Time to consider ACE insertion/deletion genotypes and individual renoprotective treatment in diabetic nephropathy?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low birth weight is an important risk factor for hypertension and unfavorable prognoses of a number of renal diseases. It is also associated with reduced kidney size and nephron number. A differentiation between the effects of low birth weight versus being born premature or small for gestational age has, how...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Schmidt IM,Chellakooty M,Boisen KA,Damgaard IN,Mau Kai C,Olgaard K,Main KM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclosporine (CsA) is effective for the treatment of children with steroid-dependent and -resistant nephrotic syndrome (NS), but it can result in chronic CsA nephrotoxicity including CsA-induced tubulointerstitial lesions. The factors responsible for the development of CsA-induced tubulointerstitial lesions ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Iijima K,Hamahira K,Tanaka R,Kobayashi A,Nozu K,Nakamura H,Yoshikawa N

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Intrarenal angiotensin II is increased in kidney diseases independently of plasma angiotensin II and is thought to promote progressive deterioration of renal architecture. Here we investigated the mechanism of enhanced renal angiotensin II generation in kidney glomerular diseases. For this, kidney- or liver-specific a...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Matsusaka T,Niimura F,Pastan I,Shintani A,Nishiyama A,Ichikawa I

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral ureteral obstruction in rabbits leads to an influx of macrophages into the kidney, a proliferation of interstitial cells, and an increase in arachidonic acid metabolism. The role of the macrophage in the metabolic changes of hydronephrosis was investigated by using endotoxin and nitrogen mustard. The in viv...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lefkowith JB,Okegawa T,DeSchryver-Kecskemeti K,Needleman P

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress are highly prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). These conditions contribute to high mortality rates associated with cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in this patient population. To our knowledge, no pr...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Pupim LB,Himmelfarb J,McMonagle E,Shyr Y,Ikizler TA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effect of an acute load of potassium on potassium reabsorption by the loop of Henle in chronic renal failure, the right kidney was removed and branches of the left renal artery were ligated in 17 rats. One week later and after 2 days of a potassium-free diet, rats were studied before (period 1) and af...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Milanes CL,Jamison RL

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) is an important component of the intracellular signaling pathway for various immunoreceptors. Inhibition of SYK has shown promise in preclinical models of autoimmune and glomerular disease. However, the description of SYK expression in human renal tissue, which would be desirable ahead of ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： McAdoo SP,Bhangal G,Page T,Cook HT,Pusey CD,Tam FW

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Executive Summary of the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients is presented in this issue of Kidney International. This guideline will require careful attention for implementation in the context of available resources within each country, especially those with underdevelope...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Delmonico FL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal anemia is an important determinant for left ventricular hypertrophy in dialysis patients and an independent prognosis parameter for the cardiovascular survival in dialysis patients. In addition, an autonomic dysfunction is associated with the uremic state and influences the cardiovascular risk in patie...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Frank H,Heusser K,Höffken B,Huber P,Schmieder RE,Schobel HP

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the challenges of treating patients with glomerulonephritis is to accurately assess disease activity. As renal biopsies are routinely stained for deposits of C3 activation fragments and glomerular C3 deposits are found in most forms of glomerulonephritis, we sought to determine whether a relatively noninvasive ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sargsyan SA,Serkova NJ,Renner B,Hasebroock KM,Larsen B,Stoldt C,McFann K,Pickering MC,Thurman JM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of prepro epidermal growth factor (EGF) mRNA in renal cortical tissue and urinary EGF excretion have been determined during cisplatin and ischemia-induced acute renal failure in the rat. Northern analysis of polyadenylated RNAs of kidney cortical tissue showed diminished renal preproEGF mRNA in rats injected wi...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Safirstein R,Zelent AZ,Price PM

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of the potent immunosuppressive agent, FK506, on experimental glomerular thrombosis in rats by combined injections of nephrotoxic serum (NTS) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Either FK506 or placebo was administered intramuscularly three hours prior to injection of NTS that was followed one hou...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hiromura K,Hayashi J,Tsukada Y,Ono K,Tsuchida A,Yano S,Naruse T

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) promotes proteinuria and induces focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)-like lesions in mice. A serum suPAR concentration cutoff of 3000 pg/ml has been proposed as a clinical biomarker for patients with FSGS. Interestingly, several studies in patients with glomerulopathy found...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Meijers B,Maas RJ,Sprangers B,Claes K,Poesen R,Bammens B,Naesens M,Deegens JK,Dietrich R,Storr M,Wetzels JF,Evenepoel P,Kuypers D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical value of biocompatible peritoneal dialysis solutions is uncertain because of inconsistent findings in randomized controlled trials. A systematic review by Cho et al. examining 20 such trials suggests a beneficial effect on residual renal function. However, the finding is not robust and may relate to decre...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Blake PG,Jain AK,Yohanna S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a renal hereditary disorder associated with increased cardiovascular mortality, due to mutations in polycystin-1 and polycystin-2 genes. Endothelial polycystin-deficient cells have an altered mechanosensitivity to fluid shear stress and subsequent deficit in calc...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lorthioir A,Joannidès R,Rémy-Jouet I,Fréguin-Bouilland C,Iacob M,Roche C,Monteil C,Lucas D,Renet S,Audrézet MP,Godin M,Richard V,Thuillez C,Guerrot D,Bellien J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of nitric oxide (NO) in the kidney has been implicated in the pathogenesis of human glomerulonephritis. However, the exact type of glomerular cells that express NO synthase (NOS) and the NOS isoform involved in the local production of NO has not been identified in the human diseased kidney. We examined th...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Furusu A,Miyazaki M,Abe K,Tsukasaki S,Shioshita K,Sasaki O,Miyazaki K,Ozono Y,Koji T,Harada T,Sakai H,Kohno S

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orskov and colleagues demonstrate the impact of birth weight on the mean age of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in a large Danish ADPKD cohort. Each kilogram of birth weight extended the mean age of ESRD onset by 1.7 years. Placental insufficiency, activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, increased fetal...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Chapman AB

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:One hundred six patients with terminal renal insufficiency and 29 medical personnel were given three doses of hepatitis B vaccine at an interval of 0, 1, and 6 months (Merck, Sharp and Dohme, West Point, Pennsylvania, part of a joint study no. 649). Chronic hemodialysis patients (N = 99) received 40 micrograms vaccine...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Köhler H,Arnold W,Renschin G,Dormeyer HH,Meyer zum Büschenfelde KH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying subjects with progressive chronic kidney disease will be important both in clinical practice and in conducting clinical trials. Pruijm et al. (in this issue) demonstrate for the first time that cortical oxygenation as evaluated by blood oxygenation level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging can predict fut...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Prasad PV

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) may be an important negative feedback modulator of endothelin-1 (ET-1)-stimulated mesangial cell proliferation and contraction. Recent studies suggest that ET-1 may induce prolonged mesangial cell PGE2 production, however the mechanism of this effect is unknown. The current study was undertaken...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hughes AK,Padilla E,Kutchera WA,Michael JR,Kohan DE

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin II (Ang II) can up-regulate nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate [NAD(P)H] oxidase, whose product superoxide anion (O2-) can interact with nitric oxide (NO) to form peroxynitrite (ONOO-). We tested the hypothesis that Ang II subtype 1 (AT1) receptor activation enhances oxidative stress and...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Onozato ML,Tojo A,Goto A,Fujita T,Wilcox CS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The international guideline from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes suggests a hemoglobin target of 11 to 12 g/dl for children with chronic kidney disease. However, information to support this proposal is very limited in the pediatric population. Because of controversy, the unmet need is the establishment of an...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hattori M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirtuin 6 (SIRT6) is a NAD+-dependent deacetylase associated with numerous aspects of health and physiology. Overexpression of SIRT6 has emerged as a protector in cardiac tissues against pathologic cardiac hypertrophy. However, the mechanism of this protective effect is not fully understood. Here, both in vivo and in ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Li Z,Xu K,Zhang N,Amador G,Wang Y,Zhao S,Li L,Qiu Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2018-04-01 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

authors： Negishi K,Noiri E,Maeda R,Portilla D,Sugaya T,Fujita T

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptation of erythropoietin production to oxygen supply is determined by the abundance of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), a regulation that is induced by a prolyl hydroxylase. To identify cells that express HIF subunits (HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha) and erythropoietin, we treated Sprague-Dawley rats with the prolyl...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Paliege A,Rosenberger C,Bondke A,Sciesielski L,Shina A,Heyman SN,Flippin LA,Arend M,Klaus SJ,Bachmann S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical utility of cisplatin is limited by nephrotoxicity. Oh et al. report that β-lapachone prevents this nephrotoxicity but not cisplatin's cytotoxicity for cancers. In addition to its potential clinical importance, the beneficial effect of β-lapachone on cisplatin acute kidney injury may illustrate fundamental...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lu CY

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00