abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to identify genes with kidney specific, developmentally regulated expression. Here we report the cDNA sequence and expression pattern of KS, a novel kidney-specific rat gene. METHODS:A partial cDNA was identified by differential display polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of a renal cell fraction enric...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hilgers KF,Nagaraj SK,Karginova EA,Kazakova IG,Chevalier RL,Carey RM,Pentz ES,Gomez RA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The measurement of many parameters of human blood is usually performed in plasma or serum. Since lipoproteins or apolipoproteins, for example, are found almost exclusively in the plasma fraction after low-speed centrifugation, these parameters can be expected to be distributed in a different plasma volume de...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kronenberg F,Trenkwalder E,Kronenberg MF,König P,Utermann G,Dieplinger H

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is associated with higher morbidity and mortality not only in perinatal life but also in later life. The purpose of our study was to determine whether IUGR has any effect on the course of minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) in children. METHODS:Forty children who ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Zidar N,Avgustin Cavić M,Kenda RB,Ferluga D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pre-eclampsia is characterized by hypertension, proteinuria and edema. Simultaneous studies of kidney function and structure have not been reported. We wished to explore the degree and nature of glomerular dysfunction in pre-eclampsia. METHODS:Physiologic techniques were used to estimate glomerular filtrati...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lafayette RA,Druzin M,Sibley R,Derby G,Malik T,Huie P,Polhemus C,Deen WM,Myers BD

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THP) is a unique protein that is produced exclusively by cells of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (TALH). This study examined whether dietary salt altered renal THP production. METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were examined on days 1, 4, and 15 following placement in met...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Ying WZ,Sanders PW

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1992 and the discovery of an MIP (major intrinsic protein of lens fiber cell) homologue protein that selectively permeates water, aquaporin (AQP), there has been an explosion of research in this field. Early research speculated that aquaporins played indispensible physiological roles in bacteria and plants, as w...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Yamamoto T,Sasaki S

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The new oral microemulsion formulation of cyclosporine (Neoral) possesses superior pharmacokinetics to the conventional formulation, Sandimmun (SIM), providing more complete and predictable absorption, and less pharmacokinetic variability. METHODS:The safety and tolerability of Neoral, together with the inc...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Keown P,Niese D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a prior study the 21-aminosteroid (lazaroid) U74389F provided in vivo protection from oxidative stress when used as a preventive therapy in ischemia-reperfusion injury in the kidney. As the cell membrane is the principal site for lipoperoxidation, in the current study the very lipophilic 2-methylaminochro...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： De Vecchi E,Lubatti L,Beretta C,Ferrero S,Rinaldi P,Galli Kienle M,Trazzi R,Paroni R

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Prolonged antihypertensive therapy might be less effective in reversing the left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in uremics bearing the deleted (DD) allele of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene than in patients with the inserted (II) allele or in those heterozygous (ID) for the gene. METHODS:Thirtee...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Cannella G,Paoletti E,Barocci S,Massarino F,Delfino R,Ravera G,Di Maio G,Nocera A,Patrone P,Rolla D

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:High blood glucose levels play major roles in the pathogenesis of renal diabetic complications through non-enzymatic glycation. For long-lived molecules this leads to formation of advanced glycation end products (AGE), and the renal extracellular matrix appears to be one of the targets for such processes. Us...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Bendayan M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tissue renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may modulate the structural and functional changes that occur in the diabetic kidney. METHODS:Hypertensive transgenic (mREN-2)27 rat (TGR) that exhibit increased tissue renin expression were administered streptozotocin (STZ, diabetic) or citrate buffer (non-diabetic...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kelly DJ,Wilkinson-Berka JL,Allen TJ,Cooper ME,Skinner SL

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microalbuminuria (MA) is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease, but its causes are incompletely understood. Hyperhomocysteinemia is a recently recognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease independent of established risk factors. It is not known whether hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with MA, ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hoogeveen EK,Kostense PJ,Jager A,Heine RJ,Jakobs C,Bouter LM,Donker AJ,Stehouwer CD

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decay accelerating factor (DAF), a product of mesangial cells in vitro, is expressed on the surface of cells and is a candidate for the focal suppression of complement activation. It is not clear at present whether the levels of expression of DAF and intrarenal C3 synthesis correlate with the level of tissue...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Abe K,Miyazaki M,Koji T,Furusu A,Ozono Y,Harada T,Sakai H,Nakane PK,Kohno S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transplantation of developing metanephroi into adult hosts has been proposed as a means to augment host renal function. METHODS:We implanted whole metanephroi from embryonic day 15 (E15) rats subcapsularly in kidneys or into the omentum of non-immunosupressed adult rat hosts. At the time of implantation, so...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Rogers SA,Lowell JA,Hammerman NA,Hammerman MR

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of nitric oxide (NO) in the kidney has been implicated in the pathogenesis of human glomerulonephritis. However, the exact type of glomerular cells that express NO synthase (NOS) and the NOS isoform involved in the local production of NO has not been identified in the human diseased kidney. We examined th...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Furusu A,Miyazaki M,Abe K,Tsukasaki S,Shioshita K,Sasaki O,Miyazaki K,Ozono Y,Koji T,Harada T,Sakai H,Kohno S

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:Stimulation of proximal tubule cell (PTC) growth in a variety of physiological and pathological renal conditions is preceded by increased renal production of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) and by augmented tubular sodium transport via activated sodium hydrogen exchange (NHE). Since TGF-beta 1 has been ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Johnson DW,Saunders HJ,Brew BK,Poronnik P,Cook DI,Field MJ,Pollock CA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that one of the primary events in the development of essential hypertension is a growth-related process initiated as early as during fetal development. Differences in kidney size have been observed between most rat models of hypertension and their respective controls. In this study, we analyzed re...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hamet P,Pausova Z,Dumas P,Sun YL,Tremblay J,Pravenec M,Kunes J,Krenova D,Kren V

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperoxaluria type I (PH I) is a congenital error of metabolism that can be manifested by an increased oxalate production, and ultimately result in kidney failure. After a combined liver/kidney transplantation, children with PH I have persistent excretion of oxalate that causes crystal formation in the urinary...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Jouvet P,Priqueler L,Gagnadoux MF,Jan D,Beringer A,Lacaille F,Revillon Y,Broyer M,Daudon M

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In uremic patients resistance to the action of insulin has been documented, but it is not known at what stage of renal disease it appears. We therefore examined 29 patients with IgA glomerulonephritis (IgAGN) and 21 patients with adult polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) in different stages of renal failure, and in addi...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Fliser D,Pacini G,Engelleiter R,Kautzky-Willer A,Prager R,Franek E,Ritz E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonatal proximal tubule has a lower rate of bicarbonate absorption than that of adults. This is due, in part, to a lower rate of apical membrane Na+/H+ antiporter activity. The purpose of these studies was to examine if thyroid hormone could be a factor in the maturational increase in Na+/H+ antiporter activity. ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Baum M,Dwarakanath V,Alpern RJ,Moe OW

更新日期：1998-05-01 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

authors： Paizis K,Kirkland G,Polihronis M,Katerelos M,Kanellis J,Power DA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that nocturnal hypoxemia in sleep apnea causes an inversion of the circadian arterial pressure rhythm and triggers nocturnal hypertension. Since sleep apnea is very frequent in dialysis patients, we hypothesized that nocturnal hypoxemia may be a factor that contributes to alter the 24-hour arter...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Zoccali C,Benedetto FA,Tripepi G,Cambareri F,Panuccio V,Candela V,Mallamaci F,Enia G,Labate C,Tassone F

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiproteinuric effect of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients with diabetic nephropathy varies considerably. Therefore, we tested the potential role of an insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the ACE gene on this early antiproteinuric responsi...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Jacobsen P,Rossing K,Rossing P,Tarnow L,Mallet C,Poirier O,Cambien F,Parving HH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide is synthesized in experimental immune complex glomerulonephritis due to local induction of type 2 nitric oxide synthase (NOS2). To determine the role of NOS2, the course of accelerated anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis (anti-GBM) was examined in mice homozygous for disruption of the NOS...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Cattell V,Cook HT,Ebrahim H,Waddington SN,Wei XQ,Assmann KJ,Liew FY

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the circulating levels of the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-1 alpha, IL-6, granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10, and their expression in kidneys acutely infected with murine malaria parasite...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Rui-Mei L,Kara AU,Sinniah R

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an alternative to classical immunosuppressants in experimental lupus nephritis, we looked at bindarit, 2-methyl-2-[[1-phenylmethyl)-1H-indazol-3-y1]methoxy]propanoic acid, a novel molecule devoid of immunosuppressive effects, which selectively reduces chronic inflammation in rat adjuvant arthritis. Two groups of NZ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Zoja C,Corna D,Benedetti G,Morigi M,Donadelli R,Guglielmotti A,Pinza M,Bertani T,Remuzzi G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a rat model of glomerular immune injury induced by administration of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody and resembling human rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, we explored whether activation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) regulates synthesis of eicosanoids originating from cyclooxygenation o...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lianos EA,Guglielmi K,Sharma M

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expression profile is a list based on a large scale sequencing of 1000 cDNA clones, showing the expressed genes and the abundance of their transcripts in a given cell or tissue (Okubo K et al: Nature Genet 2:173, 1992). We constructed an expression profile of mouse renal proximal tubules (PT) carefully isolated by ...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Takenaka M,Imai E,Kaneko T,Ito T,Moriyama T,Yamauchi A,Hori M,Kawamoto S,Okubo K

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From August 1987 through February 1995 we performed 42 surgical procedures in 29 patients with occluded or stenotic radiocephalic arteriovenous fistulae. Operations were designed to preserve native veins for cannulation (Group I) or to preserve access in the same forearm, bypassing the failed fistula (Group II). For 2...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Oakes DD,Sherck JP,Cobb LF

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies address the metabolic processes that support the reabsorption of sodium and the secretion of bicarbonate in the interspersed but distinct principal and intercalated cells of the cortical collecting duct (CCD). In microperfused rabbit CCD, sodium reabsorption was measured by lumen-to-bath 22Na flux,...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hering-Smith KS,Hamm LL

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubulointerstitial fibrosis is one of the most important histologic features that predicts progression in kidney disease. Thrombospondin 1 is an extracellular matrix protein that can activate latent TGF-beta, a cytokine implicated in the pathogenesis of tubulointerstitial fibrosis. We examined the expression of thromb...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Hugo C,Shankland SJ,Pichler RH,Couser WG,Johnson RJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily calcitriol therapy has been reported to improve linear growth in children with renal bone disease, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D is a key regultor of chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation. Whereas large intermittent doses of calcitriol can lower serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and reverse the skelet...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Kuizon BD,Goodman WG,Jüppner H,Boechat I,Nelson P,Gales B,Salusky IB

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteopontin (OPN) is a secreted acidic glycoprotein that has potent monocyte chemoattractant and adhesive properties. Up-regulation of tubular OPN expression is thought to promote interstitial macrophage infiltration in experimental nephritis; however, the role of OPN in glomerular lesions, particularly crescent forma...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Lan HY,Yu XQ,Yang N,Nikolic-Paterson DJ,Mu W,Pichler R,Johnson RJ,Atkins RC

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Determination of serum oxalate concentration is important for the diagnosis and monitoring of hyperoxalurias, and extends to patients with all types of renal disease. Approximately 5 to 10 ml of blood is required for each test by conventional methods, and the test is not adapted for use in children. We developed a hig...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Gaulier JM,Cochat P,Lardet G,Vallon JJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional peritoneal dialysis (PD) fluids are known to inhibit polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) phagocytosis, oxidative burst and enzyme release. However, the relative contributions of apoptosis and/or necrosis to this dysfunction have not been examined. We investigated the effects of osmolality, glucose concentration...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Cendoroglo M,Sundaram S,Groves C,Ucci AA,Jaber BL,Pereira BJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have examined tubular function after subtotal nephrectomy (Nx) and conservative treatments. The effects of 70% and 80% Nx (associated with dietary phosphate restriction in the latter case) on the apical brush border membrane (BBM) enzymes 5'-nucleotidase, gamma glutamyl-transferase and alkaline-phosphatase...

journal_title：Kidney international

authors： Laouari D,Friedlander G,Burtin M,Silve C,Dechaux M,Garabedian M,Kleinknecht C

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00