Dimethylglycine accumulates in uremia and predicts elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations.

abstract：:In seven patients on maintenance hemodialysis, de novo recurrent renal stone formation was observed. In all patients, the underlying disease was glomerulonephritis, with or without the nephrotic syndrome. All patients had considerable persistent proteinuria. The stones consisted predominantly of protein, as revealed b...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Bommer J,Ritz E,Tschöpe W,Waldherr R,Gebhardt M

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To study the molecular mechanism responsible for cadmium-induced Fanconi syndrome, an in vitro mouse model has been used. We have previously shown that exposure of primary cultures of kidney cortical cells to micromolar concentrations of cadmium inhibited uptake of the glucose analog, [14C] methyl alpha-d-gl...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Tabatabai NM,Blumenthal SS,Lewand DL,Petering DH

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural course of idiopathic membranous nephropathy is variable, with some patients slowly progressing to renal failure while others maintain normal renal function over the entire time. Whether to treat this disease or not is controversial due to the lack of controlled data about the long-term effects of treatment...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ponticelli C,Zucchelli P,Passerini P,Cesana B,Locatelli F,Pasquali S,Sasdelli M,Redaelli B,Grassi C,Pozzi C

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythropoietin is known to improve outcomes in patients with anemia from chronic renal disease. However, there is uncertainty about the optimal timing of initiation of erythropoietin treatment in predialysis patients with non-severe anemia. METHODS:We conducted a randomized controlled trial of early versus ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Gouva C,Nikolopoulos P,Ioannidis JP,Siamopoulos KC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked Alport syndrome (AS) associated with diffuse esophageal leiomyomatosis (DL) has been reported to be due to deletions removing the 5' ends of both the COL4A5 and COL4A6 genes, encoding the alpha 5 and alpha 6 chains of type IV collagen, respectively, whereas a variety of mutations in COL4A5 has been identified...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Dahan K,Heidet L,Zhou J,Mettler G,Leppig KA,Proesmans W,David A,Roussel B,Mongeau JG,Gould JM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis mediated by verotoxins (VTs) has been identified in a renal carcinoma cell line, ACHN cells, which are an in vitro model of renal tubular epithelial cells. ACHN cells express the renal tubular marker CD24 as well as globotriaosyl ceramide/CD77, the receptor for VTs. VT binding to the ACHN cell surface was co...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Taguchi T,Uchida H,Kiyokawa N,Mori T,Sato N,Horie H,Takeda T,Fujimoto J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decreased expression of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-23 coreceptor Klotho was postulated as an early alteration in chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder, resulting in a compensatory increase in plasma FGF-23 levels. Klotho exists in both membrane-bound and secreted (sKlotho) forms, the latter of whi...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Seiler S,Wen M,Roth HJ,Fehrenz M,Flügge F,Herath E,Weihrauch A,Fliser D,Heine GH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prognosis and risk factors for ischemic heart disease in chronic uremia, a cohort of 432 dialysis patients were followed prospectively from start of dialysis therapy until death or renal transplantation. Baseline demographic, clinical and echocardiographic data were obtained. After the initiation of d...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Parfrey PS,Foley RN,Harnett JD,Kent GM,Murray D,Barre PE

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic renal disease was induced in rats by feeding 2-amino-4,5-diphenylthiazole. Tubular (TBM) and glomerular basement membranes (GBM) were purified and analyzed for possible structural changes that may be a factor in the development of the tubular dilations and cysts. Changes in the relative quantities of TBM po...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Butkowski RJ,Carone FA,Grantham JJ,Hudson BG

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation is a complication of conventional hemodialysis that induces progressive cardiovascular damage. An apparently straightforward manipulation to treat this-removal of a large amount of uremic toxins by convection-has proven that the relationships between inflammation and convective techniques such as ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Santoro A,Mancini E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of phenylalanine and tyrosine was evaluated in six normal men, five chronically uremic men, and three men undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Phenylalanine, tyrosine, and 13 acidic metabolites of those amino acids were measured in plasma postabsorptively and in plasma and urine after a phenylalanine lo...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Jones MR,Kopple JD,Swendseid ME

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) on the anemia of endstage renal disease, serial measurements of red cell mass and other hematological parameters were performed in 34 patients. Twenty-five patients were measured at the start and at 6 months (group 1), 13 at the start, at 6 and...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： De Paepe MB,Schelstraete KH,Ringoir SM,Lameire NH

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and resistance to the action of PTH are well characterized features in the setting of advanced chronic renal failure (CRF). Although the underlying mechanisms are ill-understood, clinical and experimental evidence points to both PTH receptor down-regulation and post-receptor abnormalit...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ureña P,Kubrusly M,Mannstadt M,Hruby M,Trinh MM,Silve C,Lacour B,Abou-Samra AB,Segre GV,Drüeke T

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:alpha 2 Macroglobulin (alpha 2M), a protease inhibitor, is often increased in plasma of patients with the nephrotic syndrome. Although it has been speculated that synthesis is increased, no direct measurements have been performed. METHODS:alpha 2M synthesis in both normal subjects (N = 4) and nephrotic pati...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： de Sain-van der Velden MG,Rabelink TJ,Reijngoud DJ,Gadellaa MM,Voorbij HA,Stellaard F,Kaysen GA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human transitional B cells express relatively high IL-10 and low TNF-α levels, which correlate with B regulatory activity in vitro. Herein, we aim to further define B regulatory phenotype and determine whether B regulatory activity can serve as a prognostic marker for renal allograft dysfunction (graft loss or 2-fold ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Cherukuri A,Salama AD,Carter CR,Landsittel D,Arumugakani G,Clark B,Rothstein DM,Baker RJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of immunoglobulin (Ig) Fc-macrophage cell surface receptor affinity (macrophage Fc-affinity) in determining the mediation systems responsible for immune glomerular injury has been studied. Glomerular injury was initiated in rabbits by the passive administration of immunoglobulin preparations directed against ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Boyce NW,Holdsworth SR

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular enlargement is very common at the inception of dialysis therapy, and highly predictive of future cardiac morbidity and mortality. It is not known whether cardiac size increases further while on dialysis therapy and whether potentially reversible risk factors for later progression can be iden...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Foley RN,Parfrey PS,Kent GM,Harnett JD,Murray DC,Barre PE

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tissue kallikrein regulates blood circulation. Low urinary kallikrein excretion was associated with hypertension and renal disease in blacks. The polymorphic KLK1 promoter includes -130 GN coupled with multiple single base substitutions. The -130 G12 allele in the KLK1 promoter was associated with lower tran...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lee-Chen GJ,Liu KP,Lai YC,Juang HS,Huang SY,Lin CY

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed a study to provide reversibility and comparative injury data for several candidate urinary biomarkers of kidney injury in the United States Food and Drug Administration biomarker qualification process. The nephrotoxin gentamicin was given to rats once on each of three days and the animals were killed durin...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Rouse RL,Zhang J,Stewart SR,Rosenzweig BA,Espandiari P,Sadrieh NK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ontogeny of the renal mineralocorticoid (MR) and glucocorticoid (GR) receptors in the ovine fetus, and the effects of early exposure to synthetic or natural glucocorticoids on the expression of these genes in late gestation were examined. METHODS:A partial cDNA sequence for the ovine MR was cloned and u...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hantzis V,Albiston A,Matsacos D,Wintour EM,Peers A,Koukoulas I,Myles K,Moritz K,Dodic M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperhomocysteinemia, an arteriosclerotic risk factor, persists in 75% of dialysis patients despite routine low dose supplementation with the B-vitamin co-factors/substrates for homocysteine (Hcy) metabolism, and normal or supernormal plasma status of these vitamins (Atherosclerosis 114:93, 1995). We conducted a place...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Bostom AG,Shemin D,Lapane KL,Hume AL,Yoburn D,Nadeau MR,Bendich A,Selhub J,Rosenberg IH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-OHSD) is thought to be a protective enzyme of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR). We have previously demonstrated (Bonvalet et al, J Clin Invest 86:832-837, 1990) that 11 beta-OHSD is colocalized with MR along the rabbit nephron. In the present study, we examin...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kenouch S,Coutry N,Farman N,Bonvalet JP

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of dialysis is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, a question could be asked whether these events are caused by initiation of dialysis or whether dialysis serves as a trigger unveiling or worsening underlying preexisting cardiovascular comorbidities that could be pre-treated. ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Zareba W

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological action of calcitriol is mediated through a hormone-receptor complex interacting with nuclear chromatin. Interaction of the calcitriol receptor (VDR) with VDR response elements produces bioactive proteins which carry out the physiological actions of calcitriol. Since biological response to calcitriol app...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Patel SR,Ke HQ,Vanholder R,Hsu CH

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In male Wistar rats, renal adenosine triphosphate (ATP), inorganic phosphate (Pi) and intracellular pH were measured by 31phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR) and correlated with renal function before, during, and for one hour after a period of 30 to 40 minutes hemorrhagic hypotension. In animals which suff...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ratcliffe PJ,Moonen CT,Holloway PA,Ledingham JG,Radda GK

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:C-peptide has been reported to have biological effects on renal function early in the course of diabetes. This investigation was initiated to elucidate and amplify these findings with respect to protein leakage, hyperfiltration and renal functional reserve in diabetic rats. METHODS:Acute effects of 140 minu...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sjöquist M,Huang W,Johansson BL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic metabolic acidosis (CMA) is a major cause of growth defect, implying disturbances of protein metabolism. Previously, in vivo studies performed in the fasting state showed enhanced whole body protein turnover, whereas in vitro studies showed unchanged muscle protein synthesis. The present study is the first to ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Maniar S,Laouari D,Dechaux M,Motel V,Yvert JP,Mathian B,Kleinknecht C

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A second generation hepatitis C virus recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA) was used to screen stored perioperative serum from 641 renal allograft recipients. One hundred and nine (17%) were anti-HCV positive at the time of transplant. RIBA positivity was found to be an independent predictor of post-transplant liver dis...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Roth D,Zucker K,Cirocco R,DeMattos A,Burke GW,Nery J,Esquenazi V,Babischkin S,Miller J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously suggested that albumin in tubule fluid at concentrations found in the nephrotic syndrome (NS) binds furosemide, thereby diminishing diuretic effect. This mechanism may contribute to diuretic resistance in NS. If this hypothesis is correct, displacement of albumin from furosemide should restore diure...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kirchner KA,Voelker JR,Brater DC

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent linkage analyses of nondiabetic African-American patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) have identified MYH9, encoding nonmuscle myosin heavy chain IIA (NMMHC-IIA), as a gene having a critical role in this disease. Abnormalities of the MYH9 locus also underlie rare autosomal dominant diseases s...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Sekine T,Konno M,Sasaki S,Moritani S,Miura T,Wong WS,Nishio H,Nishiguchi T,Ohuchi MY,Tsuchiya S,Matsuyama T,Kanegane H,Ida K,Miura K,Harita Y,Hattori M,Horita S,Igarashi T,Saito H,Kunishima S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00