Involvement of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in podocyte injury induced by excessive protein accumulation.

abstract：:This very brief summary of the various possible contributions of PG to normal and abnormal renal function should highlight the problem of assigning a specific role to PG in overall renal physiology and pathophysiology. PG produced in specific segments of the nephron will affect specific functions occurring in this seg...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Schlondorff D,Ardaillou R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of mRNA levels has the potential to predict renal outcome. The objective of this study was to optimize several steps in the protocol for obtaining cDNA from routine clinical kidney biopsy material. METHODS:RNA integrity was compared between different methods for extraction of RNA, synthesis of cD...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Roos-van Groningen MC,Eikmans M,Baelde HJ,de Heer E,Bruijn JA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy male rats were exposed to a chronic ingesta of an isotonic NaCl solution during a period of four months. Two different preparations were utilized to study the effect of this treatment on the active mechanisms of Na+ reabsorption of kidney proximal tubular cells: outermost kidney cortex slices (rich in proximal...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Marín R,Obando MA,Proverbio T,Proverbio F

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population-genetic studies investigating genetic polymorphisms of Mendelian inheritance should always test whether the measured genotype frequencies deviate from the expected one. For this purpose Hardy-Weinberg (HW) criteria are generally used. If genotype distribution of control population misses HW equili...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kocsis I,Györffy B,Németh E,Vásárhelyi B

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human immunodeficiency virus-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) has become the third leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in African Americans, and is expected to grow exponentially. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly prolonged the survival of patients with HIV infection. D...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kumar MS,Sierka DR,Damask AM,Fyfe B,McAlack RF,Heifets M,Moritz MJ,Alvarez D,Kumar A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary exosomes have received considerable attention as a potential biomarker source for the diagnosis of renal diseases. Notwithstanding, their use in protein biomarker research is hampered by the lack of efficient methods for vesicle isolation, lysis, and protein quantification. Here we report an improved ultracent...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Raj DA,Fiume I,Capasso G,Pocsfalvi G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived cytokine that has anti-inflammatory properties. A preliminary proteomic evaluation of urine for biomarkers of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) nephritis demonstrated high levels of adiponectin in SLE urine. This prompted investigation of adiponectin expression in human S...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Rovin BH,Song H,Hebert LA,Nadasdy T,Nadasdy G,Birmingham DJ,Yung Yu C,Nagaraja HN

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An Experimental model of proliferative glomerulonephritis induced by an antibody against Thy-1 antigen has been established. However, the pathophysiologic role and the critical epitope of Thy-1 molecule for induction of mesangial cell dysfunction remain unknown. We have reported that monoclonal antibody 1-22...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Morioka T,Yao J,Suzuki Y,Oite T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is accumulating evidence that adult bone marrow (BM) cells show unexpected plasticity, and can differentiate into a wide range of specialized cells. In the case of intrinsic renal glomerular cells, BM-derived cells have been reported to differentiate into both mesangial cells and podocytes. However, th...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ikarashi K,Li B,Suwa M,Kawamura K,Morioka T,Yao J,Khan F,Uchiyama M,Oite T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During vasculitis, activation of the kinin system induces inflammation, whereby the kinin B1-receptor is expressed and activated after ligand binding. Additionally, activated blood cells release microvesicles into the circulation. Here we determined whether leukocyte-derived microvesicles bear B1-kinin receptors durin...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kahn R,Mossberg M,Ståhl AL,Johansson K,Lopatko Lindman I,Heijl C,Segelmark M,Mörgelin M,Leeb-Lundberg LM,Karpman D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous conjugated estrogens reduce the prolonged bleeding time in uremic patients and in a rat model of uremia. However, estrogens have major side effects related to their hormonal activity. We investigated whether a beta-resorcylic acid lactone, zeranol (a compound with close spatial similarity to estrogens but ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Zoja C,Viganò G,Corna D,Salmona M,Remuzzi G,Garattini S

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) leads to ER stress. The unfolded protein response and ER-associated degradation (ERAD) interact in a coordinated manner with the ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy to alleviate protein misfolding or its consequences. The intersecting actions of these processe...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Cybulsky AV

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystin-1 (PC1) and -2 (PC2), products of the PKD1 and PKD2 genes, are mutated in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). They localize to the primary cilia; however, their ciliary function is in dispute. Loss of either the primary cilia or PC1 or PC2 causes cyst formation. However, loss of both cilia...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Shao L,El-Jouni W,Kong F,Ramesh J,Kumar RS,Shen X,Ren J,Devendra S,Dorschel A,Wu M,Barrera I,Tabari A,Hu K,Haque N,Yambayev I,Li S,Kumar A,Behera TR,McDonough G,Furuichi M,Xifaras M,Lu T,Alhayaza RM,Miyabaya

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous and aspirated blood samples were collected from the welling points of surface efferent arterioles in the rat kidney. The amount of tubular reabsorbate in each sample was calculated from measurements of the inulin concentration in the sample and systemic arterial plasma. Both spontaneous and aspirated sampl...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Jensen PK,Blaehr H,Steven K

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The underlying mechanisms of renal transplant dysfunction are poorly understood. There is little information on tubular function in kidney grafts. The cDNAs encoding kidney-specific cell surface proteins required for renal reabsorption of sodium (sodium cotransporter in thick ascending limb of Henle, rBSC1) ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Michimata M,Wang W,Fujita S,Mizutani H,Fujimori K,Satomi S,Ohta M,Ito S,Kimura T,Araki T,Imai Y,Matsubara M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The fibrinolytic system plays an important role in degrading fibrin-rich thrombi and in vascular and tissue remodeling. Elevated levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) can reduce the efficiency of the endogenous fibrinolytic system. Angiotensin (Ang) has been shown to regulate PAI-1 expression v...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Nakamura S,Nakamura I,Ma L,Vaughan DE,Fogo AB

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of cAMP signaling pathway was shown to inhibit some pathobiologic processes in mesangial cells (MC). We investigated whether adrenomedullin (ADM), a potent agonist of adenylate cyclase, is synthesized in MC and whether it can, via cAMP, suppress the generation of reactive oxygen metabolites (ROM) and prolif...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Chini EN,Chini CC,Bolliger C,Jougasaki M,Grande JP,Burnett JC Jr,Dousa TP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoalbuminemia is the most powerful predictor of mortality in end-stage renal disease. Since protein-calorie malnutrition can decrease albumin synthesis it is assumed that hypoalbuminemia results principally from malnutrition in these patients, but albumin synthesis may also be decreased as part of the acute-phase re...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kaysen GA,Rathore V,Shearer GC,Depner TA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) binding studies and the effects of DHT on the expression of beta-glucuronidase (Gus) and kidney androgen-regulated protein (KAP) genes and cell growth were investigated in immortalized early PKSV-PCT and late PKSV-PR proximal tubule cells, derived from transgenic mice carrying the L-pyruvate ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ouar Z,Solé E,Bens M,Rafestin-Oblin ME,Meseguer A,Vandewalle A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing [5-15N] and [2-15N]-labeled glutamine and gas chromatography mass spectrometry methodology, we examined the pathways of ammoniagenesis under basal and acute acidotic conditions of pH 7.0 and pH 6.8, respectively. LLC-PK1 cultures were incubated for one hour with gentle rocking in a bicarbonate buffer of pH 7...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Nissim I,Sahai A,Sandler RS,Tannen RL

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise immunofluorescence criteria for C3 glomerulopathy remain to be defined. Here we tested hierarchical immunofluorescence criteria with varying stringency for C3 glomerulopathy in a cohort with dense deposit disease as the gold standard and then applied these criteria to analyze the incidence of C3 glomerulopathy...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hou J,Markowitz GS,Bomback AS,Appel GB,Herlitz LC,Barry Stokes M,D'Agati VD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widths of slit diaphragms in rat glomeruli were quantitatively measured on electron micrographs obtained by the rapid-freezing and freeze-substitution (FS) fixation method and compared to those prepared by conventional chemical fixation procedures, such as tannic acid, glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide (TGO) or ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Furukawa T,Ohno S,Oguchi H,Hora K,Tokunaga S,Furuta S

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously termed acute renal failure, is associated with increased mortality, prolonged hospital stay, and accelerated chronic kidney disease (CKD). Over the past 2 decades, dramatic rises in the incidences of AKI have been reported, particularly within the United States. The question arise...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Siew ED,Davenport A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term (5 years) treatment of 20 growth-retarded pre-pubertal children with chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) led to a significant (P < 0.00005) improvement in standardized height from -2.6 at baseline to -0.7 at five years. Eight patients were paused after reaching target height (50th centile midparental height) a...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Fine RN,Kohaut E,Brown D,Kuntze J,Attie KM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class II gene products of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are not expressed usually in abundance on normal epithelium. The cell surface visibility of such proteins for the immune system is thought to be limited protectively in order to minimize inflammation consequent to the recognition of self-antigens in ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Albert SE,Shelton K,Sun MJ,Neilson EG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive molecular tests of urine cells have been developed to monitor the activity of kidney diseases. We evaluate whether measurement of urinary messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of chemokine and growth factor genes could distinguish between diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis (class IV LN) and others and whether it ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Avihingsanon Y,Phumesin P,Benjachat T,Akkasilpa S,Kittikowit V,Praditpornsilpa K,Wongpiyabavorn J,Eiam-Ong S,Hemachudha T,Tungsanga K,Hirankarn N

更新日期：2006-02-01 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

authors： Wong TY,Poon P,Chow KM,Szeto CC,Cheung MK,Li PK

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranous nephropathy is characterized by deposition of immune complexes along the glomerular basement membrane. PLA2R and THSD7A are target antigens in 70% and 1-5% of primary membranous nephropathy cases, respectively. In the remaining cases, the target antigen is unknown. Here, laser microdissection of glomeruli f...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sethi S,Debiec H,Madden B,Charlesworth MC,Morelle J,Gross L,Ravindran A,Buob D,Jadoul M,Fervenza FC,Ronco P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of a tissue renin-angiotensin (RAS) system independent of the circulating RAS has prompted the search for cellular binding sites for angiotensinogen and for renin in order to explain their tissue uptake. Two receptors that bind with similar affinity mature renin and prorenin were identified, the mannose-...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Nguyen G

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial nephrotic syndrome (NS) has both autosomal dominant and recessive forms of inheritance. Recent studies in families with an autosomal dominant form of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) have been at odds concerning linkage to chromosome 19q13 (Mathis et al, Kidney Int 53:282-286, 1998; Winn et...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Vats A,Nayak A,Ellis D,Randhawa PS,Finegold DN,Levinson KL,Ferrell RE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00