Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp098 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Yiqing Zhou, Jingjing Jiang, Yujie Cui, and Qingyu Wu

Corin, atrial natriuretic peptide and hypertension
NDT Advance Access published on January 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1071-1073; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn727 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ewout J. Hoorn, Nils van der Lubbe, and Robert Zietse

The renal WNK kinase pathway: a new link to hypertension
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1074-1077; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp013 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lieven Annemans

Intensifying dialysis: how far should we go and at what cost?
NDT Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1077-1078; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn680 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carmine Zoccali

FGF-23 in dialysis patients: ready for prime time?
NDT Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1078-1081; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn688 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review

Nosratola D. Vaziri and Xin J. Zhou

Potential mechanisms of adverse outcomes in trials of anemia correction with erythropoietin in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1082-1088; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn601 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sophie Domhan, Martin Zeier, and Amir Abdollahi

Immunosuppressive therapy and post-transplant malignancy
NDT Advance Access published on October 31, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1097-1103; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn605 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elisa J. Gordon and Juan Carlos Caicedo

Ethnic advantages in kidney transplant outcomes: the Hispanic Paradox at work?
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1103-1109; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn691 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Dominik Müller and Dominik N. Müller

Battle against the renin–angiotensin system: help from an unexpected party
NDT Advance Access published on January 28, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1110-1112; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn764 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Markus Wörnle, Maximilian Roeder, Matthias Sauter, and Andrea Ribeiro

Role of matrix metalloproteinases in viral-associated glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on November 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1113-1121; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn627 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aquiles Jara, Cecilia Chacón, María Eugenia Burgos, Alejandra Droguett, Andrés Valdivieso, Mireya Ortiz, Pablo Troncoso, and Sergio Mezzano

Expression of gremlin, a bone morphogenetic protein antagonist,is associated with vascular calcification in uraemia
NDT Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1121-1129; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn611 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sonia Saad, David J. Agapiou, Xin-Ming Chen, Veronica Stevens, and Carol A. Pollock

The role of Sgk-1 in the upregulation of transport proteins by PPAR- agonists in human proximal tubule cells
NDT Advance Access published on November 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1130-1141; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn614 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nevena Mihailovic-Stanojevic, Djurdjica Jovovic, Zoran Miloradovic, Jelica Grujic-Milanovic, Mirjana Jerkic, and Jasmina Markovic-Lipkovski

Reduced progression of adriamycin nephropathy in spontaneously hypertensive rats treated by losartan
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1142-1150; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn596 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Silvia M. Uriarte, Kenneth R. McLeish, and Richard A. Ward

Anti-proteinase 3 antibodies both stimulate and prime human neutrophils
NDT Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1150-1157; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn580 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Su Song, Marko Meyer, Tobias R. Türk, Benjamin Wilde, Thorsten Feldkamp, Roland Assert, Kun Wu, Andreas Kribben, and Oliver Witzke

Serum cystatin C in mouse models: a reliable and precise marker for renal function and superior to serum creatinine
NDT Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1157-1161; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn626 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ryo Shibata, Seiji Ueda, Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Yusuke Kaida, Yuriko Matsumoto, Kei Fukami, Ayako Hayashida, Hidehiro Matsuoka, Seiya Kato, Masumi Kimoto, and Seiya Okuda

Involvement of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in tubulointerstitial ischaemia in the early phase of diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on November 17, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1162-1169; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn630 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Yu-Juei Hsu, Sung-Sen Yang, Nain-Feng Chu, Huey-Kang Sytwu, Chih-Jen Cheng, and Shih-Hua Lin

Heterozygous mutations of the sodium chloride cotransporter in Chinese children: prevalence and association with blood pressure
NDT Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1170-1175; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn619 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sofia Giorgetti, Sara Raimondi, Silvia Cassinelli, Monica Bucciantini, Massimo Stefani, Gina Gregorini, Giulia Albonico, Remigio Moratti, Giovanni Montagna, Monica Stoppini, and Vittorio Bellotti

β2-Microglobulin is potentially neurotoxic, but the blood brain barrier is likely to protect the brain from its toxicity
NDT Advance Access published on November 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1176-1181; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn623 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Liffert Vogt, Dick de Zeeuw, Arend Jan J. Woittiez, and Gerjan Navis

Selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition reduces proteinuria in renal patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1182-1189; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn644 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mark Guy, Ronald Newall, Joanna Borzomato, Philip A. Kalra, and Christopher Price

Use of a first-line urine protein-to-creatinine ratio strip test on random urines to rule out proteinuria in patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1189-1193; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn612 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Caroline K. Kramer, Joíza Camargo, Eliza D. Ricardo, Fernando K. Almeida, Luís H. Canani, Jorge L. Gross, and Mirela J. Azevedo

Does bacteriuria interfere with albuminuria measurements of patients with diabetes?
NDT Advance Access published on November 17, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1193-1196; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn629 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francesco Pizzarelli, Fulvio Lauretani, Stefania Bandinelli, Gwen B. Windham, Anna Maria Corsi, Sandra V. Giannelli, Luigi Ferrucci, and Jack M. Guralnik

Predictivity of survival according to different equations for estimating renal function in community-dwelling elderly subjects
NDT Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1197-1205; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn594 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wei Chen, Weiqing Chen, Hui Wang, Xiuqing Dong, Qinghua Liu, Haiping Mao, Jiaqing Tan, Jianxiong Lin, Feiyu Zhou, Ning Luo, Huijuan He, Richard J. Johnson, Shu-Feng Zhou, and Xueqing Yu

Prevalence and risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease in an adult population from southern China
NDT Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1205-1212; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn604 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hiroki Yokoyama, Hirohito Sone, Mariko Oishi, Koichi Kawai, Yoshihide Fukumoto, Masashi Kobayashi, and on behalf of Japan Diabetes Clinical Data Management Study Group

Prevalence of albuminuria and renal insufficiency and associated clinical factors in type 2 diabetes: the Japan Diabetes Clinical Data Management study (JDDM15)
NDT Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1212-1219; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn603 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rong Xu, LuXia Zhang, PuHong Zhang, Fang Wang, Li Zuo, and HaiYan Wang

Comparison of the prevalence of chronic kidney disease among different ethnicities: Beijing CKD survey and American NHANES
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1220-1226; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn609 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Su-ji Kim, Hyo-Wook Gil, Jong-Oh Yang, Eun-Young Lee, and Sae-Yong Hong

The clinical features of acute kidney injury in patients with acute paraquat intoxication
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1226-1232; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn615 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Csaba P. Kovesdy, John E. Anderson, and Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

Association of serum bicarbonate levels with mortality in patients with non-dialysis-dependent CKD
NDT Advance Access published on November 17, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1232-1237; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn633 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laila Bruun, Caroline Savage, Angel M. Cronin, Jonas Hugosson, Hans Lilja, and Anders Christensson

Increase in percent free prostate-specific antigen in men with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1238-1241; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn632 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Min Chen, Guang-Qun Xing, Feng Yu, Gang Liu, and Ming-Hui Zhao

Complement deposition in renal histopathology of patients with ANCA-associated pauci-immune glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on October 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1247-1252; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn586 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul Michielsen, Lothar Heinemann, Michael Mihatsch, Peter Schnülle, Helmut Graf, and Karl-Martin Koch

Non-phenacetin analgesics and analgesic nephropathy: Clinical assessment of high users from a case-control study [1]^*
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1253-1259; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn643 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sankar D. Navaneethan and Srinivasan Beddhu

Associations of serum uric acid with cardiovascular events and mortality in moderate chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1260-1266; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn621 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Cécile Couchoud, Kitty J. Jager, Charlie Tomson, Jean-François Cabanne, Frederic Collart, Patrik Finne, Angel de Francisco, Luc Frimat, Liliana Garneata, Torbjørn Leivestad, Vincent Lemaitre, Aurelio Limido, Mai Ots, Halima Resic, Olivera Stojceva-Taneva, Jeroen Kooman, and On behalf of the QUEST working group on dialysis adequacy

Assessment of urea removal in haemodialysis and the impact of the European Best Practice Guidelines
NDT Advance Access published on November 27, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1267-1274; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn641 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Henning Steen, Evangelos Giannitsis, Claudia Sommerer, Udo Bahner, Margit Brandl, Christoph Merbach, Constanze Merten, Eberhard Ritz, Hugo A. Katus, Martin Zeier, and Vedat Schwenger

Acute phase reaction to gadolinium-DTPA in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1274-1277; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn655 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Denise Bohrer, Denise C. Bertagnolli, Sandra M. R. de Oliveira, Paulo C. do Nascimento, Leandro M. de Carvalho, Solange C. Garcia, Luiz C. Arantes, and Elvino J. G. Barros

Role of medication in the level of aluminium in the blood of chronic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1277-1281; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn631 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ching-Wei Hsu, Ja-Liang Lin, Dan-Tzu Lin-Tan, Tzung-Hai Yen, Wen-Hung Huang, Tai-Chin Ho, Yen-Lin Huang, Li-Mei Yeh, and Lan-Mei Huang

Association of environmental cadmium exposure with inflammation and malnutrition in maintenance haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1282-1288; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn602 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kuo-Hsiung Shu, Chi-Sen Chang, Ya-Wen Chuang, Cheng-Hsu Chen, Chi-Hung Cheng, Ming-Ju Wu, and Tung-Min Yu

Intestinal bacterial overgrowth in CAPD patients with hypokalaemia
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1289-1292; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn617 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nicolas Bouvier, Pierre-Yves Durand, Angelo Testa, Catherine Albert, Vincent Planquois, Jean-Philippe Ryckelynck, and Thierry Lobbedez

Regional discrepancies in peritoneal dialysis utilization in France: the role of the nephrologist's opinion about peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1293-1297; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn648 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Françoise G. Pradel, Puckwipa Suwannaprom, C. Daniel Mullins, John Sadler, and Stephen T. Bartlett

Haemodialysis patients’ readiness to pursue live donor kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on January 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1298-1305; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn733 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dvora Rubinger, Rebecca Backenroth, and Dan Sapoznikov

Restoration of baroreflex function in patients with end-stage renal disease after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on January 14, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1305-1313; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn732 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stephanie S. DeLoach, Marshall M. Joffe, Xingchen Mai, Simin Goral, and Sylvia E. Rosas

Aortic calcification predicts cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1314-1319; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn753 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Serena M. Bagnasco, Basim S. Mohammed, Haresh Mani, Maria Teresa Gandolfo, Mark Haas, Lorraine C. Racusen, Robert A. Montgomery, and Edward Kraus

Oxalate deposits in biopsies from native and transplanted kidneys, and impact on graft function
NDT Advance Access published on December 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1319-1325; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn697 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guillaume Canaud, Marc-Olivier Timsit, Julien Zuber, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Arnaud Méjean, Eric Thervet, Renaud Snanoudj, Rebecca Sberro, Frank Martinez, Christophe Legendre, and Marie-France Mamzer-Bruneel

Early conservative intervention for candida contamination of preservative fluid without allograft nephrectomy
NDT Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1325-1327; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn622 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communication

Get checked abstract Elke Weisshaar, Uwe Matterne, and Thomas Mettang

How do nephrologists in haemodialysis units consider the symptom of itch? Results of a survey in Germany
NDT Advance Access published on January 20, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1328-1330; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn769 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Markus Aschwanden, Michael Mayr, Stephan Imfeld, Jürg Steiger, Kurt A. Jaeger, and Christoph Thalhammer

Rapid adaptation of the intrarenal resistance index after living donor kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on February 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1331-1334; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Clinical Reports

Exceptional Cases

Get checked abstract Willem Proesmans, Maria Van Dyck, and Koenraad Devriendt

Nail-patella syndrome, infantile nephrotic syndrome: complete remission with antiproteinuric treatment
NDT Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1335-1338; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn725 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Julie Toubiana, Marie-Hélène Schlageter, Bilal Aoun, Olivier Dunand, Renata Vitkevic, Albert Bensman, and Tim Ulinski

Therapy-resistant anaemia in congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type—implication of EPO, transferrin and transcobalamin losses
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1338-1340; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn762 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stanislas Faguer, Adèle Pillet, Nicolas Chassaing, Marion Merhenberger, Pauline Bernadet-Monrozies, Joëlle Guitard, and Dominique Chauveau

Nephropathy in Townes-Brocks syndrome (SALL1 mutation): imaging and pathological findings in adulthood
NDT Advance Access published on February 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1341-1345; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bernard Descœudres, Olivier Giannini, Markus Aschwanden, Thomas Eugster, Helmut Hopfer, Michael J. Mihatsch, Juerg Steiger, and Michael Mayr

Silent recovery of native kidney function after transplantation in a patient with membranous nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1345-1349; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn749 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Varia

Letter and Reply

Andrzej Surdacki and Ewa Wieczorek-Surdacka

Endothelial and red blood cell turnover rate—factors possibly affecting circulating ADMA levels?
NDT Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1350; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn715 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anjali Desai

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1350-1351; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn723 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Ritsuko Katafuchi, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Tohru Mizumasa, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Harumitsu Kumagai, Masaharu Nagata, and Hideki Hirakata

The improvement of renal survival with steroid pulse therapy in IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1352; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp090 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1353-1354; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp099 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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