TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 53, Issue 6 (June 1998)
Perspectives in Clinical Medicine |
Perspectives in Renal Medicine |
Perspectives in Basic Science |
Genetic Disorders – Development |
Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling |
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology |
Ion channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology |
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension |
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials |
Dialysis – Transplantation |
Technical Note |
Editorial |
Nephrology Forum
Original Articles
Overview of strategies for complex genetic diseases FREE
Françoise Clerget-Darpoux
Kidney Int 53: 1441-1445; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00937.x
The relative power of linkage and association studies for the detection of genes involved in hypertension FREE
Hywel B Jones
Kidney Int 53: 1446-1448; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00925.x
Approaches to the genetics of cardiovascular disease through genetic field work FREE
Herbert Schuster, Anja Lamprecht, Christine Junghans, Birgit Dietz, Heike Baron, Michael Nothnagel, Bertram Müller-Myhsok and Friedrich C Luft
Kidney Int 53: 1449-1454; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00928.x
-2 Adrenoceptor genetic variation is associated with genetic predisposition to essential hypertension: The Bergen Blood Pressure Study FREE
Bernd Timmermann, Rune Mo, Friedrich C Luft, Eva Gerdts, Andreas Busjahn, Per Omvik, Guo-Hua Li, Herbert Schuster, Thomas F Wienker, Margret R Hoehe and Per Lund-Johansen
Kidney Int 53: 1455-1460; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00926.x
Role of genetic variants of the renin-angiotensin system in chronic renal allograft injury FREE
Arya M Sharma, Joachim Beige and Armin Distler
Kidney Int 53: 1461-1465; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00930.x
G proteins and hypertension: An alternative candidate gene approach FREE
Winfried Siffert
Kidney Int 53: 1466-1470; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00934.x
-Adducin polymorphisms and renal sodium handling in essential hypertensive patients FREE
Paolo Manunta, Daniele Cusi, Cristina Barlassina, Marco Righetti, Chiara Lanzani, Marco D'Amico, Laura Buzzi, Lorena Citterio, Paola Stella, Rodolfo Rivera and Giuseppe Bianchi
Kidney Int 53: 1471-1478; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00931.x
Angiotensin I-converting enzyme and angiotensinogen gene interaction and prediction of essential hypertension FREE
Anna Va
k
, Miroslav Sou
ek, Vladimír Znojil, Ivan 
iháek, Svatava Tschöplová, Lenka St
elcová, Karel Cídl, Michaela Bla
ková, Dobroslav Hájek, Lydie Hollá and Jií Vácha
Kidney Int 53: 1479-1482; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00924.x
Perspectives in Clinical Medicine
The Ob protein (leptin) and the kidney FREE
Kumar Sharma and Robert V. Considine
Kidney Int 53: 1483-1487; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00929.x
Original Articles
Newborn and adult recombinant inbred strains: A tool to search for genetic determinants of target organ damage in hypertension FREE
Pavel Hamet, Zdenka Pausova, Pierre Dumas, Yu Lin Sun, Johanne Tremblay, Michal Pravenec, Jaroslav Kunes, Drahomira Krenova and Vladimir Kren
Kidney Int 53: 1488-1492; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00938.x
Genetic basis of salt-susceptibility in the Sabra rat model of hypertension FREE
Yoram Yagil and Chana Yagil
Kidney Int 53: 1493-1500; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00932.x
Is the nitric oxide system involved in genetic hypertension in Dahl rats? FREE
Alan Y Deng
Kidney Int 53: 1501-1511; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00933.x
The Wilms' tumor suppressor WT1: Approaches to gene function FREE
Aswin Menke, Lesley McInnes, Nicholas D Hastie and Andreas Schedl
Kidney Int 53: 1512-1518; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00935.x
Vascular development and disorders: Molecular analysis and pathogenic insights FREE
Peter Carmeliet and Désiré Collen
Kidney Int 53: 1519-1549; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00936.x
Antisense oligodesoxynucleotide strategies in renal and cardiovascular disease FREE
Hermann Haller, Christian Maasch, Duska Dragun, Maren Wellner, Michael von Janta-Lipinski and Friedrich C Luft
Kidney Int 53: 1550-1558; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00927.x
Perspectives in Renal Medicine
Antihypertensive treatment of patients with proteinuric renal diseases: Risks or benefits of calcium channel blockers? FREE
Heinrich J Kloke, Amanda J Branten, Frans T Huysmans and Jack F Wetzels
Kidney Int 53: 1559-1573; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00912.x
Perspectives in Basic Science
An appraisal of T cell subsets and the potential for autoimmune injury FREE
Carolyn J Kelly, Yaacov Frishberg and Daniel P Gold
Kidney Int 53: 1574-1584; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00917.x
Genetic Disorders – Development
Expression of neuronal type nitric oxide synthase and renin in the juxtaglomerular apparatus of angiotensin type-1a receptor gene-knockout mice FREE
Minoru Kihara, Satoshi Umemura, Takeshi Sugaya, Yoshiyuki Toya, Machiko Yabana, Shunichi Kobayashi, Kovichi Tamura, Tetsuo Kadota, Reiji Kishida, Kazuo Murakami, Akiyoshi Fukamizu and Masao Ishii
Kidney Int 53: 1585-1593; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00904.x
Original Articles
Spectrum of early onset nephrotic syndrome associated with WT1 missense mutations FREE
Valérie Schumacher, Karl Schärer, Elke Wühl, Hans Altrogge, Klaus-E Bonzel, Michael Guschmann, Thomas J Neuhaus, Rosa M Pollastro, Eberhard Kuwertz-Bröking, Monika Bulla, Andrea-M Tondera, Peter Mundel, Udo Helmchen, Rüdiger Waldherr, Angela Weirich and Brigitte Royer-Pokora
Kidney Int 53: 1594-1600; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00948.x
Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling
TGF-1 dissociates human proximal tubule cell growth and Na+-H+ exchange activity FREE
David W Johnson, Heather J Saunders, Bronwyn K Brew, Philip Poronnik, David I Cook, Michael J Field and Carol A Pollock
Kidney Int 53: 1601-1607; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00916.x
Original Articles
Protein overload stimulates RANTES production by proximal tubular cells depending on NF-
B activation FREE
Carla Zoja, Roberta Donadelli, Stella Colleoni, Marina Figliuzzi, Samantha Bonazzola, Marina Morigi and Giuseppe Remuzzi
Kidney Int 53: 1608-1615; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00905.x
Anti-latent TGF- binding protein-1 antibody or synthetic oligopeptides inhibit extracellular matrix expression induced by stretch in cultured rat mesangial cells FREE
Yuichi Hori, Tetsuo Katoh, Masao Hirakata, Nobuhiko Joki, Shinya Kaname, Masafumi Fukagawa, Toshihiro Okuda, Hideya Ohashi, Toshiro Fujita, Kohei Miyazono and Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Kidney Int 53: 1616-1625; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00908.x
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology
Distinct HLA class II alleles determine antibody response to vaccination with hepatitis B surface antigen FREE
Sophie Caillat-Zucman, Jean-Jacques Gimenez, François Wambergue, Ginette Albouze, Bernard Lebkiri, Catherine Naret, Anne Moynot, Paul Jungers and Jean-François Bach
Kidney Int 53: 1626-1630; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00909.x
Original Articles
Gene transfer of RANTES elicits autoimmune renal injury in MRL-Fas lpr mice FREE
Kathryn J Moore, Takashi Wada, Susannah D Barbee and Vicki Rubin Kelley
Kidney Int 53: 1631-1641; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00911.x
Effect of hypoxia on proximal tubules isolated from nitric oxide synthase knockout mice FREE
Hong Ling, Patricia E Gengaro, Charles L Edelstein, Pierre-Yves Martin, Adisorn Wangsiripaisan, Raphael Nemenoff and Robert W Schrier
Kidney Int 53: 1642-1646; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00913.x
Clusterin protects against oxidative stress in vitro through aggregative and nonaggregative properties FREE
Gary B Schwochau, Karl A Nath and Mark E Rosenberg
Kidney Int 53: 1647-1653; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00902.x
Effects of hypertonic stress on transforming growth factor- activity in normal rat kidney cells FREE
Toshihiro Sugiura, Atsushi Yamauchi, Hiroshi Kitamura, Yasuko Matusoka, Masaru Horio, Enyu Imai and Masatsugu Hori
Kidney Int 53: 1654-1660; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00903.x
Differential effects of glutathione and cysteine on Fe2+, Fe3+, H2O2 and myoglobin-induced proximal tubular cell attack FREE
Richard A Zager and Kristin M Burkhart
Kidney Int 53: 1661-1672; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00919.x
Meprin A, the major matrix degrading enzyme in renal tubules, produces a novel nidogen fragment in vitro and in vivo FREE
Patrick D Walker, Gur P Kaushal and Sudhir V Shah
Kidney Int 53: 1673-1680; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00949.x
Verotoxins induce apoptosis in human renal tubular epithelium derived cells FREE
Tomoko Taguchi, Hiroshi Uchida, Nobutaka Kiyokawa, Tetsuya Mori, Norihide Sato, Hiroshi Horie, Tae Takeda and Junichiro Fujimoto
Kidney Int 53: 1681-1688; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00939.x
Cloning of a novel gene in the human kidney homologous to rat munc13s: Its potential role in diabetic nephropathy FREE
Yong Song, Menachem Ailenberg and Mel Silverman
Kidney Int 53: 1689-1695; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00942.x
Effect of 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3 on glomerulosclerosis in subtotally nephrectomized rats FREE
Ute Schwarz, Kerstin Amann, Stephan R Orth, Aureliza Simonaviciene, Sabine Wessels and Eberhard Ritz
Kidney Int 53: 1696-1705; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00951.x
Mesangial cell hypertrophy induced by NH4Cl: Role of depressed activities of cathepsins due to elevated lysosomal pH FREE
Hong Ling, Pyam Ardjomand, Spiro Samvakas, Andreas Simm, Gillian L Busch, Florian Lang, Katarina Sebekova and August Heidland
Kidney Int 53: 1706-1712; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00952.x
Ion channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology
Cadmium inhibits vacuolar H+-ATPase and endocytosis in rat kidney cortex FREE
Carol M Herak-Kramberger, Dennis Brown and Ivan Saboli
Kidney Int 53: 1713-1726; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00914.x
Original Articles
Identification of structural domains in inter--trypsin inhibitor involved in calcium oxalate crystallization FREE
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Shibata, Michio Fujie, Dan Sugino and Toshihiko Terao
Kidney Int 53: 1727-1735; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00940.x
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension
Hypercholesterolemia aggravates radiocontrast nephrotoxicity: Protective role of L-arginine FREE
Lúcia Andrade, Sílvia B Campos and Antonio C Seguro
Kidney Int 53: 1736-1742; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00906.x
Original Articles
Angiotensin converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism in essential hypertension and nephroangiosclerosis FREE
Patricia Fernández-Llama, Esteban Poch, Josep Oriola, Albert Botey, Elisabet Coll, Alejandro Darnell, Francisca Rivera and Luis Revert
Kidney Int 53: 1743-1747; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00946.x
Role of increased oxygen free radical activity in the pathogenesis of uremic hypertension FREE
Nosratola D Vaziri, Fariba Oveisi and Yaoxian Ding
Kidney Int 53: 1748-1754; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00947.x
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials
Renal involvement in Henoch-Schönlein purpura: A multivariate analysis of prognostic factors FREE
Yoshitsugu Kaku, Kaoru Nohara and Sunao Honda
Kidney Int 53: 1755-1759; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00915.x
Original Articles
Expression of endothelial and inducible nitric oxide synthase in human glomerulonephritis FREE
Akira Furusu, Masanobu Miyazaki, Katsushige Abe, Shoko Tsukasaki, Kei Shioshita, Osamu Sasaki, Kenichi Miyazaki, Yoshiyuki Ozono, Takehiko Koji, Takashi Harada, Hideto Sakai and Shigeru Kohno
Kidney Int 53: 1760-1768; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00907.x
Dialysis – Transplantation
Predictors of GBV-C infection among patients referred for renal transplantation FREE
B V R Murthy, A Scott Muerhoff, Suresh M Desai, Svetlozar N Natov, Beth A Bouthot, Robin Ruthazer, Christopher H Schmid, Andrew S Levey, Isa K Mushahwar and Brian J G Pereira
Kidney Int 53: 1769-1774; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00910.x
Original Articles
Major determinants of hyperhomocysteinemia in peritoneal dialysis patients FREE
Andreas Vychytil, Manuela Födinger, Gabriele Wölfl, Brigitte Enzenberger, Martin Auinger, Friedrich Prischl, Martina Buxbaum, Martin Wiesholzer, Christine Mannhalter, Walter H Hörl and Gere Sunder-Plassmann
Kidney Int 53: 1775-1782; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00918.x
Perfusion quantitation in transplanted rat kidney by MRI with arterial spin labeling FREE
Jian-Jun Wang, Kristy S Hendrich, Edwin K Jackson, Suzanne T Ildstad, Donald S Williams and Chien Ho
Kidney Int 53: 1783-1791; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00945.x
Treatment of infected tunneled venous access hemodialysis catheters with guidewire exchange FREE
Derrick Robinson, Paul Suhocki and Steve J Schwab
Kidney Int 53: 1792-1794; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00954.x
Effects of balloon angioplasty and stent implantation on intrarenal echo-Doppler velocimetric indices FREE
Ivana Marana, Flavio Airoldi, Larry Burdick, Cristina Alberti, Andrea Lovaria, Silvia Saccheri, Gabriella Gazzano, Simone Palatresi, Barbara Nador, Lucia Turolo and Alberto Morganti
Kidney Int 53: 1795-1800; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00941.x
Technical Note
RNA metabolism in uremic patients: Accumulation of modified ribonucleosides in uremic serum FREE
Toshimitsu Niwa, Naohito Takeda and Hideo Yoshizumi
Kidney Int 53: 1801-1806; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00944.x
Editorial
Chemokines in interstitial injury FREE
Theodore M Danoff
Kidney Int 53: 1807-1808; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00920.x
GB virus-C (hepatitis G virus) nostalgia FREE
Kidney Int 53: 1809; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00953.x
