Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Special Feature:

Tilman B. Drüeke and Norbert Lameire

Report from the Editorial Office
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1-5; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh634 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Locatelli, Umberto Buoncristiani, Bernard Canaud, Hans Köhler, Thierry Petitclerc, and Pietro Zucchelli

Haemodialysis with on-line monitoring equipment: tools or toys?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 22-33; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh555 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Frans A. van Nieuwenhoven, Louise J. N. Jensen, Allan Flyvbjerg, and Roel Goldschmeding

Imbalance of growth factor signalling in diabetic kidney disease: is connective tissue growth factor (CTGF, CCN2) the perfect intervention point?
NDT Advance Access published on November 16, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 6-10; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh570 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. C. Mendelssohn

Coping with the CKD epidemic: the promise of multidisciplinary team-based care
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 10-12; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh636 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans-Peter Marti and Felix J. Frey

Nephrotoxicity of rapamycin: an emerging problem in clinical medicine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 13-15; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh639 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review:

Mohamed E. Suliman, Peter Bárány, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Bengt Lindholm, and Peter Stenvinkel

Homocysteine in uraemia—a puzzling and conflicting story
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 16-21; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh447 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Bernard Cohen, Jacqueline M. Smits, Bernadette Haase, Guido Persijn, Yves Vanrenterghem, and Ulrich Frei

Expanding the donor pool to increase renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 34-41; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh506 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Tokuyuki Kitahara, Keiju Hiromura, Hidekazu Ikeuchi, Shin Yamashita, Satsuki Kobayashi, Takashi Kuroiwa, Yoriaki Kaneko, Kazue Ueki, and Yoshihisa Nojima

Mesangial cells stimulate differentiation of endothelial cells to form capillary-like networks in a three-dimensional culture system
NDT Advance Access published on November 16, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 42-49; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh572 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christudas Morais, Justin Westhuyzen, Pat Metharom, and Helen Healy

High molecular weight plasma proteins induce apoptosis and Fas/FasL expression in human proximal tubular cells
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 50-58; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh561 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mieneke Rook, A. Titia Lely, Andrea B. Kramer, Harry van Goor, and Gerjan Navis

Individual differences in renal ACE activity in healthy rats predict susceptibility to adriamycin-induced renal damage
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 59-64; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh579 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shai Efrati, Michael Averbukh, Sylvia Berman, Leonid Feldman, Victor Dishy, Leonid Kachko, Joshua Weissgarten, Ahuva Golik, and Zhan Averbukh

N-Acetylcysteine ameliorates lithium-induced renal failure in rats
NDT Advance Access published on November 16, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 65-70; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh573 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sabine Leh, Øyvind Vaagnes, Solomon B. Margolin, Bjarne M. Iversen, and Terje Forslund

Pirfenidone and candesartan ameliorate morphological damage in mild chronic anti-GBM nephritis in rats
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 71-82; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh562 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laura I. Pelaez, Luis A. Juncos, John M. Stulak, Lilach O. Lerman, and J. Carlos Romero

Non-invasive evaluation of bilateral renal regional blood flow and tubular dynamics during acute unilateral ureteral obstruction
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 83-88; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh556 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juhani Myllymäki, Teemu Honkanen, Jaana Syrjänen, Heikki Helin, Immo Rantala, Amos Pasternack, and Jukka Mustonen

Uric acid correlates with the severity of histopathological parameters in IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 89-95; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh584 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Irmgard Neumann, Renate Kain, Heinz Regele, Afschin Soleiman, Sandra Kandutsch, and Franz Thomas Meisl

Histological and clinical predictors of early and late renal outcome in ANCA-associated vasculitis
NDT Advance Access published on November 16, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 96-104; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh563 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Rebecca Wing-Yan Chan, Ka-Bik Lai, Carol Yi-Ki Szeto, Kai-Ming Chow, Philip Kam-Tao Li, and Fernand Mac-Moune Lai

Messenger RNA expression of target genes in the urinary sediment of patients with chronic kidney diseases
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 105-113; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh574 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Baggio, A. Budakovic, E. Perissinotto, S. Maggi, S. Cantaro, G. Enzi, and F. Grigoletto for the ILSA Working Group

Atherosclerotic risk factors and renal function in the elderly: the role of hyperfibrinogenaemia and smoking. Results from the Italian Longitudinal Study on Ageing (ILSA)
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 114-123; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh553 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohamed-Saiel S. Alhamdani

Impairment of glutathione biosynthetic pathway in uraemia and dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 124-128; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh569 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fitsum Guebre-Egziabher, Jacques Bernhard, Tohru Funahashi, Aoumeur Hadj-Aissa, and Denis Fouque

Adiponectin in chronic kidney disease is related more to metabolic disturbances than to decline in renal function
NDT Advance Access published on December 7, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 129-134; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh568 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David J. Leehey, David J. Palubiak, Srivasa Chebrolu, and Rajiv Agarwal

Sodium ferric gluconate causes oxidative stress but not acute renal injury in patients with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 135-140; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh565 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marieke C. B. A. van Vilsteren, Mathieu H. G. de Greef, and Roel M. Huisman

The effects of a low-to-moderate intensity pre-conditioning exercise programme linked with exercise counselling for sedentary haemodialysis patients in The Netherlands: results of a randomized clinical trial
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 141-146; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh560 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bryan M. Curtis, Pietro Ravani, F. Malberti, Fiona Kennett, Paul A. Taylor, Ognjenka Djurdjev, and Adeera Levin

The short- and long-term impact of multi-disciplinary clinics in addition to standard nephrology care on patient outcomes
NDT Advance Access published on December 7, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 147-154; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh585 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Detlef H. Krieter, Gregory Collins, James Summerton, Edward Spence, Hélène Leray Moragues, and Bernard Canaud

Mid-dilution on-line haemodiafiltration in a standard dialyser configuration
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 155-160; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh520 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shao-Yu Yang, Jenq-Wen Huang, Kai-Yao Shih, Shih-Ping Hsu, Pei-Lun Chu, Tzong-Shinn Chu, and Kwan-Dun Wu

Factors associated with increased plasma homocysteine in patients using an amino acid peritoneal dialysis fluid
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 161-166; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh554 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alex Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, John F. Hurdle, John Scandling, Zhi Wang, Bradley Baird, Lev Barenbaum, and Alfred K. Cheung

Duration of end-stage renal disease and kidney transplant outcome
NDT Advance Access published on November 16, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 167-175; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh541 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin McLaughlin, Sabrina Sandhu, Caren Wu, Norman Muirhead, David Hollomby, and Anthony Jevnikar

Transplanting kidneys from CMV-seropositive donors to CMV-seronegative recipients is not associated with poorer renal allograft function or survival
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 176-180; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh605 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marie A. Chisholm, Charles E. Lance, Gail M. Williamson, and Laura L. Mulloy

Development and validation of an immunosuppressant therapy adherence barrier instrument
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 181-188; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh576 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Mohammad Zareie, Eelco D. Keuning, Piet M. ter Wee, Robert H. J. Beelen, and Jacob van den Born

Peritoneal dialysis fluid-induced changes of the peritoneal membrane are reversible after peritoneal rest in rats
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 189-193; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh559 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Massimo Sabbatini, Anna Crispo, Antonio Pisani, Riccardo Gallo, Bruno Cianciaruso, Giorgio Fuiano, Stefano Federico, and Vittorio E. Andreucci

Sleep quality in renal transplant patients: a never investigated problem
NDT Advance Access published on December 7, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 194-198; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh604 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Notes:

Carlo Lomonte, Sergio Petronelli, Maurizio Antonelli, Raffaele Prudenzano, Bernardo Giammaria, Giovanni Marchio, Nicola Losurdo, and Carlo Basile

Embolization of haemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas complicated by venous hypertension: a feasibility study
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 199-202; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh551 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

R. John Crew, Jai Radhakrishnan, David J. Cohen, Leonard Stern, Michael Goldstein, Mark Hardy, Vivette D. D'Agati, and Glen S. Markowitz

De novo thrombotic microangiopathy following treatment with sirolimus: report of two cases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 203-209; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh334 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Behdad Afzali, Edward Kingdon, and Stephen G. Holt

Treatment of unilateral obstruction reversing heavy and bilateral proteinuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 210-212; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh575 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Koukoulaki, Sumith C. Abeygunasekara, Kenneth G. C. Smith, and David R. W. Jayne

Remission of refractory hepatitis C-negative cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis after rituximab and infliximab
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 213-216; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh564 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea Trombetti, Catherine Stoermann, Pierre-Yves Martin, Pietra Pennisi, John Robert, and René Rizzoli

Transient diplopia after parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism in chronic haemodialysed patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 217-219; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh567 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tobias Schmook, Klemens Budde, Claas Ulrich, Hans-Hellmut Neumayer, Lutz Fritsche, and Eggert Stockfleth

Successful treatment of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy in a kidney transplant recipient with photodynamic therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 220-222; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh473 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Muro, Santiago Llorente, Luis Marín, María R. Moya-Quiles, María J. Gonzalez-Soriano, Antonio Prieto, Luisa Gimeno, and María R. Álvarez-López

Acute vascular rejection mediated by HLA antibodies in a cadaveric kidney recipient: discrepancies between FlowPRA^TM, ELISA and CDC vs luminex screening
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 223-226; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh527 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christophe Vaessen, Nassim Kamar, Marion Mehrenberger, Catherine Mazerolles, Catherine Mengelle, Pascal Rischmann, Lionel Rostaing, and Bernard Malavaud

Severe cytomegalovirus ureteritis in a renal allograft recipient with negative CMV monitoring
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 227-230; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh531 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Laurent Balu, Jean-Marie Gasc, Liliane Boccon-Gibod, Philine De Vries, Philipe Blanc, Vincent Guigonis, Georges Deschênes, Albert Bensman, and Tim Ulinski

Arterial hypertension and ovarian tumour in a girl: what is the link?
NDT Advance Access published on August 24, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 231-234; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh477 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Nina Hofmann, Rüdiger Waldherr, and Vedat Schwenger

Is the sauna a common place for experiencing acute renal failure?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 235-237; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh430 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Pierre Delanaye and Jean Marie Krzesinski

Massive renal and adrenal calcifications in a young dialysis patient with familial Mediterranean fever
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 238; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh481 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Burdese, Elisabetta Mezza, Claudio Rabbia, Maurizio Merlo, Daniele Savio, Francesca Bermond, Giorgio Soragna, Ottavio Davini, and Giorgina Barbara Piccoli

The early vascular ageing of long-term RRT patients: endoprosthetic repair of an aortic aneurysm in a young patient on RRT for over 20 years
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 239-240; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg542 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Cristian D. Cipleu, Gautam V. Cherla, Donna Merrill, and Arif Asif

Can blood flow surveillance and pre-emptive repair of subclinical stenosis prolong the useful life of arteriovenous fistulae? A randomized controlled study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 241-242; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh600 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicola Tessitore, Giovanni Lipari, Albino Poli, Valeria Bedogna, Elda Baggio, and Giancarlo Mansueto

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 242-243; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh698 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Dilip Unnikrishnan and B. Satish

Exertion-induced rhabdomyolysis in a patient on statin therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 244; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh578 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick Manckoundia, Laura Popitean, Isabelle Martin, and Pierre Pfitzenmeyer

Acute nephropathy due to Salmonella typhimurium septicaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 244-245; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh532 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Vincent Thomalla and Stuart J. Knechtle

Incidental living donor nephrectomy: a unique expansion of the donor pool
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 245-246; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh583 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David W. Mudge, David W. Johnson, Nicole M. Isbel, Scott B. Campbell, David L. Nicol, and Carmel M. Hawley

Obliterative bronchiolitis or opportunistic infection? A diagnostic challenge in a renal transplant patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 246-247; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh580 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

List of Reviewer:

The Editorial Office of NDT would like to thank the following colleagues for their assistance in reviewing manuscripts from 1 November 2003 to 31 October 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 248-256; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh618 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
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