abstract：BACKGROUND:Microalbuminuria, a marker of vascular damage, is associated with increased risk of progressive renal deterioration, cardiovascular disease and mortality. However, the relationship between antinuclear antibody (ANA) and microalbuminuria in the general population is unknown. Thus, we conducted a cross-section...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ishikawa M,Konta T,Hao Z,Takasaki S,Abiko H,Takahashi T,Ikeda A,Ichikawa K,Shibata Y,Takeishi Y,Kato T,Kawata S,Kubota I

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report documents a case of metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC) which successfully responded to interleukin-2 (IL-2) therapy. A 59-year-old male presented with a left renal mass measuring 3.0 cm in diameter and a right adrenal mass measuring 5.0 cm in diameter. He underwent a left partial nephrectomy ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kosaka T,Mikami S,Miyajima A,Oya M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA nephropathy (IgAN) associated with leukemia and lymphoma has not, to our knowledge, been reported in children. Two children suffering from these diseases are described here. One patient developed IgAN at the end of 5 years' chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia. The other had microscopic hematuria 3 years be...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Motoyama O,Kojima Y,Ohara A,Tsukimoto I,Ishikawa Y,Iitaka K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of nephrotic syndrome (NS) and acute renal failure (ARF) associated with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) in a 10-year-old boy is reported. Ultrasound revealed irregular, echogenic, circumferential urinary bladder base mass, bilateral hydroureter and hydronephrosis. Histopathology of percutaneous renal and uret...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Olowu WA,Salako AA,Adelusola KA,Sowande OA,Adetiloye VA,Adefehinti O,Osasan SA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The post-marketing surveillance of edaravone has reported serious adverse reactions, including renal and hepatic disorders. Renal disorders were the most frequently reported serious/important adverse reactions, which led to the evaluation of their causation by edaravone, their severity, and the recovery of r...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Hishida A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 59-year-old woman who had severe metabolic acidosis and hypokalemia due to an enterovesical fistula. The patient came to our hospital complaining of systemic weakness and numbness of the fingers. She was found to have hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis (arterial bicarbonate, 2.8 mEq/l) and hypokal...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Murakami K,Tomita M,Kawamura N,Hasegawa M,Nabeshima K,Hiki Y,Sugiyama S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction due to the reduced bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO) is involved in the course of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease as well as chronic kidney disease (CKD). NO is synthesized from L-arginine via the action of NO synthase, which is blocked by endogenous L-arginine analogues such as asymm...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ueda S,Yamagishi SI,Matsumoto Y,Fukami K,Okuda S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic polyangiitis is a necrotizing angiitis involving capillaries, venules, and arterioles. The vascular beds of various organs may be involved, causing varying presentations. To our knowledge, this is the first case of anti-myeloperoxidase (anti-MPO) antibody small-vessel vasculitis causing prostatic vasculiti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Lamarche JA,Peguero AM,Rosario JO,Patel A,Courville C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depending on the etiology and pathophysiology of hematuria, urinary bleeding is classified as glomerular hematuria or nonglomerular hematuria. Nephritis is usually detected by the presence of proteinuria, especially elevated albumin excretion. In this study, we report on the use of the urinary albumin-to-tot...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ohisa N,Kanemitsu K,Matsuki R,Suzuki H,Miura H,Ohisa Y,Yoshida K,Kaku M,Sato H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported a significant increase in plasma TGF-beta1 in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Progression of CRF may be caused by persistent renal production of TGF-beta1. In CRF rat models, an oral carbonic absorbent (AST-120) reduces the expression of the TGF-beta1 gene in the kidney, and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Iida S,Kohno K,Yoshimura J,Ueda S,Usui M,Miyazaki H,Nishida H,Tamaki K,Okuda S

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 17-year-old male patient with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) associated with hyperthyroidism. He presented with a 2-month history of fatigue, loss of appetite, low-grade fever, and a 12-kg weight loss when he was admitted to our hospital. He had iritis, which was complicated by fibrin in t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ebihara I,Hirayama K,Usui J,Seki M,Higuchi F,Oteki T,Kobayashi M,Yamagata K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old man with a history of hypertension and hyperuricemia was admitted to our hospital complaining of limb weakness, persistent constipation, and worsening hypertension. He had been taking a Chinese herbal remedy for allergic rhinitis for the past 10 years, together with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhib...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Iida R,Otsuka Y,Matsumoto K,Kuriyama S,Hosoya T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of proliferative glomerulonephritis with peculiar IgM deposition associated with sarcoidosis. A 62-year-old woman, who had been diagnosed with sarcoidosis 3 years previously because of abnormalities on chest X-ray radiophotographs and lymph node pathology, was admitted to our hospital for the evaluat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kanamori H,Ota M,Takeoka H,Osafune K,Yonezu S,Fukatsu A,Kanatsu K

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here two sisters with nephronophthisis, which was not detected until the development of endstage renal failure. Twenty- and 15-year-old female siblings were admitted to our hospital for further examination of renal dysfunction. No urinalysis abnormalities had been found in yearly health checks in either pa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ashizawa M,Miyazaki M,Furusu A,Abe K,Kanamoto Y,Iwanaga N,Ozono Y,Harada T,Taguchi T,Kohno S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Japan is currently rising. Therefore, measures to control the progression of CKD from a predialysis condition to endstage renal failure are urgently required. We are conducting a clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of an oral carbonaceous ads...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Morita S,Fukuhara S,Akizawa T,Asano Y,Kurokawa K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study was conducted to clarify the clinical risk factors related to the development of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), which is one of the most serious complications in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). METHODS:The records of 78 patients with a history of PD treatment, incl...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Yamamoto R,Otsuka Y,Nakayama M,Maruyama Y,Katoh N,Ikeda M,Yamamoto H,Yokoyama K,Kawaguchi Y,Matsushima M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of hypocomplementemia detected in the school urinary screening program in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and the number of new patients with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) diagnosed in our institution were decreasing during the period between 1974 and 1997. Follow-up of this study...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Iitaka K,Nakamura S,Moriya S,Koshino H,Iwanami N,Sakai T,Motoyama O

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases are involved in the remodeling of peritoneal tissue. We measured the MMP-2 concentration in the peritoneal effluents of a patient with EPS who discontinued continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Masunaga Y,Hirahara I,Shimano Y,Kurosu M,Iimura O,Miyata Y,Amemiya M,Homma S,Kusano E,Asano Y

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenomedullin (AM) has antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects on mesangial cells in culture, but the regulation of AM and its receptors in glomeruli with glomerulonephritis have not been clarified. METHODS:We examined sequential changes in the mRNA expression of AM and its receptors (receptor-activity-...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Matsumoto M,Fujimoto S,Iwatsubo S,Sato Y,Hara S,Kitamura K,Eto T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology and is associated with a wide variety of renal disorders including nephrolithiasis, hypercalciuria, hypercalcemia, nephrocalcinosis, tubular defect, glomerulonephritis, and granulomatous interstitial nephritis. We report a case of renal sarcoidosis in...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Mitome J,Kawaguchi Y,Arase S,Horino T,Okada H,Osaka N,Hanaoka K,Shimada T,Kawamura T,Hosoya T,Yamaguchi Y,Hano H

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The renoprotection achieved by angiotensin II blockade in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy is well established in both the clinical and the experimental settings. In contrast, the therapeutic efficacy of calcium channel blockers (CCBs) in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy still remains controversial...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Moriyama T,Oka K,Ueda H,Imai E

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital with a 5-month history of taking Chinese herbal medicine containing aristolochic acid. She presented with metabolic acidosis, severe anemia, hypophosphatemia and uric aciduria, and generalized aminoaciduria and glycosuria, features which were consistent with the clin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Kazama I,Matsubara M,Michimata M,Suzuki M,Hatano R,Sato H,Ito S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maxacalcitol (22-oxacalcitriol; OCT) is a novel vitamin D analogue. In previous clinical studies, OCT was administered three times a week to hemodialysis patients with refractory secondary hyperparathyroidism (2HPT), in whom it acted by inhibiting parathyroid hormone secretion, as well as causing mildly elev...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Murakami K,Miyachi H,Watanabe A,Kawamura N,Fujii M,Koide S,Murase M,Kushimoto H,Hasegawa M,Tomita M,Hiki Y,Sugiyama S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) results from impaired urinary acidification by the renal collecting duct. Acquired dRTA can be secondary to diverse pathological processes, including diabetic, ischemic, fibrosing, or immunological processes; less frequently it presents as a familial disorder with either an autosom...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Shayakul C,Alper SL

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Japanese boy aged 14 years presented with gross hematuria associated with mild proteinuria and was diagnosed as having nutcracker syndrome. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) revealed significant compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery with collaterals. A percutaneou...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Tanaka H,Waga S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old man with a 30-year history of essential thrombocytosis developed nephrotic syndrome. Renal biopsy showed massive deposits of Congo red-negative periodic acid Schiff (PAS)-positive substance in the mesangium and capillary wall that was positive for IgG. Electron microscopic examination revealed 10- to 20-...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Asaba K,Tojo A,Onozato ML,Mimura N,Kido M,Goto A,Endo H,Fujita T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Determinants of the prescribed dialysis dose have not been well studied in a large patient population. Few studies have examined survival rates after adjusting for dose determinants. METHODS:Data were obtained from a cohort of chronic hemodialysis patients for the period January 1991 through December 20...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Iseki K,Tozawa M,Takishita S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it has been repeatedly shown that the oral carbonaceous absorbent AST-120 ameliorates the progression of chronic renal failure, the mechanisms remain unknown. METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley rats (6 weeks old), weighing 180-210 g, were 4/5 nephrectomized, and were divided into two groups: one given AST...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Horike K,Usami T,Kamiya Y,Kamiya T,Yoshida A,Itoh S,Yamato H,Ise M,Kimura G

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been recently reported that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs)gamma exist in various tissues and that they exibit anti-inflammatory effects. METHODS:We investigated the effects of PPARgamma activators on the development of crescentic glomerulonephritis. Crescentic glomerulonephritis ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Haraguchi K,Shimura H,Onaya T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old man who had been on dialysis for about 6 years, and had acquired renal cystic disease, received a renal transplantation. However, in spite of the success of the transplantation, one area without cyst regression was observed in the original kidney. Therefore, carcinoma was suspected and nephrectomy was pe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ishikawa I,Saito A,Chikazawa Y,Asaka M,Tomosugi N,Yuri T,Suzuki K,Ueda Y,Ozaki M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The manifestation of diabetic nephropathy may be a consequence of the actions of certain cytokines and growth factors. Prominent among them is transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), which promotes renal cell hypertrophy and stimulates extracellular matrix accumulation, the two hallmarks of diabetic renal disease. In ex...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental nephrology

authors： Ziyadeh FN,Isono M,Chen S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00