Urine and serum levels of the carboxyterminal domain (NCl) of collagen IV in membranous glomerulonephritis and diabetic nephropathy.

abstract：:The effect of imidazole-2-hydroxibenzoate on urinary excretion rates of glycosaminoglycans and albumin in 22 insulin-dependent diabetics with albumin excretion rates under 300 mg/day was evaluated in a 165-day double blind crossover study. Unlike placebo, the drug reduced glycosaminoglycan and albumin excretion rates ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Baggio B,Briani G,Cicerello E,Gambaro G,Giorato C,Iori E,Lavagnini T,Crepaldi G

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases affecting both the lung and the kidney have grave prognosis and serious diagnostic and therapeutic consequences. Here, 3 cases of pulmonary-renal syndrome caused by antiphospholipid syndrome are reported. The patients presented with dyspnea, renal insufficiency, pulmonary infiltrates on chest X-ray and areas ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Henning BF,Gröne HJ,Tepel M,Büchner N,Kirchner J,Zidek W

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the recommendations and outcomes for all patients with diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease referred to the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont from 1971 through December 1983. During this period, we recommended transplantation in 53 of 73 patients evaluated. Thirty-two transplants were performed i...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rimmer JM,Sussman M,Foster R,Gennari FJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active (A) and inactive (I) plasma renin concentrations (PRC) were examined during haemodialysis in relation to blood pressure and body weight changes. Patients had either one (n = 15) or two (n = 51) remnant kidneys in situ, or were anephric (n = 4). 6 of the two remnant kidney patients had non-functioning renal allo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Thatcher R,Whitworth JA,Skinner SL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gradual loss of cell viability was observed during in vitro incubation of peritoneal cells from chronically uremic mice in commercial peritoneal dialysis solutions. The magnitude of this cytotoxicity toward peritoneal cells harvested from uremic mice and controls was comparable. Resident peritoneal cells were always...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Gallimore B,Gagnon RF,Stevenson MM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mysterious deaths of archeologists after opening Egyptian tombs have been suspected to be secondary to inhalation of mycotoxin, however, the hypothesis has never been verified. Recently, we observed a case of acute renal failure (ARF) undeniably due to inhalation of ochratoxin of Aspergillus ochraceus. After spending ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Di Paolo N,Guarnieri A,Loi F,Sacchi G,Mangiarotti AM,Di Paolo M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent experience of six large trials of antihypertensive therapy has not clearly demonstrated any beneficial effect on the prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD). The data from the HDFP study have been analyzed by three cholesterol strata at baseline. The higher the baseline cholesterol levels, the greater th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Schneider KA,Heyden S,Ford C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decarboxylation and transamination reactions of glyoxylate, which divert this precursor from oxalate formation, have been investigated. Decarboxylation of glyoxylate is synergistic with 2-oxoglutarate and catalysed by 2-oxoglutarate:glyoxylate carboligase which co-chromatographs with the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogena...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bais R,Rofe AM,Conyers RA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old female presented with acute onset of glomerulonephritis 10 days following an upper respiratory infection. Serum complement components were depressed and proteinuria exceeded 3.0 g daily. Renal biopsy revealed granular staining of IgG and C3 along the basement membrane as well as small amounts of IgA in a...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yoshizawa N,McClung JA,Ohshima S,Takahashi K,Treser G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoproteins might be involved in the pathogenesis of glomerular damage. Uptake of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) by cultured human glomerular cells has been studied using LDL, labelled with the fluorescent probe 1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3'3'-tetramethyl-indocarbocyanine perchlorate (diI). Cells have been characterised usi...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rayner HC,Horsburgh T,Brown SL,Lavender FL,Winder AF,Walls J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Home hemodialysis is usually considered a superior therapy, whose decline is related to demographic, social, psychological and financial factors as well as to competition with renal transplantation and PD. METHODS:A home hemodialysis program was started in November 1998 in the University of Torino, Italy (2...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Piccoli GB,Bermond F,Mezza E,Quaglia M,Pacitti A,Jeantet A,Segoloni GP

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the influence of a mixture of keto analogues/amino acids (KA) on PTH levels in 18 RDT patients was examined. Ten of them were treated with KA over a period of 3 months, while the other 8 patients served as control group. The KA-treated patients showed a significant fall in PTH and plasma phosphate...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lindenau K,Kokot F,Fröhling PT

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify whether the changes of parathyroid size have any correlations with the long-term prognosis of calcitriol pulse therapy, we examined the time course of serum levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and size of parathyroid glands in 14 chronic dialysis patients during and after the oral calcitriol pulse therapy. ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Fukagawa M,Kitaoka M,Yi H,Fukuda N,Matsumoto T,Ogata E,Kurokawa K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal scarring is considered to be a characteristic of reflux nephropathy. The effects of ulinastatin, a strong inhibitor of polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase, on renal scarring following direct parenchymal or intravesical ascending infection by Serratia marcescens or Escherichia coli were determined. Four days of ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Matsumoto T,Haraoka M,Mizunoe Y,Takahashi K,Kubo S,Sakumoto M,Tanaka M,Kumazawa J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Episodes of acute kidney injury (AKI) have been associated with the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, follow-up pathways for patients who have survived AKI complicating critical illness are not well established. We hypothesised that patients who had AKI requiring renal replacement therapy...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kirwan CJ,Blunden MJ,Dobbie H,James A,Nedungadi A,Prowle JR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:8 patients who developed proteinuria whilst receiving penicillamine for rheumatoid arthritis have been studied. Light microscopy of renal biopsy specimens showed evidence of an extramembranous nephropathy in 6 cases, with epimembranous spikes infrequently described previously in association with penicillamine. ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ross JH,McGinty F,Brewer DG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The local cutaneous inflammatory response to DMCB sensitization was positive in only 35% of 20 uremic patients, and the delayed skin reaction was positive in only 15%. The reaction to DMCB challenge was markedly delayed in some patients. Improved response to DNCB re-challenge followed levamisole administration in only...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Modai D,Sagi DB,Maor J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease is the major complication and cause of mortality in the dialysis population, accounting for about 40% of deaths. Oxidative stress has been strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of these events. As patients in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are in a state of elevated free radical activity, the ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Wang NP,Lim PS,Chen TT,Thien LM,Wang TH,Hsu WM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed IgM-IgG cryoglobulins were present in the serum of a patient with the nephrotic syndrome, recurrent purpura, chronic active hepatitis and ascites. A renal biopsy demonstrated deposition of IgM, IgG, and complement components C3 and C4 in intracapillary 'coagula' and glomerular capillary walls. No glomerular depo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Zimmerman SW,Dreher WH,Burkholder PM,Goldfarb S,Weinstein AB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumstantial evidence that pIgA has a key role in glomerular injury of IgAN is now strong. Although the answers to the questions posed in this review are necessarily incomplete, they do indicate that (1) pIgA is a major component of mesangial IgA. (2) circulating pIgA is increased and this pIgA is particularly enhan...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Harper SJ,Feehally J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have shown that insulin binding (IB) to erythrocytes was decreased in uremic patients and that hemodialysis corrected the receptor defect. In the present study cross-incubation experiments were performed using uremic and control erythrocytes and plasma. Incubation of control erythrocytes with uremic pla...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Milutinović S,Breyer D,Janković N,Molnar V,Stefović A,Rocić B

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether there are early renal function parameters (RFP) which can be monitored to rapidly detect nephrotoxicity induced by contrast media (CM), we observed RFP in 16 patients with normal renal function before and after administration of CM. Forty-eight hours after diatrizoate meglumine administration, blo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Duan SB,Wu HW,Luo JA,Liu FY

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed to determine the effect of caffeine on the development of renal hypertension. Two-kidney, 1-clip (2K1C) hypertension and deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA, 200 mg/kg, subcutaneous implantation)-salt (0.9% NaCl drinking) hypertension were instituted in Sprague-Dawley rats. They were then gro...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Choi KC,Lee J,Moon KH,Park KK,Kim SW,Kim NH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the expression of Mac-1 on granulocytes (flow cytometry) from 9 patients (27 examinations) during hemodialysis with cuprophane membranes (CuM). Samples were drawn before dialysis and from the arterial and venous lines at 5, 15 and 180 min. Granulocytopenia was most pronounced after 15 min of treatment. Mac-...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lundahl J,Hed J,Jacobson SH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has been associated with several renal disorders. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/hemolytic uremic syndrome (TTP/HUS) were also described in several patients with overt AIDS. We describe a patient who presented with HUS and only subsequent investigation to find the caus...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Badesha PS,Saklayen MG

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro formation of prostaglandins (PG) E2, F2 alpha, 6-keto-F1 alpha, and thromboxane B2 (TxB2) by glomeruli from rats with reduced renal mass (RRM) were evaluated by radioimmunoassay. Four weeks following ablation of renal mass, PGE2, PGF2 alpha, and TxB2 production by glomeruli from RRM rats was significantly gre...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Stahl RA,Kudelka S,Paravicini M,Schollmeyer P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopexamine hydrochloride is a synthetic dopamine analogue recently developed to improve myocardial and renal performance in patients suffering from low cardiac output states. The present study was designed to assess the pharmacological profile and the anatomical localization of [3H]-dopexamine binding sites within the...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Napoleone P,Cavallotti C,Ricci A,Amenta F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the regulation of vasopressin receptors in an animal model of hypertension, localization and age-related changes in renal arginine vasopressin (AVP) receptors in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were investigated using in vitro (macro) autoradiography and a radiolabeled receptor assay. Autoradiograp...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hosoya M,Ogura T,Watanabe H,Ota Z,Kageyama Z

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal handling of urate, xanthine and hypoxanthine was studied in a hypouricemic patient who had increased plasma concentrations of xanthine and hypoxanthine. The patient, a 50-year-old man, had been suffering from Parkinson's disease, while neither systemic disorders nor particular renal diseases known to affect plas...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kawachi M,Kono N,Kiyokawa H,Mineo I,Nakajima H,Shimizu T,Yorifuji S,Kuwajima M,Tarui S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of a sample of 99 women on maintenance hemodialysis has shown the presence of sexual disturbances to a great extent: the rate of sexual intercourse and the ability to reach orgasm were significantly lower than in age-matched control women. 80% declared a reduction in their sexual desire and the frequ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Mastrogiacomo I,De Besi L,Serafini E,Zussa S,Zucchetta P,Romagnoli GF,Saporiti E,Dean P,Ronco C,Adami A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00