Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Eric Rondeau, Cécile Vigneau, and Jeannig Berrou

Role of thrombin receptors in the kidney: lessons from PAR1 knock-out mice
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1529-1531; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1529 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Ruschitzka, Roberto Corti, Thomas Quaschning, Matthias Hermann, and Thomas F. Lüscher

Vasopeptidase inhibitors—concepts and evidence
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1532-1535; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1532 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alex M. Davison

Guideline for the management of acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1535; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1535 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dwomoa Adu

The evidence base for the treatment of lupus nephritis in the new millennium
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1536-1538; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1536 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles R. V. Tomson

Advising dialysis patients to restrict fluid intake without restricting sodium intake is not based on evidence and is a waste of time
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1538-1542; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1538 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Vanholder

Vascular access: care and monitoring of function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1542-1545; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1542 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Douglas Briggs

Causes of death after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1545-1549; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1545 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Eberhard Ritz, Vedat Schwenger, Martin Zeier, and Ivan Rychlik

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: fancy gadgetry or clinically useful exercise?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1550-1554; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1550 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Claudio Ronco, John A. Kellum, and Ravindra Mehta

Acute dialysis quality initiative (ADQI)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1555-1558; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1555 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Locatelli, Boleslaw Rutkowski, Simeone Andrulli, Giuseppe Enia, Ryszard Gellert, Reinhard Kramar, Daniele Marcelli, Carmine Zoccali, Andrzej Wiecek, and Eberhard Ritz

Gdansk bio-statistic and epidemiology course
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1559-1561; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1559 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Guangsheng Xiang, Reinhard Schinzel, Andreas Simm, Gerald Münch, Katarina Sebekova, Michael Kasper, Toshimitsu Niwa, Christoph Schmitz, and August Heidland

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs)-induced expression of TGF-ß1 is suppressed by a protease in the tubule cell line LLC-PK1
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1562-1569; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1562 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Akihiko Kato and Akira Hishida

Amelioration of post-ischaemic renal injury by contralateral uninephrectomy: a role of endothelin-1
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1570-1576; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1570 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sing Leung Lui, Loretta Yuk Yee Chan, Xiao Hui Zhang, Wen Zhu, Tak Mao Chan, Peter Chin Wan Fung, and Kar Neng Lai

Effect of mycophenolate mofetil on nitric oxide production and inducible nitric oxide synthase gene expression during renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1577-1582; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1577 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sang Kyung Jo, Su Young Yun, Kyung Hyun Chang, Dae Ryong Cha, Won Yong Cho, Hyoung Kyu Kim, and Nam Hee Won

-MSH decreases apoptosis in ischaemic acute renal failure in rats: possible mechanism of this beneficial effect
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1583-1591; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1583 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai Lopau, Lars Hefner, Gwendolyn Bender, Ekkehart Heidbreder, and Christoph Wanner

Haemodynamic effects of valsartan in acute renal ischaemia/reperfusion injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1592-1597; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1592 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bruno Poirier, Odile Michel, Raymond Bazin, Jean Bariéty, Jacques Chevalier, Isaac Myara, and Anh-Thu Gaston

Conjugated dienes: a critical trait of lipoprotein oxidizability in renal fibrosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1598-1606; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1598 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Céline Veau, Christine Leroy, Hélène Banide, Daniel Auchère, Sylviane Tardivel, Robert Farinotti, and Bernard Lacour

Effect of chronic renal failure on the expression and function of rat intestinal P-glycoprotein in drug excretion
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1607-1614; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1607 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Terje Apeland, Oddvar Mestad, and Øyvind Hetland

Assessment of haematuria: automated urine flowmetry vs microscopy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1615-1619; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1615 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Byoung-Soo Cho, Young-Mi Choi, Hyeon-Ho Kang, Seong Jin Park, Joo Won Lim, and Tai Young Yoon

Diagnosis of nut-cracker phenomenon using renal Doppler ultrasound in orthostatic proteinuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1620-1625; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1620 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gursharan Dogra, Natalie Ward, Kevin D. Croft, Trevor A. Mori, P. Hugh R. Barrett, Susan E. Herrmann, Ashley B. Irish, and Gerald F. Watts

Oxidant stress in nephrotic syndrome: comparison of F₂-isoprostanes and plasma antioxidant potential
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1626-1630; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1626 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rainer Nowack, Ilona Grab, Luis-Felipe Flores-Suarèz, Peter Schnülle, Benito Yard, and Fokko J. van der Woude

ANCA titres, even of IgG subclasses, and soluble CD14 fail to predict relapses in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1631-1637; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1631 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicole M. Isbel, David J. Nikolic-Paterson, Prudence A. Hill, John Dowling, and Robert C. Atkins

Local macrophage proliferation correlates with increased renal M-CSF expression in human glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1638-1647; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1638 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Fonck, Dominique Chauveau, Marie-France Gagnadoux, Yves Pirson, and Jean-Pierre Grünfeld

Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease in adulthood
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1648-1652; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1648 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lise Tarnow, Niels Grarup, Torben Hansen, Hans-Henrik Parving, and Oluf Pedersen

Diabetic microvascular complications are not associated with two polymorphisms in the GLUT-1 and PC-1 genes regulating glucose metabolism in Caucasian type 1 diabetic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1653-1656; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1653 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mitsuhiro Sato, Ikuo Horigome, Shigemi Chiba, Takashi Furuta, Mariko Miyazaki, Osamu Hotta, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Hiroo Noshiro, and Yoshio Taguma

Autonomic insufficiency as a factor contributing to dialysis-induced hypotension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1657-1662; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1657 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Markus Kosch, Andrea Levers, Michael Barenbrock, Fritz Matzkies, Roland M. Schaefer, Klaus Kisters, Karl-Heinz Rahn, and Martin Hausberg

Acute effects of haemodialysis on endothelial function and large artery elasticity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1663-1668; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1663 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario Espinosa, Alejandro Martin-Malo, Maria Antonia Alvarez de Lara, and Pedro Aljama

Risk of death and liver cirrhosis in anti-HCV-positive long-term haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1669-1674; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1669 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pablo Rebollo, Francisco Ortega, José María Baltar, Fernando Álvarez-Ude, Rafael Alvarez Navascués, and Jaime Álvarez-Grande

Is the loss of health-related quality of life during renal replacement therapy lower in elderly patients than in younger patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1675-1680; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1675 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shyama D. Jayasena, Ahmad Riaz, Christina M. Lewis, Guy H. Neild, F. Derek Thompson, and Robin G. Woolfson

Outcome in patients with end-stage renal disease following heart or heart–lung transplantation receiving peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1681-1685; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1681 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ann Van Mieghem, Catherine Fonck, Willy Coosemans, Bernard Vandeleene, Yves Vanrenterghem, Jean-Paul Squifflet, and Yves Pirson

Outcome of cadaver kidney transplantation in 23 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1686-1691; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1686 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tomasz Hryszko, Jolanta Malyszko, Jacek S. Malyszko, Szymon Brzosko, Krystyna Pawlak, and Michal Mysliwiec

A possible role of thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor in disturbances of fibrinolytic system in renal transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1692-1696; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1692 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Gill Rumsby, Abhishek Sharma, David P. Cregeen, and Laurie R. Solomon

Primary hyperoxaluria type 2 without L-glycericaciduria: is the disease under-diagnosed?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1697-1699; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1697 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jin-Bor Chen, Hsien-Heng Pan, and Deng-Fwu Hwang

Myoglobinuric acute renal failure following cardioversion in a boxfish poisoning patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1700-1701; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1700 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Z. I. Cherney and Jeffrey S. Zaltzman

Mycophenolate mofetil causing deep venous thrombosis in a renal transplant patient with factor V Leiden
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1702-1704; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1702 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rosemary Masterson, Neil Sheerin, Ian Abbs, and David Goldsmith

Late allograft loss due to recurrence of p-ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis in a patient with relapsing polychondritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1705-1707; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1705 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Interesting Cases:

Johannes Jacobi, Jens Titze, Patricia Niewerth, Rainer Lang, Bernd Schulze, and Harald D. Rupprecht

Severe hyponatraemia due to hypothalamic–pituitary adrenal insufficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1708-1710; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1708 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

Harald Aarset, Knut Aasarød, Unni Bergan, and Anders Angelsen

Acute renal infarction in a woman with slight asthma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1711-1712; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1711 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriella Moroni, Gustavo Greloni, and Gianmarco Podda

Acute renal failure in a single kidney with previous obstruction
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1713-1715; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1713 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

David Verhelst, Eric Goffin, Anne-Dominique Bodarwe, Jacques Gigi, and Yves Pirson

Purple-blue subcutaneous nodules after renal transplantation: not always Kaposi sarcoma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1716-1718; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1716 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Richard Siegel, Eric Grossman, R. A. Coward, and E. A. Mohammed

Timing of sildenafil therapy in dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1719-1720; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1719 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gursharan Dogra, Ashley B. Irish, Gerald F. Watts, Margret Arnadottir, Björn Hultberg, and Anna-Lena Berg

Homocysteine and nephrotic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1720-1721; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1720 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Klaus Schaefer, Dietrich von Herrath, Bernhard Röhrich, Sunil Kumar Munshi, N. Vijayakumar, N. A. Taub, H. Bhullar, T. C. N. Lo, and G. Warwick

Outcome of renal replacement therapy in the very elderly
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1721-1722; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1721 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Chiara Cherubini, Giovanni Barbera, Salvatore Di Giulio, Andrea Onetti Muda, and Tullio Faraggiana

Lymphomas and IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1722-1723; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1722 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kayses Çaglar, Yusuf Kibar, Lütfü Tahmaz, and Mükerrem Safali

Laser therapy in patient with intractable haemorrhage due to the bladder involvement of systemic amyloidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1724; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1724 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon Stratton, Paul Warwicker, and Ken Farrington

Allergic reactions to oral cyclophosphamide therapy in immunologically-mediated renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1724-1725; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1724-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-François Cailhier, Linda Nolin, and Marie-Josée Hébert

Thrombotic microangiopathy following renal ischaemia and revascularization: apoptosis of endothelial cells in action
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1725-1726; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1725 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katsuko Shiraya, Yoshifumi Ubara, Hideyuki Katori, Yoshio Matsushita, Tetsuo Tagami, Masafumi Yokota, Akiko Kitamura, Fumi Takemoto, Shigeko Hara, Yoshitomo Mutoh, and Akira Yamada

Recovery from aplastic anaemia after institution of haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1726-1728; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1726 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uwe Brümmer, Matteo Salcuni, Filippo Salvati, and Mario Bonomini

Repair of femoral postcatheterization pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula with percutaneous implantation of endovascular stent
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1728-1729; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1728 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annette Bruchfeld, Lars Ståhle, Jan Andersson, and Robert Schvarcz

Interferon and ribavirin therapy in dialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1729; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1729 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Soo Wan Kim, Chung Ho Yeum, Myong Yun Nah, Nam Ho Kim, Dong Deuk Kwon, Min Cheol Lee, and Ki Chul Choi

Pseudotuberculous pyelonephritis in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease undergoing long-term haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1729-1730; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1729-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1731-1732; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1731 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Tilman B. Drüeke

Renal osteodystrophy: management of hypophosphataemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1733; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.8.1733 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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