Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Katherine R. Tuttle

Renal manifestations of the metabolic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 861-864; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh767 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joost G. J. Hoenderop and René J. M. Bindels

Is vitamin D indispensable for Ca²⁺ homeostasis: lessons from knockout mouse models?
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 864-867; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh587 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinions:

Felix J. Frey

Methylation of CpG islands: potential relevance for hypertension and kidney diseases
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 868-869; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh746 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Tohru Umekawa, Karen Byer, Hirotsugu Uemura, and Saeed R. Khan

Diphenyleneiodium (DPI) reduces oxalate ion- and calcium oxalate monohydrate and brushite crystal-induced upregulation of MCP-1 in NRK 52E cells
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 870-878; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh750 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toshihide Shike, Tomohito Gohda, Mitsuo Tanimoto, Michimasa Kobayashi, Yuichiro Makita, Kazuhiko Funabiki, Satoshi Horikoshi, Sachiko Hirose, Toshikazu Shirai, and Yasuhiko Tomino

Chromosomal mapping of a quantitative trait locus for the development of albuminuria in diabetic KK/Ta mice
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 879-885; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh665 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hemant M. Kocher, Ron Senkus, Mashal Al-Nawab, and Bruce M. Hendry

Subcellular distribution of Ras GTPase isoforms in normal human kidney
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 886-891; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh744 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wuxing Zhang, Xiangmei Chen, Suozhu Shi, Ribao Wei, Jianzhong Wang, Nobuaki Yamanaka, and Quan Hong

Expression and activation of STAT3 in chronic proliferative immune complex glomerulonephritis and the effect of fosinopril
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 892-901; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh652 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zihua Yu, Jie Ding, Jianping Huang, Yong Yao, Huijie Xiao, Jingjing Zhang, Jingcheng Liu, and Jiyun Yang

Mutations in NPHS2 in sporadic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in Chinese children
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 902-908; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh769 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Matthias T. F. Wolf, Isabella Zalewski, Félix Claverie Martin, Rainer Ruf, Dominik Müller, Hans C. Hennies, Stella Schwarz, Franziska Panther, Massimo Attanasio, Hilaria G. Acosta, Anita Imm, Barbara Lucke, Boris Utsch, Edgar Otto, Peter Nurnberg, Victor Garcia Nieto, and Friedhelm Hildebrandt

Mapping a new suggestive gene locus for autosomal dominant nephrolithiasis to chromosome 9q33.2–q34.2 by total genome search for linkage
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 909-914; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh754 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sebastian Philipp, Henrike Ollmann, Tania Schink, Rainer Dietz, Friedrich C. Luft, and Roland Willenbrock

The impact of anaemia and kidney function in congestive heart failure and preserved systolic function
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 915-919; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh753 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dierk Werner, Peter Trägner, Andrea Wawer, Heiner Porst, Werner G. Daniel, and Peter Gross

Enhanced external counterpulsation: a new technique to augment renal function in liver cirrhosis
NDT Advance Access published on March 23, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 920-926; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh755 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naoki Kimata, Takashi Akiba, Ronald L. Pisoni, Justin M. Albert, Sudtida Satayathum, José M. Cruz, Tadao Akizawa, Vittorio E. Andreucci, Eric W. Young, and Friedrich K. Port

Mineral metabolism and haemoglobin concentration among haemodialysis patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 927-935; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh732 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wladyslaw Grzeszczak, Wladyslaw Sulowicz, Boleslaw Rutkowski, Amedeo F. de Vecchi, Renzo Scanziani, Pierre-Yves Durand, Auxiliadora Bajo, and Vassilis Vargemezis on behalf of the European Collaborative Group

The efficacy and safety of once-weekly and once-fortnightly subcutaneous epoetin ß in peritoneal dialysis patients with chronic renal anaemia
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 936-944; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh761 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sakae Ohkawa, Mari Odamaki, Naoki Ikegaya, Ikuo Hibi, Kunihiko Miyaji, and Hiromichi Kumagai

Association of age with muscle mass, fat mass and fat distribution in non-diabetic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 945-951; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh643 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joel D. Kopple, Giuliano Brunori, Marc Leiserowitz, and Denis Fouque

Growth hormone induces anabolism in malnourished maintenance haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 952-958; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh731 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Diskin, Thomas J. Stokes, Linda M. Dansby, Lautrec Radcliff, and Thomas B. Carter

Doxycycline may reduce the incidence of aneurysms in haemodialysis vascular accesses
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 959-961; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh694 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dursun Duman, Sena Tokay, Ahmet Toprak, Deniz Duman, Ahmet Oktay, and Ishak Cetin Ozener

Elevated cardiac troponin T is associated with increased left ventricular mass index and predicts mortality in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 962-967; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh741 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernhard K. Krämer, Giuseppe Montagnino, Domingo del Castillo, Raimund Margreiter, Heide Sperschneider, Christoph J. Olbricht, Bernd Krüger, Joaquín Ortuño, Hans Köhler, Ulrich Kunzendorf, Hans-Krister Stummvoll, Jose M. Tabernero, Ferdinand Mühlbacher, Manuel Rivero, Manuel Arias, and for the European Tacrolimus vs Cyclosporin Microemulsion Renal Transplantation Study Group

Efficacy and safety of tacrolimus compared with cyclosporin A microemulsion in renal transplantation: 2 year follow-up results
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 968-973; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh739 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hallvard Holdaas, Bengt Fellström, Alan G. Jardine, Gudrun Nyberg, Carola Grönhagen-Riska, Sören Madsen, Hans-Hellmut Neumayer, Edward Cole, Bart Maes, Patrice Ambühl, John O. Logan, Beatrix Staffler, and Claudio Gimpelewicz on behalf of the ALERT Study Group

Beneficial effect of early initiation of lipid-lowering therapy following renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 974-980; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh735 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Yukika Kitamura, Kazunori Satoh, Takashi Satoh, Manabu Takita, and Akihiro Matsuura

Effect of L-carnitine on erythroid colony formation in mouse bone marrow cells
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 981-984; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh758 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Preeti Patel, Suvankar Pal, Caroline Ashley, Paul Sweny, and Aine Burns

Combination therapy with sirolimus (rapamycin) and tacrolimus (FK-506) in treatment of refractory minimal change nephropathy, a clinical case report
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 985-987; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh752 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Graham E. J. Rodwell, Megan L. Troxell, and Richard A. Lafayette

Renal tubular injury associated with anagrelide use
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 988-990; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh726 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Teta, Brigitte Landtwing Lüscher, Jean-Jacques Gonvers, Patrick Francioli, Olivier Phan, and Michel Burnier

Pegylated interferon for the treatment of hepatitis C virus in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 991-993; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh747 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ritambhra Nada, Man Updesh Singh Sachdeva, Kamal Sud, Vivekanand Jha, and Kusum Joshi

Co-infection by cytomegalovirus and BK polyoma virus in renal allograft, mimicking acute rejection
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 994-996; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh737 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Jérôme Tourret, Philippe Cluzel, Isabelle Tostivint, Benoit Barrou, Gilbert Deray, and Corinne Isnard Bagnis

Central venous stenosis as a complication of ipsilateral haemodialysis fistula and pacemaker
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 997-1001; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh628 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theresa Claus, Saban Elitok, Roland Schmitt, Friedrich C. Luft, and Ralph Kettritz

Thyroid function and glomerular filtration—a potential for Grave errors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1002-1003; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh708 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Christine Stabroth and Friedrich C. Luft

A glowing report on dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1005-1006; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh651 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Masayuki Tanemoto, Takaaki Abe, Fumitoshi Satoh, and Sadayoshi Ito

Bilateral calcified renal artery aneurysms in a patient with von Recklinghausen's disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1007-1008; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh591 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias P. Hörl and Martin Tepel

Scattered hyperdense lesions in a haemodialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1009; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh265 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vivekanand Jha and Vinay Sakhuja

Postpartum renal cortical necrosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1010; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh588 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Carmine Zoccali

Parasympathetic neuropathy and LVH
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1011; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh669 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masato Nishimura

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1011-1012; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh670 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Gopala K. Rangan, Yiping Wang, Yuet-Ching Tay, and David C.H. Harris

Differential effects of albumin on cytokine gene expression in proximal tubular epithelial cells
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1013-1014; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh733 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Melissa J. Gillett, Richard V. Arenson, Ming K. Yew, Ivan J. Thompson, and Ashley B. Irish

Diagnostic challenges associated with a complex case of cystic phaeochromocytoma presenting with malignant hypertension, microangiopathic haemolysis and acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1014; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh742 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Tsirpanlis, Fotini Boufidou, Fotini Alevyzaki, and Erasmia Psimenou

Statins and progression of renal failure: is a reconsideration of clinical practice guidelines justified?
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1015-1016; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh681 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isao Ishikawa, Masaru Nakagawa, Satoshi Hayama, Sachiko Yoshida, and Takayasu Date

Acute renal failure with severe loin pain and patchy renal ischaemia after anaerobic exercise (ALPE) (exercise-induced acute renal failure) in a father and child with URAT1 mutations beyond the W258X mutation
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1015; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh751 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Scarborough, Sivanandam Shrikanth, and Ram Gokal

Bedside testing of CAPD fluid for bilirubin to aid diagnosis of visceral perforation
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1016-1017; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh765 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bente Jespersen and Øyvind Østraat

Recurrent hydronephrosis causing acute uraemia in a renal transplant donor without the presence of stones or stricture
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1017-1018; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh682 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas J. Walton, Thomas A. McCulloch, and Michael C. Bishop

Aggressive renal cell carcinoma in a 27-year-old kidney transplant
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1018-1019; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh748 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerjan Navis

ACE genotype and long-term graft survival after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1019-1020; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh743 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1021-1024. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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