Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Pedro Esbrit and Jesús Egido

The emerging role of parathyroid hormone-related protein as a renal regulating factor
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1109-1111; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1109 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miha Furlan and Bernhard Lämmle

Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura—new insights into underlying biochemical mechanisms
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1112-1114; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1112 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Stenvinkel

Leptin and blood pressure—is there a link?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1115-1117; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1115 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin Baigent and David C. Wheeler

Should we reduce blood cholesterol to prevent cardiovascular disease among patients with chronic renal failure?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1118-1119; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1118 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon J. Davies

Peritoneal solute transport—we know it is important, but what is it?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1120-1123; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1120 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael L. Nicholson and Peter S. Veitch

Laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1124-1126; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1124 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Wilfried Gwinner and Hermann-Josef Gröne

Role of reactive oxygen species in glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1127-1132; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1127 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature:

Francesco Locatelli, Fernando Valderrábano, Nicholas Hoenich, Jürgen Bommer, Karel Leunissen, and Vincenzo Cambi

Progress in dialysis technology: membrane selection and patient outcome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1133-1139; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1133 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Toshiaki Makino, Takahiko Ono, Eri Muso, Haruyoshi Yoshida, Gisho Honda, and Shigetake Sasayama

Inhibitory effects of rosmarinic acid on the proliferation of cultured murine mesangial cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1140-1145; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1140 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fumiaki Nogaki, Eri Muso, Ikei Kobayashi, Hitoshi Kusano, Kiichi Shirakawa, Tadashi Kamata, Atsushi Oyama, Takahiko Ono, Shigeki Miyawaki, Haruyoshi Yoshida, and Shigetake Sasayama

Interleukin 12 induces crescentic glomerular lesions in a high IgA strain of ddY mice, independently of changes in IgA deposition
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1146-1154; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1146 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruben Baumgarten, Marjolein H. J. van de Pol, Peter M. T. Deen, Carel H. van Os, and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Dissociation between urine osmolality and urinary excretion of aquaporin-2 in healthy volunteers
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1155-1161; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1155 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sabine Zitta, Kurt Stoschitzky, Robert Zweiker, Karl Oettl, Gilbert Reibnegger, Herwig Holzer, and Willibald Estelberger

Dynamic renal function testing by compartmental analysis: assessment of renal functional reserve in essential hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1162-1169; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1162 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keigyou Yoh, Masaki Kobayashi, Naoto Yamaguchi, Kouichi Hirayama, Takashi Ishizu, Shuichi Kikuchi, Satoshi Iwabuchi, Kaori Muro, Sohji Nagase, Kazumasa Aoyagi, Makoto Kondoh, Katsumi Takemura, Kunihiro Yamagata, and Akio Koyama

Cytokines and T-cell responses in superantigen-related glomerulonephritis following methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1170-1174; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1170 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aysen Erdem, Nimet Ünay Gündogan, Alp Usubütün, Kamer Kilinç, S. Remzi Erdem, Aysun Kara, and Atilla Bozkurt

The protective effect of taurine against gentamicin-induced acute tubular necrosis in rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1175-1182; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1175 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alain Wynckel, Christine Randoux, Hervé Millart, Catherine Desroches, Philippe Gillery, Eric Canivet, and Jacques Chanard

Kinetics of carbamylated haemoglobin in acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1183-1188; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1183 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerhard Lonnemann, Jürgen Floege, Volker Kliem, Reinhard Brunkhorst, and Karl M. Koch

Extended daily veno-venous high-flux haemodialysis in patients with acute renal failure and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome using a single path batch dialysis system
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1189-1193; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1189 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scott T. W. Morris, John J. V. McMurray, R. Stuart C. Rodger, and Alan G. Jardine

Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in uraemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1194-1200; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1194 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ines Olaizola, Johanna Zingraff, Carlos Heuguerot, Laura Fajardo, Aubène Léger, Juan Lopez, Gonzalo Acuña, Alicia Petraglia, Asuncion Alvarez, Hena Caorsi, Tilman Drüeke, and Pablo Ambrosoni

[^99mTc]-Sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy in chronic haemodialysis patients: static and dynamic explorations
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1201-1206; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1201 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Sitter, Albrecht Bergner, and Helmut Schiffl

Dialysate related cytokine induction and response to recombinant human erythropoietin in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1207-1211; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorena Airaghi, Letizia Garofalo, Maria Grazia Cutuli, René Delgado, Andrea Carlin, Maria Teresa Demitri, Salvatore Badalamenti, Giorgio Graziani, James M. Lipton, and Anna Catania

Plasma concentrations of -melanocyte-stimulating hormone are elevated in patients on chronic haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1212-1216; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1212 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Urban Sester, Martina Sester, Michael Hauk, Harald Kaul, Hans Köhler, and Matthias Girndt

T-cell activation follows Th1 rather than Th2 pattern in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1217-1223; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1217 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Serdar Erkasap and Ersin Ates

L-Arginine-enriched preservation solution decreases ischaemia/reperfusion injury in canine kidneys after long-term cold storage
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1224-1227; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1224 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rudolf P. Wüthrich, Snjezana Cicvara, Patrice M. Ambühl, and Ulrich Binswanger

Randomized trial of conversion from mycophenolate mofetil to azathioprine 6 months after renal allograft transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1228-1231; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1228 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Andrew P. Cairns, Paula M. O'Donoghue, Victor H. Patterson, and J. Henry Brown

Very-long-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency— a new cause of myoglobinuric acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1232-1234; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1232 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margret B. Andresdottir, Karel J. M. Assmann, Luuk B. Hilbrands, and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Primary Epstein–Barr virus infection and recurrent type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1235-1237; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1235 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takashi Sano, Kouju Kamata, Hidekazu Shigematsu, and Yutaka Kobayashi

A case of anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis superimposed on membranous nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1238-1241; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1238 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Interesting Cases:

Galip Güz, Ali Arican, Hamdi Karakayali, Beyhan Demirhan, Nevzat Bilgin, and Mehmet Haberal

Two renal transplants from one cadaveric donor: one recipient with simultaneous B cell lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma, and the other with T cell lymphoma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1242-1244; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1242 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Kevin McLaughlin, J. Brian Neilly, Jonathan G. Fox, and J. Michael Boulton-Jones

The hypertensive young lady with renal cysts—it is not always polycystic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1245-1247; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1245 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marina Brindzjuk, Götz Krupp, Ute Kettritz, and Friedrich C. Luft

Physician-induced hypocalcaemia, nephrocalcinosis, and incomplete distal renal tubular acidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1248-1250; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1248 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Ramón Peces

Steinstrasse due to distal renal tubular acidosis with sensorineural deafness
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1251-1252; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1251 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the Beginner:

Jan Maarten van Woerkom and D. Willem van Toorn

A domestic fight or something else?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1253-1254; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1253 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Announcement:

The Renal Divisions of the Medical Faculties of Gent and Heidelberg, with the support of Fresenius Medical Care
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1255; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1255 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

A. M. Shutov, N. I. Kondratyeva, E. S. Kulikova, and A. Klingbeil

Does E/A ratio correctly estimate diastolic dysfunction in patients with chronic renal failure?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1256-1257; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1256 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ploumis Passadakis, Elias Thodis, Vasilios Vargemezis, Dimitrios Oreopoulos, François Chantrel, Bruno Moulin, and Thierry Hannedouche

Abysmal prognosis with type 2 diabetes entering dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1257-1258; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1257 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. P. Stoffel, M. Pollok, C. A. Baldamus, J. C. Stolear, and D. Verbeden

Troponin I is a better prognostic parameter of cardiovascular events in asymptomatic patients on haemodialysis than troponin T
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1259-1260; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1259 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Myftar Barbullushi, Alketa Koroshi, and Mihal Tase

Albanian contribution to the treatment of refugee renal patients from Kosovo
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1261; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1261 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. P. R. Soper, S. A. Sampson, and N. Velasco

Renal thrombotic microangiopathy, Campylobacter gastroenteritis and anti-cardiolipin antibody
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1261-1262; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1261-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sun-Chieh Hsu, Jeng-Jong Huang, Junne-Ming Sung, Ming-Cheng Wang, Chin-Chung Tseng, and Szu-Yuan Lee

Tumoural calcinosis associated with subclavian vein occlusion and hypercalcaemia in a haemodialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1262-1264; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1262 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Massimo Adorati

The effect of intradialytic exercise on solute removal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1264; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1264 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lavjay Butani and Joann Palmer

Effect of fish oil in a patient with post-transplantation IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1264-1265; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1264-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1266-1268; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.8.1266 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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