Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Jürgen Schnermann

Cyclooxygenase-2 and macula densa control of renin secretion
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1735-1738; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1735 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ziad A. Massy and Carlos Guijarro

Statins: effects beyond cholesterol lowering
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1738-1741; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1738 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan T. Kielstein, Jürgen C. Frölich, Hermann Haller, and Danilo Fliser

ADMA (asymmetric dimethylarginine): an atherosclerotic disease mediating agent in patients with renal disease?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1742-1745; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1742 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai-Uwe Eckardt

After 15 years of success—perspectives of erythropoietin therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1745-1749; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1745 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeroen P. Kooman, Frank M. van der Sande, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Kt/V: finding the tree within the woods
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1749-1752; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1749 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chérif Badid, Alexis Desmouliere, and Maurice Laville

Mycophenolate mofetil: implications for the treatment of glomerular disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1752-1756; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1752 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julio Pascual, Roberto Marcén, and Joaquín Ortuño

Anti-interleukin-2 receptor antibodies: basiliximab and daclizumab
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1756-1760; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1756 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Notes:

Jürgen Bommer

Long-term experience with Thomas shunt
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1761-1762; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1761 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerhard Krönung

Long-term experience with the Thomas Shunt
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1762-1763; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1762 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

E. Nigel Wardle

Nuclear factor B for the nephrologist
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1764-1768; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1764 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Benito A. Yard, Emmanuel Chorianopoulos, Dieter Herr, and Fokko J. van der Woude

Regulation of endothelin-1 and transforming growth factor-ß1 production in cultured proximal tubular cells by albumin and heparan sulphate glycosaminoglycans
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1769-1775; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1769 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Satoru Tsunoda, Hideaki Yamabe, Hiroshi Osawa, Mitsuaki Kaizuka, Kenichi Shirato, and Ken Okumura

Cultured rat glomerular epithelial cells show gene expression and production of transforming growth factor-ß: expression is enhanced by thrombin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1776-1782; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1776 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Itaru Ebihara, Kouichi Hirayama, Satoshi Yamamoto, Kaori Muro, Kunihiro Yamagata, and Akio Koyama

Th2 predominance at the single-cell level in patients with IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1783-1789; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1783 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Praga, Eduardo Hernández, Enrique Morales, Ana Pérez Campos, María Angeles Valero, Miguel Angel Martínez, and Miguel León

Clinical features and long-term outcome of obesity-associated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1790-1798; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1790 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cheol Whee Park, Young Shin Shin, Seog Ju Ahn, Suk Young Kim, Eui Jin Choi, Yoon Sik Chang, and Byung Kee Bang

Thyroxine treatment induces upregulation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system due to decreasing effective plasma volume in patients with primary myxoedema
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1799-1806; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1799 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giancarlo Barbano, Francesca Cappa, Ignazia Prigione, Vito Pistoia, Amnon Cohen, Sabrina Chiesa, Rosanna Gusmano, and Francesco Perfumo

Plasma levels of soluble CD30 are increased in children with chronic renal failure and with primary growth deficiency and decrease during treatment with recombination human growth hormone
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1807-1813; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1807 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Carlos Martins Castro, João Egidio Romão, Jr, and Marcello Marcondes

Measurement of blood urea concentration during haemodialysis is not an accurate method to determine equilibrated post-dialysis urea concentration
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1814-1817; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1814 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Süleyman Türk, Giray Karalezli, Halil Zeki Tonbul, Mustafa Yildiz, Lutfullah Altintepe, Alaattin Yildiz, and Mehdi Yeksan

Erectile dysfunction and the effects of sildenafil treatment in patients on haemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1818-1822; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1818 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jenny M. Cross, Ann Donald, Patrick J. Vallance, John E. Deanfield, Robin G. Woolfson, and Raymond J. MacAllister

Dialysis improves endothelial function in humans
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1823-1829; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1823 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Müller-Steinhardt, Norman Kock, Christoph Härtel, Holger Kirchner, and Jürgen Steinhoff

Production of monokines in patients under polysulphone haemodiafiltration is influenced by the ultrafiltration flow rate
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1830-1837; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1830 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Akihiko Kato, Mari Odamaki, Takako Takita, Mitsuyoshi Furuhashi, Yukitaka Maruyama, and Akira Hishida

High blood soluble receptor p80 for tumour necrosis factor- is associated with erythropoietin resistance in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1838-1844; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1838 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francisco Coronel, José A. Herrero, Pablo Mateos, María L. Illescas, Jaime Torrente, and María J. del Valle

Long-term experience with the Thomas shunt, the forgotten permanent vascular access for haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1845-1849; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1845 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gert De Schoenmakere, Raymond Vanholder, Sylvie Rottey, Philippe Duym, and Norbert Lameire

Relationship between gastric emptying and clinical and biochemical factors in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1850-1855; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1850 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kinya Hiroshige, Toshiyo Sonta, Takeshi Suda, Kaori Kanegae, and Akira Ohtani

Oral supplementation of branched-chain amino acid improves nutritional status in elderly patients on chronic haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1856-1862; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1856 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helmut Schiffl, Susanne M. Lang, Diana Stratakis, and Rainald Fischer

Effects of ultrapure dialysis fluid on nutritional status and inflammatory parameters
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1863-1869; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1863 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nobuo Nagano, Sonoe Miyata, Sachiko Obana, Masako Ozai, Nami Kobayashi, Naoshi Fukushima, Steven K. Burke, and Michihito Wada

Sevelamer hydrochloride (Renagel^®), a non-calcaemic phosphate binder, arrests parathyroid gland hyperplasia in rats with progressive chronic renal insufficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1870-1878; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1870 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David W. Johnson, Karen A. Herzig, Ruth Gissane, Scott B. Campbell, Carmel M. Hawley, and Nicole M. Isbel

A prospective crossover trial comparing intermittent intravenous and continuous oral iron supplements in peritoneal dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1879-1884; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1879 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James F. Medcalf, John Walls, Izabella Z. A. Pawluczyk, and Kevin P. G. Harris

Effects of glucose dialysate on extracellular matrix production by human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMC): the role of TGF-ß
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1885-1892; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1885 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Çetin Özener, Azra Bihorac, and Emel Akoglu

Technical survival of CAPD catheters: comparison between percutaneous and conventional surgical placement techniques
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1893-1899; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1893 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uday D. Patil, Ashok Ragavan, Nadaraj, Keshava Murthy, Ravi Shankar, Bahar Bastani, and Sudarshan H. Ballal

Helical CT angiography in evaluation of live kidney donors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1900-1904; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1900 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christine Staatz, Paul Taylor, and Susan Tett

Low tacrolimus concentrations and increased risk of early acute rejection in adult renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1905-1909; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1905 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

E. Mary Thompson and David J. Evans

Association of mesangial IgM with IgM deposits in the macula densa: an indication of non-specific macromolecule transport rather than immune reactant?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1910-1913; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1910 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Basile, Rosa Giordano, Alessio Montanaro, Pasquale De Maio, Francesco De Padova, Anna Lisa Marangi, and Angelo Semeraro

Effect of acetate-free biofiltration on the anaemia of haemodialysis patients: a prospective cross-over study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1914-1919; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1914 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Reports:

Anders Åsberg, Anders Hartmann, Ellen Fjeldså, and Hallvard Holdaas

Atorvastatin improves endothelial function in renal-transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1920-1924; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1920 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Note:

Catherine M. Clase, Michael W. St Pierre, and David N. Churchill

Conversion between bromcresol green- and bromcresol purple-measured albumin in renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1925-1929; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1925 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Mehmet Bülbül, Özlem Erdogan, Gülay Demircin, Buket Altuntas, Leyla Memis, and Ayse Öner

Acute pancreatitis in a patient with partial lipodystrophy and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1930-1931; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1930 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pascal Meier, Eric Dayer, Robert Lemoine, and Edouard Blanc

Henoch-Schönlein purpura with IgG PR3-ANCA in a PiZZ alpha 1-antitrypsin deficient patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1932-1935; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1932 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William McKane, Christina A. Green, and Ken Farrington

Porphyria cutanea tarda precipitated by intravenous iron in a haemodialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1936-1938; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1936 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Interesting Cases:

Clive L. Hall and Danielle S. Peat

Light chain deposit disease: a frequent cause of diagnostic difficulty
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1939-1941; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1939 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Ahlke Strassburg, Eckart Schirg, and Jochen H. H. Ehrich

A child with polycystic kidney disease: do we have to care about associated malformations?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1942-1944; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1942 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

Mohammed Javeed Ansari, Ajay Kumar, and John Turney

Light from the renal biopsy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1945-1946; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1945 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Brause, M. Cohnen, U. Helmchen, and B. Grabensee

Diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension and hilar adenopathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1947-1948; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1947 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Hinrich Bräsen, Ulrich Thiel, Wolfgang Schneider, and Ursula Göbel

Just another urinary tract infection?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1949-1951; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1949 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

P. Giri and J. E. Taylor

Recurrent Goodpasture's disease with severe renal involvement after initial successful treatment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1952; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1952 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulla Berg

Acute renal failure in the nephrotic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1952-1953; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1952-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Odou, R. Azar, M. Luyckx, C. Brunet, and T. Dine

A hypothesis for endogenous opioid peptides in uraemic pruritus: role of enkephalin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1953-1954; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1953 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter J. Garrett, Linda Stewart, Joyce Leary, and Terence R. J. Lappin

Differential manipulation of the renin angiotensin system and epoietin requirements in maintenance haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1954-1955; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1954 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Biju John, Hameed Kannu Indiramma Anijeet, and Rasheed Ahmad

Anaphylactic reaction during haemodialysis on AN69 membrane in a patient receiving angiotensin II receptor antagonist
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1955-1956; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1955 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lynne Senécal and Martine Leblanc

Olecranon bursitis in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1956-1957; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1956 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Basile and Francesco De Padova

Comparison of peritonitis incidence in CAPD and automated peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1957-1958; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1957 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eberhard Ritz and Olaf Hergesell

Tumour-like calcinosis causing reversible tetraparesis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1958; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1958 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fatihi El Mustafa, Niang Abdou, Ramdani Benyounes, Benghanem Gharbi Mohamed, Zahiri Khalid, Hachem Fateen, Hachim Khadija, and Zaid Driss

Laryngeal tuberculosis with tongue involvement in a renal transplant recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1958-1959; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1958-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Josefiak, W. Arns, F. Merkel, and M. Weber

Pseudomembraneous colitis under therapy with mycophenolate mofetil following pancreas–kidney double transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1959-1960; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1959 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Announcement:

2nd Postgraduate Training Course of the European Renal Association in cooperation with the Postgraduate Medical School and the Czech Society of Nephrology, Prague, Czech Republic, January 21–25, 2002
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1961; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1961 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1962-1963; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1962 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Ilona R. Shilliday and Marjorie E. M. Allison

Intraplatelet calcium levels in patients with acute renal failure before and after the administration of loop diuretics
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1964; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.9.1964 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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