Oral supplementation with gamma-linolenic acid extracted from Mucor circinelloides improves the deformability of red blood cells in hemodialysis patients.

abstract：:In 2014 57.5% of HD patients and 62.7% of PD patients achieved the audit measure for phosphate. 29.0% of HD and 30.3% of PD patients had a serum phosphate above the audit standard range. 79.1% of HD and 79.7% of PD patients had adjusted calcium between 2.2–2.5 mmol/L. 57.4% of HD and 65.0% of PD patients had a serum P...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Nicholas J,Evans R,Shaw C,Dawnay A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Most transplant centres use SV40 large T antigen (TAg) staining for the diagnosis and assessment of BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (BKPyVAN). This study was performed to evaluate the significance of capsid protein VP1 expression in BKPyVAN. METHODS:We performed immunohistochemical staining using anti-SV40 ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Masutani K,Matsukuma Y,Tsuchimoto A,Okabe Y,Doi A,Kaku K,Nakamura M,Nakano T,Tsuruya K,Kitazono T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:29 patients receiving haemodialysis treatment for chronic renal failure were divided into two groups on the basis of the presence or absence of bone disease as defined by radiology and bone alkaline phosphatase. The group of patient with bone disease showed a significantly greater increase in protein-bound calcium dur...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Gosling P,Naik RB,Price CP,Sammons HG,Robinson BH

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forced migration is on the rise, mainly from the Middle East to western countries, resulting in unprecedented moral, political, and economic challenges for both refugees and host communities. Recent research showed that refugees represent around 1.5% of the dialysis population in several European and Middle Eastern co...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sekkarie MA,Abdel-Rahman EM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood eosinophils were counted by the counting-chamber method in 21 regular hemodialysis patients. Before dialysis, eosinophil counts were within the normal range in all patients (mean 98 cells/mm3, range 6-350). After the first 15 min of hemodialysis, with not reused coils or hollow-fiber dialysers, a significant dro...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bodner G,Peer G,Zakuth V,Spirer ZH,Aviram A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of progressive systemic sclerosis with rapidly progressing renal failure after a successful delivery is described. The presenting syndrome was malignant hypertension. The blood pressure was refractory to the various therapeutic measures which were instituted, including hemodialysis. The patient, theref...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ehrenfeld M,Licht A,Stessman J,Yanko L,Rosenmann E

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed IgM-IgG cryoglobulins were present in the serum of a patient with the nephrotic syndrome, recurrent purpura, chronic active hepatitis and ascites. A renal biopsy demonstrated deposition of IgM, IgG, and complement components C3 and C4 in intracapillary 'coagula' and glomerular capillary walls. No glomerular depo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Zimmerman SW,Dreher WH,Burkholder PM,Goldfarb S,Weinstein AB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:De novo expression of CD44 is considered as a marker of parietal epithelial cell (PEC) activation. The aim of our study was to explore CD74 expression, which can form a complex with CD44, in PECs during the progression of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). To clarify the role of CD74 expression ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yamazaki T,Sasaki S,Okamoto T,Sato Y,Hayashi A,Ariga T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the mass transfer coefficients (MTC) for low- and middle-molecular-weight substances are maintained at medium terms in patients under continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) therapy. We have studied the MTC for parathormone (MW 5,500-6,000) in 29 patients under CAPD. 11 patients...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rodríguez-Carmona A,Selgas R,Martínez ME,Ortí F,Miguel JL,Salinas M,Riñón C,Sánchez-Sicilia L

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugated diene fatty acids (CDFA) were evaluated by second derivative spectrophotometry in the plasma and adipose tissue of 42 chronic renal failure (CFR) patients in conservative treatment, 40 patients treated by hemodialysis (HD) with cuprophane, cellulose acetate or hemophan, 29 treated by hemodiafiltration (HDF)...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lucchi L,Banni S,Botti B,Cappelli G,Medici G,Melis MP,Tomasi A,Vannini V,Lusvarghi E

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate effects of metabolic acidosis on glucose metabolism in uremia, we studied, by an intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT), 46 patients with severe chronic renal failure divided into three groups according to their blood bicarbonate (BB) values: group A formed by 15 patients without or with light...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Allegra V,Mengozzi G,Martimbianco L,Vasile A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopexamine hydrochloride is a synthetic dopamine analogue recently developed to improve myocardial and renal performance in patients suffering from low cardiac output states. The present study was designed to assess the pharmacological profile and the anatomical localization of [3H]-dopexamine binding sites within the...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Napoleone P,Cavallotti C,Ricci A,Amenta F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urate deposits within microtophi were found in 8% of unselected autopsies in Brisbane, Australia. Significant association were demonstrated with (a) a history of gouty arthritis and (b) the existence of nitrogen retention and renal disease of apparently primary, but not gouty, origin. However, in 26% of the patients, ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Linnane JW,Burry AF,Emmerson BT

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old white male suffering from plasmacytosis with monoclonal gammopathy developed gastrointestinal bleeding, microscopic hematuria, proteinuria and progressive azotemia. A renal biopsy demonstrated capillary wall thickening, mesangial hyperplasia, crescent formation and subepithelial humps. Serum immunoglobul...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Dhar SK,Smith EC,Fresco R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pruritus is one of the most common and disturbing symptoms in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The pathogenesis of pruritus in HD patients is multifactorial; however, a little progress in understanding this pathogenesis has been achieved. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the frequency and risk factors of pruritus among HD...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Abdelsalam M,Tawfik M,Reda EM,Eldeeb AA,Abdelwahab A,Zaki ME,Abdelkader Sobh M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma and urine beta-2-microglobulin (B2m) were measured in 37 renal transplant recipients and 34 healthy subjects. Serum B2m was found to be a more sensitive index of renal function than serum creatinine. Renal transplant recipients had significantly higher urine B2m when compared with normal controls. Normal subjec...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Woo KT,Lee EJ,Lau YK,Lim CH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats pretreated with sodium bicarbonate were functionally protected from the damage of bilateral renal artery occlusion. The rise in serum creatinine (day 1 minus day 0) during the first 24 h after ischemia was 2.88 +/- 0.28 mg% in the bicarbonate-loaded animals versus 3.90 +/- 0.26 mg% in their matched controls (p le...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Atkins JL

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have provided convincing evidence that in apparently healthy subjects elevated serum levels of plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) are associated with an increased risk of experiencing myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. It has been claimed that, in dialytic patients, the hepatic synt...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Panichi V,Migliori M,De Pietro S,Taccola D,Bianchi AM,Giovannini L,Norpoth M,Metelli MR,Cristofani R,Bertelli AA,Sbragia G,Tetta C,Palla R,Colombo R

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to undergo spontaneous and induced interleukin-1 (IL-1) production was examined in 10 healthy controls and in 10 patients undergoing intermittent hemodialysis (HD) using cuprophane membranes. Extracellular and cytoplasmic IL-1 activity was assayed by biologic a...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Blumenstein M,Schmidt B,Ward RA,Ziegler-Heitbrock HW,Gurland HJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Tolvaptan, a vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist, promotes the excretion of electrolyte-free water. Patients with heart failure or liver cirrhosis, whose urine osmolarity is high due to increased vasopressin, show a good response to tolvaptan; however, it remains dubious whether tolvaptan is also effecti...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Iwatani H,Kawabata H,Sakaguchi Y,Yamamoto R,Hamano T,Rakugi H,Isaka Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of kidney failure. Treatments with drugs that block the renin-angiotensin system have proven beneficial in slowing kidney disease progression among those with diabetes; their benefit is limited and they do not stop disease progression. Despite multiple clinical trials of vario...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Toto RD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 92 renal transplant recipients, serum or plasma levels of neopterin were significantly elevated during pretransplant uremia, rejection, cyclosporin A induced nephrotoxicity and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections. In patients with normal serum creatinine (less than 115 mumol/l) 71% had elevated serum neopterin levels....

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bäckman L,Ringdén O,Björkhem I

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericardial drainage via percutaneous catheter placement and local nonabsorbable steroid instillation was employed as definitive therapy for uremic patients who had intractable pericardial effusions. Twelve patients are reported. Prior daily dialysis, and in one case systemic steroids, were not curative. 11 of 12 case...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Buselmeier TJ,Simmons RL,Najarian JS,Mauer SM,Matas AJ,Kjellstrand CM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences have been postulated for the mechanism of natriuresis due to atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), salt loading with high salt diet (HS) and acute volume expansion (AcVE), in particular between AcVE and ANP based on the observed synergism between the two. Therefore the effects of and the interaction between th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Reddy S,Salipan-Moore N,Mildenberger S,Willis N,Györy AZ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro formation of prostaglandins (PG) E2, F2 alpha, 6-keto-F1 alpha, and thromboxane B2 (TxB2) by glomeruli from rats with reduced renal mass (RRM) were evaluated by radioimmunoassay. Four weeks following ablation of renal mass, PGE2, PGF2 alpha, and TxB2 production by glomeruli from RRM rats was significantly gre...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Stahl RA,Kudelka S,Paravicini M,Schollmeyer P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outcomes in patients treated with haemodialysis(HD) are potentially influenced by the delivered dose of dialysis. The UK Renal Association publishes clinical practice guidelines recommendations for dialysis dose. The urea reduction ratio (URR) is a widely used measure of dialysis dose and has been historical...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Shaw C,Steenkamp R,Davenport A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of each of several tannins purified from Rhei Rhizoma on serum constituents were investigated in rats with adenine-induced renal failure. Blood levels of urea nitrogen, methylguanidine (MG), and guanidinosuccinic acid (GSA) were significantly decreased in rats given (-)-epicatechin 3-O-gallate at a dose of...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yokozawa T,Fujioka K,Oura H,Nonaka G,Nishioka I

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA antigens of Japanese patients with primary glomerulopathies were determined, and the frequency of each HLA antigen was compared with that of Japanese normal controls. IgA nephropathy with HLA-DR4, idiopathic membraneous glomerulopathy with DR2, lipoid nephrosis with DRw53 and poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis w...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Naito S,Kohara M,Arakawa K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present prospective study was conducted in order to establish the relationship between complement activation and stimulation of phagocyte oxidative metabolism observed in long-term hemodialysis (HD) patients during the early phase of dialysis with cellulosic membranes. Two groups of 10 randomized (HD) patients tre...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Descamps-Latscha B,Goldfarb B,Nguyen AT,Landais P,London G,Haeffner-Cavaillon N,Jacquot C,Herbelin A,Kazatchkine M

更新日期：1991-01-01 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