Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Tony Raine Memorial Lecture:

Gérard M. London, Sylvain J. Marchais, Alain P. Guerin, Fabien Metivier, and Hassan Adda

Arterial structure and function in end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1713-1724; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1713 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Vincent L. M. Esnault

Apoptosis: the central actor in the three hits that trigger anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-related systemic vasculitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1725-1728; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1725 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Woywodt, Ferdinand H. Bahlmann, Kirsten de Groot, Hermann Haller, and Marion Haubitz

Circulating endothelial cells: life, death, detachment and repair of the endothelial cell layer
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1728-1730; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1728 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William G. Goodman, Isidro B. Salusky, and Harald Jüppner

New lessons from old assays: parathyroid hormone (PTH), its receptors, and the potential biological relevance of PTH fragments
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1731-1736; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1731 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Adrian Covic and David Goldsmith

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: an essential tool for blood pressure assessment in uraemic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1737-1741; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1737 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Karl-Georg Fischer, Nils Jonas, Florian Poschenrieder, Clemens Cohen, Matthias Kretzler, Stefan Greiber, and Hermann Pavenstädt

Characterization of a Na⁺–Ca²⁺ exchanger in podocytes
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1742-1750; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1742 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mustafa Arici, Jeremy Brown, Matthew Williams, Kevin P. G. Harris, John Walls, and Nigel J. Brunskill

Fatty acids carried on albumin modulate proximal tubular cell fibronectin production: a role for protein kinase C
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1751-1757; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1751 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erwin H. Fleischmann, Markus P. Schlaich, Bernhard M. W. Schmidt, Sebastian Oehmer, and Roland E. Schmieder

Hypercholesterolaemia and treatment with statins do not alter L-arginine-induced changes of renal haemodynamics
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1758-1765; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1758 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joyce M. Geelen, Leo A. H. Monnens, and Elena N. Levtchenko

Follow-up and treatment of adults with cystinosis in the Netherlands
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1766-1770; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1766 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lucile Mercadal, Sophie Tézenas du Montcel, Dominique Nochy, Guillaume Queffeulou, Jean-Charles Piette, Corinne Isnard-Bagnis, and Frank Martinez

Factors affecting outcome and prognosis in membranous lupus nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1771-1778; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1771 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesca Viazzi, Giovanna Leoncini, Denise Parodi, Maura Ravera, Elena Ratto, Simone Vettoretti, Cinzia Tomolillo, Massimo Del Sette, Gian Paolo Bezante, Giacomo Deferrari, and Roberto Pontremoli

Pulse pressure and subclinical cardiovascular damage in primary hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1779-1785; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1779 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sahar Kajbaf, Graham Nichol, and Deborah Zimmerman

Cancer screening and life expectancy of Canadian patients with kidney failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1786-1789; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1786 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunnar Heine, Urban Sester, Martina Sester, Jürgen E. Scherberich, Matthias Girndt, and Hans Köhler

A shift in the Th₁/Th₂ ratio accompanies the clinical remission of systemic lupus erythematosus in patients with end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1790-1794; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1790 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José E. Ventura, Norberto Tavella, Carlos Romero, Alicia Petraglia, Alvaro Báez, and León Muñoz

Aortic valve calcification is an independent factor of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients on maintenance haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1795-1801; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1795 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Wayne Johnson, Robert MacGinley, Troy David Kay, Carmel Mary Hawley, Scott Bryan Campbell, Nicole Maree Isbel, and Peter Hollett

A randomized controlled trial of topical exit site mupirocin application in patients with tunnelled, cuffed haemodialysis catheters
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1802-1807; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1802 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dumitru Constantin-Teodosiu, Stephanie Young, Fiona Wellock, Anthony H. Short, Richard P. Burden, Anthony G. Morgan, and Paul L. Greenhaff

Gender and age differences in plasma carnitine, muscle strength, and exercise tolerance in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1808-1813; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1808 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helmut Schiffl, Susanne M. Lang, and Rainald Fischer

Ultrapure dialysis fluid slows loss of residual renal function in new dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1814-1818; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1814 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masahiko Tozawa, Kunitoshi Iseki, Chiho Iseki, Saori Oshiro, Yasushi Higashiuesato, Masanobu Yamazato, Nozomi Tomiyama, Takeshi Tana, and Shuichi Takishita

Analysis of drug prescription in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1819-1824; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1819 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Erwin Hermann Fleischmann, Johannes Kruppenbacher, Hans Ludwig Bock, and Manfred Weber

Active immunization against hepatitis A in dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1825-1828; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1825 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Jean-Baptiste Philit, Guillaume Queffeulou, Francine Walker, Marie Claire Gubler, Emmanuel Dupuis, François Vrtovsnik, and Françoise Mignon

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II and Niemann-Pick disease type C
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1829-1831; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1829 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Satishkumar A. Jayawardene and David J. A. Goldsmith

Rectus sheath haematomata in patients with renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1832-1835; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1832 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michiel G. H. Betjes and Dominique W. M. Verhagen

Stable improvement of renal function after initiation of highly active anti-retroviral therapy in patients with HIV-1-associated nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1836-1839; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1836 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lutz Liefeldt, Martin Buhl, Britta Schweickert, Elisabeth Engelmann, Orhan Sezer, Peter Laschinski, Lothar Preuschof, and Hans-H. Neumayer

Eradication of parvovirus B19 infection after renal transplantation requires reduction of immunosuppression and high-dose immunoglobulin therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1840-1842; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1840 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Nitin Kolhe, Mark Downes, Patrick O'Donnell, and Paul Carmichael

Dead on biopsy is not always dead
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1843-1845; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1843 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Howard Fine, Xun Zhou, Colm Magee, and Mark Denton

Diuretic resistant oedema: nailing the diagnosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1846-1848; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1846 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Paul Carmichael

Electrolyte abnormalities with a fatal implication
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1849-1851; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1849 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Charles van Ypersele de Strihou, Michel Jadoul, Marie-Carmen Muniz Martinez, Joëlle Nortier, and Jean-Louis Vanherweghem

Progression rate of Chinese herb nephropathy: impact of Aristolochia fangchi ingested dose
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1852; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1852 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miltos K. Lazarides, George S. Georgiadis, Vasilios D. Tzilalis, and Decenzio Bonucchi

Diabetes should not preclude efforts for creation of a primary radiocephalic fistula
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1852-1854; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1852-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [Request Permissions]  

Amit K. Ghosh and Massimo Sabbatini

Sleep apnoea in ESRD patients: a review of evidence
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1854; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1854 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin H. Jones, Lynn Ridley, Donald Richardson, and Lars Weiss

Which EPO dose per week?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1855; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1855 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Iain A. M. MacPhee, Susan Snowden, and Rene W. S. Chang

Immunosuppression-induced diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1856; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1856 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon D. Stratton and Paul Warwicker

Relapse of nephrotic syndrome triggered by biphosphonates
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1856-1857; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1856-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [Request Permissions]  

Vincent M. Brandenburg, Christian Kurts, Frank Eitner, Emma Hamilton-Williams, and Bernhard Heintz

Acute reversible renal failure in acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1857-1858; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1857 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bruno Cianciaruso, Serena Torraca, Giovanni Somma, Antonio Pisani, and Massimo Sabbatini

Effects of atorvastatin on renal function in patients with chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1858-1859; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1858 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ramón Peces

Anaphylactoid reaction induced by ACEI during haemodialysis with a surface-treated AN69 membrane
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1859-1860; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1859 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Junichiro J. Kazama, Hitoshi Kato, Tetsuhiko Sato, Takashi Shigematsu, Masafumi Fukagawa, Yoshiko Iwasaki, and Fumitake Gejyo

Circulating osteoprotegerin is not removed through haemodialysis membrane
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1860-1861; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1860 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Ronald M. Schaefer, Markus Teschner, and Markus Kosch

Folate metabolism in renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1862; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1862 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1863-1865; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.10.1863 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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