Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Allison A. Eddy

Proteinuria and interstitial injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 277-281; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg533 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jürgen W. C. Dieker, Johan van der Vlag, and Jo H. M. Berden

Deranged removal of apoptotic cells: its role in the genesis of lupus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 282-285; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg485 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlos Caramelo, M^a. Victoria Alvarez-Arroyo, Susana Yagüe, Yusuke Suzuki, M^a. Angeles Castilla, Lara Velasco, F. Roman Gonzalez-Pacheco, and Alberto Tejedor

Cyclosporin A toxicity, and more: vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) steps forward
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 285-288; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg516 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Locatelli, Pedro Aljama, Peter Barany, Bernard Canaud, Fernando Carrera, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Iain C. Macdougall, Alison Macleod, Walter H. Hörl, Andrzej Wiecek, and Stewart Cameron

Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and antibody-mediated pure red-cell aplasia: here are we now and where do we go from here?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 288-293; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg489 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tony Bouré and Raymond Vanholder

Which dialyser membrane to choose?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 293-296; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg508 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dirk R. J. Kuypers and Yves F. C. Vanrenterghem

Monoclonal antibodies in renal transplantation: old and new
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 297-300; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg555 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review:

Helmut Reichel, Martin Zeier, and Eberhard Ritz

Proteinuria after renal transplantation: pathogenesis and management
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 301-305; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh002 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinions:

Luc Turmel-Rodrigues

Stenosis and thrombosis in haemodialysis fistulae and grafts: the radiologist's point of view
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 306-308; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg503 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Volker Mickley

Stenosis and thrombosis in haemodialysis fistulae and grafts: the surgeon's point of view
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 309-311; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg504 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Su-Kil Park, Won Seok Yang, Nam Jung Han, Sang Koo Lee, Hanjong Ahn, In Kyu Lee, Joong Yeol Park, Ki-Up Lee, and Jae Dam Lee

Dexamethasone regulates AP-1 to repress TNF- induced MCP-1 production in human glomerular endothelial cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 312-319; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg583 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tanya M. Osicka, Kimberley J. Strong, David J. Nikolic-Paterson, Robert C. Atkins, George Jerums, and Wayne D. Comper

Renal processing of serum proteins in an albumin-deficient environment: an in vivo study of glomerulonephritis in the Nagase analbuminaemic rat
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 320-328; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg226 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dirk Lebrecht, Bernhard Setzer, Rolf Rohrbach, and Ulrich A. Walker

Mitochondrial DNA and its respiratory chain products are defective in doxorubicin nephrosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 329-336; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg564 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mai Ots, Julia L. Troy, Helmut G. Rennke, Harald S. Mackenzie, and Barry M. Brenner

Impact of the supplementation of kidney mass on blood pressure and progression of kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 337-341; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg549 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerd Luippold, Martina Beilharz, and Bernd Mühlbauer

Chronic renal denervation prevents glomerular hyperfiltration in diabetic rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 342-347; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg584 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David A. Vesey, Catherine Cheung, Betty Pat, Zoltan Endre, Glenda Gobé, and David W. Johnson

Erythropoietin protects against ischaemic acute renal injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 348-355; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg547 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark A. Little, Latiff Nazar, and Ken Farrington

Outcome in glomerulonephritis due to systemic small vessel vasculitis: effect of functional status and non-vasculitic co-morbidity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 356-364; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg551 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Richard Kitching, Paul Hutchinson, Robert C. Atkins, and Stephen R. Holdsworth

The role of flow cytometric ANCA detection in screening for acute pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 365-370; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg553 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chairat Shayakul, Petr Jarolim, Marie Zachlederova, Daniel Prabakaran, Dionisio Cortez-Campeao, Dana Kalabova, Alan K. Stuart-Tilley, Hiroshi Ideguchi, Christlieb Haller, and Seth L. Alper

Characterization of a highly polymorphic marker adjacent to the SLC4A1 gene and of kidney immunostaining in a family with distal renal tubular acidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 371-379; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg557 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masao Toyoda, Daisuke Suzuki, Tomoya Umezono, Goro Uehara, Mayumi Maruyama, Masashi Honma, Takako Sakai, and Hideto Sakai

Expression of human nephrin mRNA in diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 380-385; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg545 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heidi Hannon, Corinne Isnard Bagnis, Yves Benhamou, Hélène Beaufils, Mark Sullivan, Carol Brosgart, Hassan Izzedine, Thierry Poynard, and Gilbert Deray

The renal tolerance of low-dose adefovir dipivoxil by lamivudine-resistant individuals co-infected with hepatitis B and HIV
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 386-390; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg505 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Javed Butler, Charles Emerman, W. Frank Peacock, Vandana S. Mathur, and James B. Young

The efficacy and safety of B-type natriuretic peptide (nesiritide) in patients with renal insufficiency and acutely decompensated congestive heart failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 391-399; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg558 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanna Q. Hudson, Thomas J. Comstock, and George M. Feldman

Evaluation of an in vitro dialysis system to predict drug removal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 400-405; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg550 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stewart H. Lambie, Maarten W. Taal, Richard J. Fluck, and Christopher W. McIntyre

Analysis of factors associated with variability in haemodialysis adequacy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 406-412; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg570 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dana C. Miskulin, Alice A. Martin, Richard Brown, Nancy E. Fink, Josef Coresh, Neil R. Powe, Philip G. Zager, Klemens B. Meyer, and Andrew S. Levey

Predicting 1 year mortality in an outpatient haemodialysis population: a comparison of comorbidity instruments
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 413-420; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg571 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ernesto Rodriguez Ayala, Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Olof Heimbürger, Bengt Lindholm, Louise Nordfors, and Peter Stenvinkel

Associations between plasma ghrelin levels and body composition in end-stage renal disease: a longitudinal study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 421-426; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg559 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abdulla K. Salahudeen, Erwin H. Fleischmann, John D. Bower, and John E. Hall

Underweight rather than overweight is associated with higher prevalence of hypertension: BP vs BMI in haemodialysis population
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 427-432; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg523 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne Wauters, Willy E. Peetermans, Paul Van den Brande, Bart De Moor, Pieter Evenepoel, Hilde Keuleers, Dirk Kuypers, Koen Stas, Johan Vanwalleghem, Yves Vanrenterghem, and Bart D. Maes

The value of tuberculin skin testing in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 433-438; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg569 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandrine Cappellesso, Jean-François Valentin, Bruno Giraudeau, Marie-Denise Boulanger, Azmi Al Najjar, Mathias Büchler, Jean-Michel Halimi, Hubert Nivet, Pierre Bardos, Yvon Lebranchu, and Hervé Watier

Association of donor TNFRSF6 (FAS) gene polymorphism with acute rejection in renal transplant patients: a case-control study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 439-443; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg548 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Higgins, Karam Ramaiyan, Tanaji Dasgupta, Hemali Kanji, Simon Fletcher, For Lam, and Habib Kashi

Hyponatraemia and hyperkalaemia are more frequent in renal transplant recipients treated with tacrolimus than with cyclosporin. Further evidence for differences between cyclosporin and tacrolimus nephrotoxicities
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 444-450; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg515 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications:

Ludwig Kramer, Edith Bauer, Martin Jansen, Daniela Reiter, Kurt Derfler, and Andreas Schaffer

Mercury exposure in protein A immunoadsorption
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 451-456; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg554 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shih-Ping Hsu, Mei-Fen Pai, Yu-Sen Peng, Chin-Kang Chiang, Tai-I Ho, and Kuan-Yu Hung

Serum uric acid levels show a ‘J-shaped’ association with all-cause mortality in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 457-462; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg563 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Note:

Joris Penders, Tom Fiers, Annemieke M. Dhondt, Geert Claeys, and Joris R. Delanghe

Automated flow cytometry analysis of peritoneal dialysis fluid
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 463-468; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg552 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Pieter Evenepoel, Miranda Zeegers, Siegfried Segaert, Kathleen Claes, Dirk Kuypers, Bart Maes, Patrick Flamen, Sabine Fransis, and Yves Vanrenterghem

Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy: a novel, disabling disorder in patients with renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 469-473; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg506 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shin-ichi Takeda, Joji Haratake, Takahiko Kasai, Chikako Takaeda, and Eisuke Takazakura

IgG4-associated idiopathic tubulointerstitial nephritis complicating autoimmune pancreatitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 474-476; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg477 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aoife Brennan, Kieran A. O'Connor, William D. Plant, and Domhnaill J. O'Halloran

Nephrotic syndrome: cause of an abnormal response to the rapid ACTH stimulation test
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 477-478; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg491 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremy S. Duffield, Susan Mann, Lichel Horn, and Robin J. Winney

Low-dose cyclosporin therapy for recombinant erythropoietin-induced pure red-cell aplasia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 479-481; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg535 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Lian, William Mulley, Kathleen Kan, Duncan MacGregor, Andrew Tosolini, and Francesco Ierino

Nephrotic range proteinuria in a renal transplant associated with oncocytoma of the native kidney
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 482-485; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg526 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai Chung Tse, Tak Mao Chan, Samson Sai-Yin Wong, Kwok Wah Chan, Man Fai Lam, Kingsley Hau-Ngai Chan, Fu Keung Li, Bo Ying Choy, and Kar Neng Lai

Granulomatous interstitial nephritis of the allograft kidney associated with rhodococcal pulmonary infection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 486-490; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg511 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mukesh Khandelwal, Brendan B. McCormick, Ginette Lajoie, Joan Sweet, Edward Cole, and Daniel C. Cattran

Recurrence of anti-GBM disease 8 years after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 491-494; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg393 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Nitin Kolhe, Mark Downes, Patrick O'Donnell, Susan Szackas, and Paul Stevens

Renal artery dissection secondary to medial hyperplasia presenting as loin pain haematuria syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 495-497; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg496 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Antonella Sargiotto, Massimo Gai, Giovanni Cacace, Elisabetta Mezza, Maura Rossetti, Francesca Bermond, Giorgio Soragna, Alberto Jeantet, Giacomo Lanfranco, Giuseppe Picciotto, and Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni

Renal functional assessment in the failing renal graft: what to do where clearances show discrepancy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 498-501; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg456 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Mohamed Iqubal, George T. John, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, and Chakko K. Jacob

Abdominal gas is not always bowel associated: lessons from an allograft recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 503-504; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg465 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Kai Ming Chow, Cheuk Chun Szeto, Angela Yee-Moon Wang, and Philip Kam-Tao Li

Uraemic tumoural calcinosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 505-506; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg546 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obituaries:

Christopher R. Blagg

Belding H. Scribner MD, 1921–2003
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 507-508; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg529 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles M. Mion and Bernard Charra

A tribute to Belding H. Scribner
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 509-510; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg530 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Tanya M. Osicka, Kimberley J. Strong, David J. Nikolic-Paterson, Robert C. Atkins, and Wayne D. Comper

Albumin and glomerular permselectivity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 511-512; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg607 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Kirchgatterer, Herbert Lugmayr, Gerold Aspöck, Manfred Wallner, and Peter Knoflach

Renal infarction due to combination of fibromuscular dysplasia and factor V Leiden mutation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 512-513; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg536 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Saurina, Matilde Chiné, Miquel Fulquet, Manel Ramírez de Arellano, Mónica Pou, Rosa Borrallo, and Xavier de las Cuevas

Acute intratubular obstructive renal failure after ampicillin treatment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 513; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg588 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miguel Simon, Elsa Baumeister, Ana M. Campos, Vilma Savy, Ricardo Martinez, Jamie Perez Loredo, and Roberto D. Rabinovich

Measles susceptibility in haemodialysis patients in Argentina
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 514; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg534 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miguel-Angel Guillen-Anaya and Michel Jadoul

Drug interaction between sevelamer and cyclosporin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 515; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg522 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Kyriazis, Vasilios Pikounis, and Nikolaos Smirnioudis

Use of the QTc interval and QTc dispersion in patients on haemodialysis: assessment of reproducibility
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 516-517; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg587 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
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