Biochemical abnormalities of platelets in renal failure. Evidence for decreased platelet serotonin, adenosine diphosphate and Mg-dependent adenosine triphosphatase.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cystic epithelia in polycystic kidney disease display features similar to malignant cells. Thiazolidinediones have been shown to have anti-neoplastic properties, therefore we tested the hypothesis that pioglitazone reduces cyst formation, improves renal function, and prolongs survival in a mouse model o...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Raphael KL,Strait KA,Stricklett PK,Baird BC,Piontek K,Germino GG,Kohan DE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolonged use of corticosteroids continues to be the mainstay in the management of most proteinuric glomerulopathies, but is limited by extensive side effects. Alternative medications such as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) have been recently used to treat refractory glomerulopathies and have shown superi...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Shrivastava S,Chen B,Dworkin LD,Malhotra DK,Gong R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) impairs intestinal barrier function which by allowing influx of noxious products causes systemic inflammation. We have recently shown that intestinal barrier dysfunction in CKD is due to degradation of epithelial tight junction (TJ) which is, in part, mediated by influx of urea a...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Vaziri ND,Yuan J,Khazaeli M,Masuda Y,Ichii H,Liu S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Three different apo E alleles (E2, E3 and E4) produce apo E isoproteins, which regulate the metabolism of lipoproteins. This study investigated the apo E polymorphisms as a prognostic factor for the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). METHODS:A total of 525 type 2 diabetic patients were enrolled ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tien KJ,Tu ST,Chou CW,Yang CY,Hsiao JY,Shin SJ,Chen HC,Hsieh MC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of calciphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening condition, is not well understood. Several factors such as end-stage renal disease (azotemia), hyperparathyroidism, hyperphosphatemia, hypercalcemia, a high calcium-phosphate product, and the use of steroids and cytotoxic drugs after kidney transplantat...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Rudwaleit M,Schwarz A,Trautmann C,Offermann G,Distler A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have focused attention on the possible role of zinc depletion in the pathogenesis of uremic symptoms such as dysgeusia and impotence. The present studies were undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of zinc deficiency and abnormalities of zinc metabolism in patients with end-stage renal disease. A total o...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Muirhead N,Kertesz A,Flanagan PR,Hodsman AB,Hollomby DJ,Valberg LS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of metabolic acidosis to target the higher serum bicarbonate level than guideline recommendation may downregulate muscle protein degradation and improve renal function among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. We conducted a study to test the effects of increased serum bicarbonate level on muscl...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kittiskulnam P,Srijaruneruang S,Chulakadabba A,Thokanit NS,Praditpornsilpa K,Tungsanga K,Eiam-Ong S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of histologic changes have been observed in the kidneys of patients with light-chain deposition disease. We report 3 cases with kappa light chain deposition who presented with diverse clinical, histological, and ultrastructural features. All the cases were diagnosed by the presence of monoclonal kappa light ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Venkataseshan VS,Faraggiana T,Hughson MD,Buchwald D,Olesnicky L,Goldstein MH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress and inflammation are known to play central roles in the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). Febuxostat is a novel non-purine xanthine oxidase (XO)-specific inhibitor developed to treat hyperuricemia. In this study, we investigated whether febuxostat could ameliorate DN via renoprotecti...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Lee HJ,Jeong KH,Kim YG,Moon JY,Lee SH,Ihm CG,Sung JY,Lee TW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was to investigate the feasibility of using lactate as a complete or partial substitute for acetate in hemodialysis solutions. Six patients, each serving as his own control, were dialyzed once against a dialysis solution containing 40 mM acetate, once against a dialysis solution containing 40 ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Nawab ZM,Armstrong MK,Weissberger LE,Ing TS,Hayashi JA,Daugirdas JT

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22-year-old woman presented glomerulonephritis with Schönlein-Henoch-like syndrome and monoclonal abnormality. One month later, she developed a rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with hypertension and persistent purpura. In the two renal biopsies performed during the first and the second attack, mesangial expans...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Orfila C,Meeus F,Bernadet P,Lepert JC,Suc JM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:A recent study suggests that inflammation and malnutrition are strongly associated with cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients. Endothelial lipase (EL) is a newly cloned physiological regulator of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), which is associated with the progression of atherosclerosi...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Fujii H,Fukuda A,Tanaka M,Kojima Y,Ishida T,Hirata K,Fukagawa M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing kidney transplantation - both cadaveric and living-donor - continues to rise. With long-term graft survival relatively fixed, this trend means that increasing numbers of patients are returning to dialysis after graft loss. Most will never be retransplanted...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Fuquay R,Teitelbaum I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular access thrombosis is more common with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts than with native arteriovenous fistulae (AVF). Recent studies report an unexplained excess vascular access morbidity in women on hemodialysis. We studied 92 consecutive end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients receiving their first per...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Ifudu O,Macey LJ,Homel P,Hyppolite JC,Hong J,Sumrani N,Distant D,Sommer BG,Friedman EA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Insulin is synthesised as a pro-hormone with an interconnecting C-peptide, cleaved during post-translational modification. This review discusses growing evidence which indicates that C-peptide is biologically active, benefiting microvascular complications associated with diabetes. METHODS:To explore th...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Hills CE,Brunskill NJ,Squires PE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) play an important role in the atherosclerosis. Recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) has become widely used to treat anemic hemodialyzed (HD) patients; however, an increased mortality has been reported for HD patients with cardiovascular d...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Pawlak K,Pawlak D,Mysliwiec M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cisplatin (CIS) induces nephrotoxicity partly through renal vasoconstriction and decreased glomerular filtration effects thought to involve adenosine acting on adenosine A(1) receptors (A1Rs). We studied the effect of the orally active, A1R antagonist tonapofylline (BG9928) on biochemical measures of re...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Gill A,Wortham K,Costa D,Davis W,Ticho B,Whalley E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than 50% of American adolescents and adults report having used illicit drugs in their lifetime. We examined the association of lifetime opiate and cocaine use with reduced kidney function, albuminuria and rapid kidney function decline among urban-dwelling adults. METHODS:Our prospective cohort included...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Novick T,Liu Y,Alvanzo A,Zonderman AB,Evans MK,Crews DC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of phenytoin by plasmapheresis in a patient with compromised renal function is described. The results indicate that plasma concentrations of total phenytoin increase after plasmapheresis, while unbound phenytoin plasma concentrations and free fraction decrease. The amount of phenytoin removed was 36 mg and...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Brown-Molnar CS,Bauer LA,Horn JR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of Dacron cuff double-lumen permanent catheters for hemodialysis has become more common in the dialysis unit as patients await for creation or maturation of a permanent hemoaccess for various reasons. Placement of these catheters is often done by surgeons. Nephrologists skilled in the placement of temporary ce...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Choudhury D,Ahmed Z,Girgis HI,Kronfli S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that the difference between the prescribed end-dialysis body weight, defined end-dialysis over-weight (edOW; kg), and the body weight which is actually attained could impact survival in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The aim of this prospective observational study was to evaluate if edOW could i...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Movilli E,Camerini C,Gaggia P,Zubani R,Feller P,Poiatti P,Pola A,Carli O,Cancarini G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:In chronic hemodialysis patients, we evaluated determinants of repetitive ventricular tachyarrhythmias which included late potentials and heart rate variability. METHODS:We compared the presence of late potentials and heart rate variability obtained by ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG), findings of ec...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tamura K,Tsuji H,Nishiue T,Tokunaga S,Yajima I,Higashi T,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysis patients have increased susceptibility to infection and this is, in part, due to impaired phagocytic and bactericidal activities of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL). The mechanisms responsible for the reduced phagocytosis are not known. Dialysis patients have elevated blood levels of parathyroid hormone (P...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Alexiewicz JM,Smogorzewski M,Fadda GZ,Massry SG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glomerular ultrastructure was retrospectively reviewed from 45 renal transplant biopsies with the clinical and light microscopic diagnosis of acute rejection (25 cases) and chronic rejection (20 cases). Three grades of morphologic alteration were ultrastructurally defined. In acute rejection, capillary lumenal obl...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Verani RR,Bergman D,Kerman RH

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated considerable variability in the volumes of different glomeruli in given individuals (individual glomerular volume: IGV) in a stereologic study of kidneys at forensic autopsy performed to investigate sudden or unexpected death in people without manifest kidney disease. We review some important asso...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Hoy WE,Hughson MD,Diouf B,Zimanyi M,Samuel T,McNamara BJ,Douglas-Denton RN,Holden L,Mott SA,Bertram JF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Current status of primary hyperoxaluria (PH) has not been surveyed in Japan. METHODS:Japanese patients with PH were reviewed in the published literature. RESULTS:Fifty-nine patients were diagnosed as PH from 1962 to 2003. The median ages both at diagnosis and at the onset of initial symptoms were 17 (...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Takayama T,Nagata M,Ichiyama A,Ozono S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To verify if exogenous prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is able to release antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and if endogenous angiotensin II plays a role in this eventual PGE2-induced stimulation of vasopressin, increasing doses of PGE2 were infused in 6 normal volunteers before (PGE2 study) and after the administration of 100 mg of...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Usberti M,Gargiulo A,Comberti E,Campisi S,Poiesi C,Brognoli M,Doregatti C,Rondina M,Zaneboni A,Ghielmi S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study was conducted prospectively to ascertain the prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACAs) in patients with lupus nephritis and to determine whether this subgroup of patients differed clinically and histologically from patients without the antibody. PATIENTS AND METHODS:40 SLE patients (26 Blacks, 14...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Naiker IP,Rughubar KN,Duursma J,Pudifin DJ,Seedat YK

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis without immune deposits is a variant of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis which can account for up to 40% of crescentic nephritis. The prognosis may depend on both the severity of histological injury at presentation and the efficacy of treatment. Recent advances in...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Belghiti D,Levy Y,Rifle G,Ottavioli JN,Rickelynck JP,Wolf C,Chalopin JM,Sobel A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon) was born in 1135 in Cordoba, the son of a Jewish rabbi. After a seminomadic upbringing in Spain and North Africa during the rule of the Almohades, Maimonides settled in Fostate (Old Cairo), where he became renowned as a physician, eventually being appointed as court physician to Saladin a...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Massry SG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00