Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Hypercholesterolemia may affect both endothelial function and arterial distensibility (DC). Renal transplant recipients (NTX) exhibit advanced structural and functional alterations of arterial vessel walls. The aim of this double-blind, randomized trial was to evaluate the effects of fluvastatin (FLU) on brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) and DC in hypercholesterolemic NTX. METHODS:Eighteen NTX received FLU 40 mg/day and 18 NTX placebo (PLA). Before and after six months of treatment, the brachial artery diameter and DC at rest were measured by a Doppler frequency analysis in the M mode, and then changes in diameter during reactive hyperemia (to assess endothelial-dependent FMD) and after 400 microg sublingual nitroglycerin (to assess endothelium-independent vasodilation-NMD). RESULTS:FLU, but not PLA, treatment resulted in significant decreases in total (from 288 +/- 10 to 239 +/- 8 mg/dL, P < 0.05) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (from 182 +/- 779 to 138 +/- 8 mg/dL, P < 0.05). Blood pressure did not differ between FLU- and PLA-treated patients and was not affected by either treatment. Also, the brachial artery baseline diameter was not different between groups and was not affected by FLU or PLA. Brachial artery flow at rest and during reactive hyperemia as measured by pulsed Doppler did not differ between groups. Brachial artery FMD increased with FLU from 0.23 +/- 0.08 to 0.54 +/- 0.08 mm (P < 0.05), whereas PLA did not alter FMD (0.22 +/- 0.07 vs. 0.14 +/- 0.05 mm at baseline and after six months of PLA treatment, respectively, P = NS). In contrast, NMD did not change significantly with either treatment (0.76 +/- 0.13 vs. 0.83 +/- 0.15 mm at baseline and after 6 months of FLU treatment, respectively, P = NS, and 0.64 +/- 0.09 vs. 0.66 +/- 0.10 mm at baseline and after 6 months of PLA treatment, respectively, P = NS). Also, brachial artery DC was not altered by FLU (6.4 +/- 1.0 vs. 5.8 +/- 0.6 x 10-3/kPa, P = NS) or PLA treatment (5.8 +/- 0.6 vs. 6.8 +/- 0.8 x 10-3/kPa, P = NS). CONCLUSIONS:In hypercholesterolemic NTX, the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor FLU significantly improves brachial artery FMD as a measure of endothelial function after six months of treatment. In contrast, FLU does not have a beneficial effect on brachial artery DC.
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Kidney Intjournal_title
Kidney internationalauthors
Hausberg M,Kosch M,Stam F,Heidenreich S,Kisters K,Rahn KH,Barenbrock Mdoi
10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041473.xsubject
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2001-04-01 00:00:00pages
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1523-1755pii
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临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验abstract::In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States indigenous people have high rates of chronic kidney disease but poor access to effective therapies. To more fully define these issues, we compared the demographics of renal transplantation of indigenous patients in these 4 countries. Data encompassing 312,507 in...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5002579
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2014.256
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1993.99
更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1985.27
更新日期:1985-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1996.430
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1985.221
更新日期:1985-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5002646
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The content of platelet activating factor (PAF) in glomeruli isolated from rats with nephrotoxic serum glomerulonephritis (NSGN) was quantified at various stages of the disease and the role of complement, platelets and neutrophils in mediating changes in glomerular PAF levels was evaluated. PAF content was assessed fo...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1990.40
更新日期:1990-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1987.213
更新日期:1987-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2010.466
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2010.218
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00879.x
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1987.89
更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1994.181
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00919.x
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00898.x
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Current characterization of the immune risk in renal transplant patients is only focused on the assessment of preformed circulating alloantibodies; however, alloreactive memory T cells are key players in mediating allograft rejection. Immune monitoring of antidonor alloreactive memory/effector T cells using an IFN-γ E...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2013.236
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF) is a recently described member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family. It binds to heparan sulfate proteoglycans via a cationic domain and is a potent mitogen for epithelial cells, fibroblasts and vascular smooth muscle cells. In the present stud...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00846.x
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nephrin is a slit diaphragm protein critical for structural and functional integrity of visceral glomerular epithelial cells (podocytes) and is known to be tyrosine phosphorylated by Src family kinases. We studied the role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), activated via the phosphorylation of nephrin, in actin cyto...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5002691
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00472.x
更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00