Cellular component of vascular calcification. Fibroblasts are essential for calcium deposition in cultured cells.

abstract：:Survival after serum creatinine exceeded 10.0 mg/100 ml was increased if one peritoneal dialysis was performed. After one peritoneal dialysis 'survival' of 62 patients to the present time, death or the next dialysis averaged 119 days; median survival was 28 days. Characteristics of prolonged survivors were persisten...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Maher JF,Ahearn DJ,Bryan CW,Nolph KD

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To probe renal hemodynamic measurements in relation to simultaneous systemic hemodynamic measurements in normal, adult, conscious dogs on a magnesium-deficient diet, 6 experimental animals were given 4 weeks of a magnesium-deficient diet compared to 9 animals whose dietary magnesium was normal. Systemic hemodynamics w...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Zawada ET Jr,TerWee JA,McClung DE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:15 patients who had benign, uncomplicated essential hypertension, were treated with chlorthiazide (500 mg twice a day) with or without propranolol (10--20 mg 4 times a day), and the effect of the treatment on plasma renin activity (PRA), urinary aldosterone excretion, total body potassium (TBK) and plasma sodium and p...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Oh MS,Carroll HJ

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple three-pump-based system for the performance of continuous venovenous haemodialysis is described. The method employs access to the circulation via a double-lumen catheter, and by means of a standard extracorporeal peristaltic pump the blood is circulated through a haemofiltration filter. Standard solutions for...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Møller Jensen D,Bistrup C,Pedersen RS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet activation is commonly monitored with a battery of monoclonal antibodies against different platelet epitopes with controversial results. The transient expression of platelet markers and their role mediating interactions with other cells could easily explain these discrepancies. The present study has evaluated...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hernández MR,Galán AM,Lozano M,Bozzo J,Cases A,Escolar G,Calls J,Ordinas A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Genetic cell ablation using the human diphtheria toxin receptor (hDTR) is a new strategy used for analysing cellular function. Diphtheria toxin (DT) is a cytotoxic protein that leaves mouse cells relatively unaffected, but upon binding to hDTR it ultimately leads to cell death. We used a podocyte-specif...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Stevens M,Neal CR,Salmon AHJ,Bates DO,Harper SJ,Oltean S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymopentine is a synthetic immunomodulator that positively affects T-lymphocyte maturation, reproduction and differentiation. In elderly uremic patients nonresponders to hepatitis B vaccine, the administration of this drug has been shown to improve the response to the new vaccination. ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Melappioni M,Baldassari M,Baldini S,Radicioni R,Panichi N

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old non-diabetic uremic woman underwent right nephrectomy for urolithiasis at the age of 50. Because pyuria, fever, chilliness and left flank pain developed during preparing for arteriovenous fistula, she was admitted to National Cheng Kung University Hospital. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) complicated with emp...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lin CH,Huang JJ,Liu HL,Lee SY,Hsieh RY,Tseng CC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Acute renal failure (ARF) is one of the common problems associated with sepsis or multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). We have investigated the effects of inhibiting selectin-mediated cell adhesion on lipopolysaccharide-induced ARF in rabbits, using sialyl Lewis X oligosaccharide and PB1.3, an ant...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hayashi H,Imanishi N,Ohnishi M,Tojo SJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methodology for the collection, extraction, separation and measurement of urinary angiotensin II [the octapeptide, ANG(1-8)] is described. To determine the origin of urinary ANG(1-8), mean arterial pressure, renal hemodynamics and the arterial, renal venous and urinary concentrations of ANG(1-8) were examined prio...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Reams G,Villarreal D,Wu Z,Bauer JH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromoblastomycosis is a rare, deep mycosis seen mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. We have encountered a kidney transplant recipient with this subcutaneous mycosis developing as an asymptomatic mass in the right forearm. The lesion recurred after an initial local excision, but it is now apparently cured 10 m...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Morales LA,González ZA,Santiago-Delpín EA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests a role of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in diabetic nephropathy. The effect of diabetes and low protein diet on renal immunohistochemical ACE localization was studied in streptozotocin-induced DM rats. Immunohistochemical ACE localization was reduced in DM rats, and a low protein diet pa...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Mizuiri S,Kobayashi M,Nakanishi T,Yoshikawa H,Miyagi M,Tanegashima M,Sakai K,Hayashi I,Fushimi T,Hasegawa A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using immunofluorescence, we studied 19 patients with IgA nephropathy to determine whether the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 in glomeruli might reflect the disease activity. The relationship between the expression of ICAM-1 and the infiltration of lymphocytes, monocytes and polymorphonuclear l...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Tomino Y,Ohmuro H,Kuramoto T,Shirato I,Eguchi K,Sakai H,Okumura K,Koide H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between markers of tubular function, markers of glycaemic control and erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport activity (SLC) in 40 normotensive, normoalbuminuric insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) subjects and 11 normal control subjects. Nine IDDM subjects had SL...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Catalano C,Winocour PH,Parlongo S,Gibb I,Gillespie S,Alberti KG

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcitonin, whatever its origin, produces a decrease in the renal tubular reabsorption of sodium, phosphate and calcium in man and in the rat. Renal receptors for calcitonin have been demonstrated in the membranes of rat tubular cells using 125I salmon calcitonin as a tracer. Hormone-receptor interaction initiates the...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ardaillou R

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis was observed in a 40-year-old male patient who had a ventriculoatrial shunt implanted after a traffic accident 10 years previously. Immediately after treatment with immunosuppressants and plasma pheresis, signs of meningitis and septicemia developed. The responsible organism isola...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Wakabayashi Y,Kobayashi Y,Shigematsu H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND METHODS:This study was carried out to clarify whether the urinary excretion of type IV collagen (u-IV collagen) detected by specific radioimmunoassay, can be used as an indicator for the progression of diabetic nephropathy. RESULTS:u-IV collagen was higher in diabetic subjects with microalbuminuria and overt ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Watanabe H,Sanada H,Shigetomi S,Katoh T,Watanabe T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of renal failure requiring hemodialysis treatment. Renal biopsy revealed active chronic interstitial nephritis. Renal function nearly normalized after removal of a copper-containing intrauterine device (IUCD). We conclude that copper-IUCDs may lead to renal fail...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hocher B,Keller F,Krause PH,Gollnick H,Oelkers W

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is most important to differentiate destructive spondyloarthropathy (DSA) from vertebral osteomyelitis (VOM), both showing similar roentgenographic findings and evaluate the spinal involvement of DSA. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for morphological and biochemical analysis of spinal lesions, but few stu...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Maruyama H,Gejyo F,Arakawa M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main regulatory hormone for the control of erythropoiesis is erythropoietin (EPO). This glycoprotein has a molecular weight of 34,000 daltons, about 40% of which is represented by carbohydrates. EPO leads to an enhanced mitosis and differentiation of erythroid precursors (colony-forming unit erythroid) in the bone...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bauer C,Kurtz A,Eckardt KU,Tannahill L

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a high-protein (HP) and low-protein (LP) meal on glomerular filtration rate (GFR), effective renal plasma flow (ERPF), and renal vascular resistance (RVR) were examined in conscious dogs. Ingestion of the HP and LP meal produced a temporary increase in systemic hemodynamic parameters due in part to a 'c...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Zawada ET,Saelens DA,Alavi FK,Lembke JM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Little is known about the effect of posttransplant opioid use on adherence to immunosuppressant therapy (IST) among adult renal transplant recipients (RTRs). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between opioid use and IST adherence among adult RTRs during the first year posttran...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chisholm-Burns MA,Spivey CA,Potukuchi PK,Streja E,Kalantar-Zadeh K,Kovesdy CP,Molnar MZ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital, complaining of general malaise, muscular weakness, anorexia and weight loss. She had a history of ingesting of a certain germanium (Ge) compound over the preceding 19 months, with a total dose of 47 g as Ge element. She was found to have renal failure (blood urea nitro...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Takeuchi A,Yoshizawa N,Oshima S,Kubota T,Oshikawa Y,Akashi Y,Oda T,Niwa H,Imazeki N,Seno A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular morphological changes produced by 5-hour intravenous infusion of endotoxin (40 micrograms/kg/h) were studied in 57 rabbits. During endotoxin infusion all animals developed signs of endotoxemia, anemia, and transient leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Acute renal failure also developed in all animals. By light...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bertani T,Abbate M,Zoja C,Corna D,Remuzzi G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman gave clinical manifestation of liver cirrhosis. Urinary protein was false positive, no uremia was found and renal changes were entirely overlooked. Deposition of abundant lipids (globoside and ceramide trihexoside) was found in the kidneys; essentially degenerative changes of the tubular epithelia ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Miyasaki K

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the types of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory (G) protein subunits in isolated glomeruli, cortices excluding glomeruli and medullas of rat kidneys using bacterial toxin-catalyzed adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) ribosylation and specific immunoblots. ADP ribosylation catalyzed by cholera or pertussis to...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yanagisawa H,Kurihara N,Klahr S,Morrissey J,Wada O

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) were measured in urine, serum and tissues from rats with nephrotic syndrome (NS) induced with a single subcutaneous dose of puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN; 15 mg/100 g BW). Control animals were pair-fed. Urine was collected daily, and the rats were sacrificed on day 10. PAN-nephrotic rats had...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Pedraza-Chaverrí J,Torres-Rodríguez GA,Cruz C,Mainero A,Tapia E,Ibarra-Rubio ME,Silencio JL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the incidence of painless (silent) myocardial ischemia, manifested as S-T segment deviation, by Holter ECG monitoring in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing regular hemodialysis. Forty-five patients underwent Holter ECG monitoring for a continuous 48-hour period covering dialysis and the int...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kremastinos D,Paraskevaidis I,Voudiklari S,Apostolou T,Kyriakides Z,Zirogiannis P,Toutouzas P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a renal transplant recipient with colchicine-induced myopathy is presented. He was on colchicine therapy for 10 months. He was hospitalized for investigation of fatigue, severe myalgia in the lower extremities and elevated serum aminotransferase levels. His viral markers and other factors that may cause myal...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Caglar K,Safali M,Yavuz I,Odabaşi Z,Yenicesu M,Vural A

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A constant finding in beta (2)-microglobulin (beta 2m) amyloidosis is an increase in tissue heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycans (PGs) at sites of amyloid deposits. However, the binding characteristics of PGs with beta 2m have not been elucidated yet. METHODS:Using affinity retard...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ohashi K,Kisilevsky R,Yanagishita M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00