association between low parathyroid hormone (PTH) status and mortality in incident patients undergoing hemodialysis . A total of 1983 patients were included at baseline and prospectively followed for 24 months. Patients were classified according to their Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outc...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Merle E,Roth H,London GM,Jean G,Hannedouche T,Bouchet JL,Drüeke T,Fouque D,Daugas E,French Calcium and Phosphate Observatory.

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early kidney transplant results in children lagged behind corresponding results in adults. Multiple advances over the past three decades have eliminated that gap. Most children now have equal or superior long-term allograft and patient survival compared with adult recipients. However, black children in the United Stat...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Dharnidharka VR,Seifert ME

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melamine, a widely used chemical found in many products in daily use, became a public health concern due to melamine-associated urinary stone formation in children. In adults, it is still unknown whether low-dose melamine exposure may also cause urolithiasis. To address this question, we studied 211 Taiwanese patients...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Liu CC,Wu CF,Chen BH,Huang SP,Goggins W,Lee HH,Chou YH,Wu WJ,Huang CH,Shiea J,Lee CH,Wu KY,Wu MT

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:We have previously reported that the serum concentration of 2-(alpha-mannopyranosyl)-L-tryptophan (MPT), tryptophan glycoconjugate, is a more accurate measure of renal function than that of serum creatinine concentration. The aim of the present study was to compare the diagnostic value of serum concentration...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Yonemura K,Takahira R,Yonekawa O,Wada N,Hishida A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports indicate a decreased mortality risk for patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis in the United States. We sought to determine whether a higher use of automated versus continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis was associated with this improvement. Analyses were carried out using data from the United State...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Mehrotra R,Chiu YW,Kalantar-Zadeh K,Vonesh E

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many subjects nowadays present with end-stage renal failure and its attendant cardiovascular complications without known prior renal damage. In this report we review the evidence available to strongly suggest that the present practice of secondary prevention in those with known prior renal disease should be extended t...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： de Jong PE,Brenner BM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a rare systemic autoimmune disease characterized by small-vessel vasculitis leading to organ damage and the presence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCAs). ANCAs were shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of the disease by increasing adhesion of polymorphonu...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Gencik M,Meller S,Borgmann S,Fricke H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both high glucose (HG) and angiotensin II (Ang II) causes glomerular mesangial cell (GMC) growth and increased synthesis of matrix proteins like collagen IV contributing to diabetic nephropathy. We have recently found that exposure of vascular smooth muscle cells to HG augments the Ang II activation of the g...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Amiri F,Shaw S,Wang X,Tang J,Waller JL,Eaton DC,Marrero MB

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anecdotal reports of complement component deficiencies in patients with immune complex disease led to a systematic study of the levels of seven complement components in serum specimens from 178 patients with glomerulonephritis and 163 normal subjects. Deficiencies were found with significantly higher frequency (22.7%)...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Coleman TH,Forristal J,Kosaka T,West CD

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：:Mineralocorticoid hormones stimulate Na+ absorption and K+ secretion by the cortical collecting tubule. There is good evidence that this stimulation involves increasing luminal membrane Na+ permeability and the turnover rate (or number) of the Na+-K+ pumps. These experiments were designed to examine whether mineraloco...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Stokes JB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The link between dialysis "vintage" (length of time on dialysis in months to years) and survival has been difficult to define, largely because of selection effects. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is thought to be a wasting illness, but there are no published reports describing the associations between vintag...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Chertow GM,Johansen KL,Lew N,Lazarus JM,Lowrie EG

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal involvement in von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease has emerged as the most prevalent cause of death in this hereditary disorder. In a group of 43 VHL patients (23 unrelated families) with renal lesions we examined whether severity of renal disease is affected by parental inheritance and VHL subtype (1, without pheoc...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Chauveau D,Duvic C,Chrétien Y,Paraf F,Droz D,Melki P,Hélénon O,Richard S,Grünfeld JP

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet activating factor (PAF) is a potent lipid mediator with a broad range of biologic activities. Experimental evidence suggests that PAF plays a role in the pathogenesis of a variety of inflammatory processes including allograft rejection. In this study, we evaluated the effects of the PAF antagonist BN52021 on ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Butterly DW,Spurney RF,Ruiz P,Pirotzky E,Braquet P,Coffman TM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estradiol suppresses the synthesis of type I collagen by murine mesangial cells. However, neither the alpha 1(I) nor the alpha 2(I) collagen gene contains an estrogen-response element. Because estradiol modulates the transcription of several genes that lack an estrogen-response element but contain a regulato...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Silbiger S,Lei J,Neugarten J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Podocyte effacement and the reformation of foot processes and slit diaphragms can be induced within minutes experimentally. Therefore, it seems likely that the slit diaphragm proteins underlie orchestrated recycling mechanisms under the control of posttranslational modifiers. One of these modifiers, SUMO (small ubiqui...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Tossidou I,Himmelseher E,Teng B,Haller H,Schiffer M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is an inherited, progressive nephropathy accounting for 4-10% of end stage renal disease worldwide. PKD1 and PKD2 are the most common disease loci, but even accounting for other genetic causes, about 7% of families remain unresolved. Typically, these unsolved cases ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hopp K,Cornec-Le Gall E,Senum SR,Te Paske IBAW,Raj S,Lavu S,Baheti S,Edwards ME,Madsen CD,Heyer CM,Ong ACM,Bae KT,Fatica R,Steinman TI,Chapman AB,Gitomer B,Perrone RD,Rahbari-Oskoui FF,Torres VE,HALT Progression of

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal toxicity, possibly due to vasoconstriction and vascular injury, is the most relevant side-effect of chronic cyclosporine (CsA) therapy given to prevent graft rejection. In kidney transplant recipients each oral dose of CsA is invariably followed by a transient reduction in renal plasma flow (RPF) and glomerular ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ruggenenti P,Perico N,Mosconi L,Gaspari F,Benigni A,Amuchastegui CS,Bruzzi I,Remuzzi G

更新日期：1993-03-01 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