Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Yusuke Suzuki, Marta Ruiz-Ortega, Carmen Gomez-Guerrero, Yasuhiko Tomino, and Jesus Egido

Angiotensin II, the immune system and renal diseases: another road for RAS?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1423-1426; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg223 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mogher Khamaisi, Bieke F. Schrijvers, An S. De Vriese, Itamar Raz, and Allan Flyvbjerg

The emerging role of VEGF in diabetic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1427-1430; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg242 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew J. Peniket, Timothy J. Littlewood, and Christopher G. Winearls

The radical treatment of paraprotein disorders affecting the kidney
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1431-1434; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg187 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen G. Rostand

Oligonephronia, primary hypertension and renal disease: ‘is the child father to the man?’
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1434-1438; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg259 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Tepel

Oxidative stress: does it play a role in the genesis of essential hypertension and hypertension of uraemia?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1439-1442; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg201 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xiaoyan Zhou and Edward D. Frohlich

Ageing, hypertension and the kidney: new data on an old problem
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1442-1445; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg193 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adeera Levin

The advantage of a uniform terminology and staging system for chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1446-1451; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg241 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Jan Galle and Stefan Seibold

Has the time come to use antioxidant therapy in uraemic patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1452-1455; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg212 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinions:

Volker Homuth, Ralf Dechend, and Friedrich C. Luft

When should pregnant women with an elevated blood pressure be treated?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1456-1457; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg264 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Mai-Szu Wu, Chih-Wei Yang, Chiz-Tzuang Chang, Marcelle Bens, and Alain Vandewalle

Cyclosporin increases the density of angiotensin II subtype 1 (AT₁) receptors in mouse medullary thick ascending limb cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1458-1465; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg180 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Warren Pickering, Mai-Kim Cheng, Jeremy Brown, Heather Butler, John Walls, and Alan Bevington

Stimulation of protein degradation by low pH in L6G8C5 skeletal muscle cells is independent of apoptosis but dependent on differentiation state
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1466-1474; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg227 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Warren P. Pickering, Frease E. Baker, Jeremy Brown, Heather L. Butler, Sheena Govindji, Julie M. Parsons, Izabella Z. A. Pawluczyk, John Walls, and Alan Bevington

Glucocorticoid antagonist RU38486 fails to block acid-induced muscle wasting in vivo or in vitro
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1475-1484; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg203 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thi Danh Vuong, Branko Braam, Nel Willekes-Koolschijn, Peter Boer, Hein A. Koomans, and Jaap A. Joles

Hypoalbuminaemia enhances the renal vasoconstrictor effect of lysophosphatidylcholine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1485-1492; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg238 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Benjamin Dekel, Sharon Biton, Gil M. Yerushalmi, Rom T. Altstock, Leonid Mittelman, Donna Faletto, Nechama I. Smordinski, and Ilan Tsarfaty

In situ activation pattern of Met docking site following renal injury and hypertrophy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1493-1504; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg215 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gheun-Ho Kim, Ki Young Na, So-Young Kim, Kwon Wook Joo, Yoon Kyu Oh, Seoung-Wan Chae, Hitoshi Endou, and Jin Suk Han

Up-regulation of organic anion transporter 1 protein is induced by chronic furosemide or hydrochlorothiazide infusion in rat kidney
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1505-1511; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg186 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Markus P. Schneider, Arnfried U. Klingbeil, Christian Delles, Bernhard M. W. Schmidt, Stefan John, and Roland E. Schmieder

Vitamin C augments the renal response to L-arginine in smokers
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1512-1517; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg195 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorenzo A. Calò, Elisa Pagnin, Paul A. Davis, Michelangelo Sartori, and Andrea Semplicini

Oxidative stress-related factors in Bartter’s and Gitelman’s syndromes: relevance for angiotensin II signalling
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1518-1525; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg204 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zhi-Hong Liu, Shu-Fen Chen, Hong Zhou, Hui-Ping Chen, and Lei-Shi Li

Glomerular expression of C-C chemokines in different types of human crescentic glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1526-1534; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg172 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dariusz Moczulski, Hanna Fojcik, Ewa Zukowska-Szczechowska, Ilona Szydlowska, and Wladyslaw Grzeszczak

Effects of the C677T and A1298C polymorphisms of the MTHFR gene on the genetic predisposition for diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1535-1540; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg211 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin C. Geddes, Virpi Rauta, Carola Gronhagen-Riska, Lukasz P. Bartosik, Alan G. Jardine, Lloyd S. Ibels, York Pei, and Daniel C. Cattran

A tricontinental view of IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1541-1548; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric L. Knight, Meir J. Stampfer, Eric B. Rimm, Susan E. Hankinson, and Gary C. Curhan

Moderate alcohol intake and renal function decline in women: a prospective study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1549-1554; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg228 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen P. McDonald, Graeme P. Maguire, and Wendy E. Hoy

Renal function and cardiovascular risk markers in a remote Australian Aboriginal community
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1555-1561; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg199 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Florian Wimmer, Wilhelm Oberaigner, Reinhard Kramar, and Gert Mayer

Regional variability in the incidence of end-stage renal disease: an epidemiological approach
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1562-1567; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edmund Cauza, Josef Kletzmaier, Gert Bodlaj, Attila Dunky, Wolfgang Herrmann, and Karam Kostner

Relationship of non-LDL-bound apo(a), urinary apo(a) fragments and plasma Lp(a) in patients with impaired renal function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1568-1572; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg181 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annette Bruchfeld, Karin Lindahl, Lars Ståhle, Magnus Söderberg, and Robert Schvarcz

Interferon and ribavirin treatment in patients with hepatitis C-associated renal disease and renal insufficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1573-1580; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg209 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabor E. Linthorst, Carla E. M. Hollak, Johanna C. Korevaar, Jeanette G. van Manen, Johannes M. F. G. Aerts, and Els W. Boeschoten

-Galactosidase A deficiency in Dutch patients on dialysis: a critical appraisal of screening for Fabry disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1581-1584; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg194 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lynda Anne Szczech, Donal N. Reddan, Preston S. Klassen, Joseph Coladonato, Benjamin Chua, Edmund G. Lowrie, J. Michael Lazarus, and William F. Owen, Jr

Interactions between dialysis-related volume exposures, nutritional surrogates and mortality among ESRD patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1585-1591; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg225 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Galli, Lina Ghibelli, Umberto Buoncristiani, Valeria Bordoni, Vincenzo D’Intini, Serena Benedetti, Franco Canestrari, Claudio Ronco, and Ardesio Floridi

Mononuclear leukocyte apoptosis in haemodialysis patients: the role of cell thiols and vitamin E
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1592-1600; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg210 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Noriyuki Sakata, Akiko Noma, Yuji Yamamoto, Kouji Okamoto, Jing Meng, Shigeo Takebayashi, Ryoji Nagai, and Seikoh Horiuchi

Modification of elastin by pentosidine is associated with the calcification of aortic media in patients with end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1601-1609; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg200 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grahame N. I. Wood, Brian Keevil, Jaya Gupta, Robert Foley, Abdalla Bubtana, Garry McDowell, and Peter Ackrill

Serum troponin T measurement in patients with chronic renal impairment predicts survival and vascular disease: a 2 year prospective study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1610-1615; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg198 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johannes Donauer, Christoph Schweiger, Brigitta Rumberger, Bernd Krumme, and Joachim Böhler

Reduction of hypotensive side effects during online-haemodiafiltration and low temperature haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1616-1622; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg206 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazuo Ota, Tadao Akizawa, Yoshihei Hirasawa, Tetsuzo Agishi, and Noriaki Matsui

Effects of argatroban as an anticoagulant for haemodialysis in patients with antithrombin III deficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1623-1630; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg320 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiroshi Kaneda, Fumika Kaneda, Kyutaro Shimoyamada, Shinichiroh Sakai, and Mitsuo Takahashi

Repeated femoral vein puncturing for maintenance haemodialysis vascular access
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1631-1638; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg205 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunnar H. Heine, Matthias Girndt, Urban Sester, and Hans Köhler

No rise in renal Doppler resistance indices at peak serum levels of cyclosporin A in stable kidney transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1639-1643; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg197 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Maria E. Ostermann and Stephen R. Nelson

Haemodialysis patients’ views on their resuscitation status
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1644-1647; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg266 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Griet Glorieux, Norbert Lameire, Wim Van Biesen, Clement Dequidt, and Raymond Vanholder

Specific characteristics of peritoneal leucocyte populations during sterile peritonitis associated with icodextrin CAPD fluids
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1648-1653; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg202 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dany Anglicheau, Alexandre Lautrette, Catherine Scieux, Martin Flamant, Frédéric Morinet, and Christophe Legendre

Efficacy and safety of lowering immunosuppression to treat CMV infection in renal transplant recipients on valaciclovir prophylaxis: a pilot study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1654-1656; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg251 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Minhtri K. Nguyen and Ira Kurtz

An unusual case of pseudohyperkalaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1657-1659; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg224 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Georg Fritz, Christoph Barner, Ralf Schindler, Willehad Boemke, and Konrad Falke

Amoxicillin-induced acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1660-1662; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg236 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anaïs Vallet-Pichard, Jean-Philippe Rerolle, Hélène Fontaine, Frédérique Larousserie, Marie-Noëlle Peraldi, Henri Kreis, and Stanislas Pol

Veno-occlusive disease of the liver in renal transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1663-1666; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg222 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Cae Tolman

An unusual case of unresponsiveness post-renal transplant
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1667-1669; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg214 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Gunnar Wichmann, Jens Passauer, Rainer Fischer, Matthias Weise, and Peter Gross

A young patient with end-stage renal disease, dyspnoea, weakness, peripheral neuropathy and an unsuspected underlying disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1670-1672; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg208 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Manuel Schiff, Bernadette Parchoux, and Pierre Cochat

Ear and kidney malformations with renal failure in an infant: what is the link?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1673-1674; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg235 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Manuel Burdese, Lorenzo Repetto, Fedele Lasaponara, Jochen Maass, Daniela Bergamo, Elisabetta Mezza, Alberto Jeantet, Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni, and Giorgina Barbara Piccoli

The deceiving image: asymptomatic renal malakoplakia in a patient with chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1675-1676; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg138 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Tycho Vuurmans, Hein Koomans, and Peter Boer

Is coating of tubing required when endothelin-1 is infused intravenously?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1677-1678; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg174 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rahul Kohli, Sanjeev Gulati, Aditya Kapoor, and Shivendra Singh

Cardiac tamponade: an unusual complication of Plasmodium falciparum-induced acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1678-1679; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg175 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Dolores Sánchez de la Nieta, Francisco Rivera, Miguel De la Torre, Roberto Alcázar, Guadalupe Caparrós, Maria Paz Alcaide, Carmen Vozmediano, and Antonio Sánchez

Acute renal failure and oligohydramnios induced by magnesium dypirone (metamizol) in a pregnant woman
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1679-1680; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg240 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacek Borawski, Beata Naumnik, and Michal Mysliwiec

Striking increase in circulating hepatocyte growth factor during enoxaparin-anticoagulated haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1680-1682; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg217 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isabel Quiroga, Srikanth P. Reddy, Shantanau Bhattacharjya, and Christopher R. Darby

Tenckhoff catheters: the pull technique
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1682; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg173 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review:

Tilman B. Drueke

Optimal Treatment Strategies in End-Stage Renal Failure. Claude Jacobs (editor), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2002
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1683; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg155 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Ziad A. Massy, Didier Borderie, Thao Nguyen-Khoa, Tilman B. Drüeke, Ohvanesse G. Ekindjian, and Bernard Lacour

Increased plasma S-nitrosothiol levels in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1684; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg382 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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