TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 55, Issue 2 (February 1999)
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 |
COMMENTARIES |
EDITORIALS |
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
NEPHROLOGY FORUM |
INVITED CONTRIBUTION
PERSPECTIVES IN RENAL MEDICINE
Alterations in nonenzymatic biochemistry in uremia: Origin and significance of "carbonyl stress" in long-term uremic complications FREE
TOSHIO MIYATA, CHARLES VAN YPERSELE DE STRIHOU, KIYOSHI KUROKAWA and JOHN W BAYNES
Kidney Int 55: 389-399; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00302.x
PERSPECTIVES IN BASIC SCIENCE
The development of x-ray imaging to study renal function FREE
LILACH O LERMAN, MARTIN RODRIGUEZ-PORCEL and J CARLOS ROMERO
Kidney Int 55: 400-416; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00301.x
GENETIC DISORDERS – DEVELOPMENT
Flaxseed ameliorates interstitial nephritis in rat polycystic kidney disease FREE
MALCOLM R OGBORN, EVAN NITSCHMANN, HOPE WEILER, DAVID LESWICK and NEDA BANKOVIC-CALIC
Kidney Int 55: 417-423; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00287.x
Intrauterine growth restriction is associated with persistent juxtamedullary expression of renin in the fetal kidney FREE
JOHN C P KINGDOM, MARK HAYES, JAMES MCQUEEN, ALLAN G HOWATSON and GEORGE B M LINDOP
Kidney Int 55: 424-429; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00295.x
HORMONES – CYTOKINES – SIGNALING
Cyclooxygenase metabolites mediate glomerular monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 formation and monocyte recruitment in experimental glomerulonephritis FREE
ANDRÉ SCHNEIDER, SIGRID HARENDZA, GUNTHER ZAHNER, THOMAS JOCKS, ULRICH WENZEL, GUNTER WOLF, FRIEDRICH THAISS, UDO HELMCHEN and ROLF A K STAHL
Kidney Int 55: 430-441; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00265.x
See also: EDITORIAL by BreyerHORMONES – CYTOKINES – SIGNALING
Up-regulation of hepatocyte growth factor receptor: An amplification and targeting mechanism for hepatocyte growth factor action in acute renal failure FREE
YOUHUA LIU, EVELYN M TOLBERT, LIN LIN, MICHAEL A THURSBY, ADAM M SUN, TOSHIKAZU NAKAMURA and LANCE D DWORKIN
Kidney Int 55: 442-453; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00267.x
Molecular mechanisms of glucose action on angiotensinogen gene expression in rat proximal tubular cells FREE
SHAO-LING ZHANG, JANOS G FILEP, THOMAS C HOHMAN, SHIOW-SHIH TANG, JULIE R INGELFINGER and JOHN S D CHAN
Kidney Int 55: 454-464; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00271.x
Gene therapy by transforming growth factor-
receptor-IgG Fc chimera suppressed extracellular matrix accumulation in experimental glomerulonephritis FREE
YOSHITAKA ISAKA, YOSHITAKA AKAGI, YUTAKA ANDO, MICHIKO TSUJIE, TETSUO SUDO, NORIKO OHNO, WAYNE A BORDER, NANCY A NOBLE, YASUFUMI KANEDA, MASATSUGU HORI and ENYU IMAI
Kidney Int 55: 465-475; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00275.x
Activation of mesangial cell signaling cascades in response to mechanical strain FREE
ALISTAIR J INGRAM, HAO LY, KERRI THAI, MYUNG KANG and JAMES W SCHOLEY
Kidney Int 55: 476-485; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00276.x
High glucose alters the response of mesangial cell protein kinase C isoforms to endothelin-1 FREE
EMILY ANNE GLOGOWSKI, EVANGELIA TSIANI, XIAOPENG ZHOU, IVAN GEORGE FANTUS and CATHARINE WHITESIDE
Kidney Int 55: 486-499; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00284.x
Effects of new analogues of vitamin D on bone cells: Implications for treatment of uremic bone disease FREE
CHRISTOPHER W MCINTYRE, NEIL J SCHROEDER, JACQUELINE M BURRIN and JOHN CUNNINGHAM
Kidney Int 55: 500-511; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00289.x
Endothelin receptor antagonists influence cardiovascular morphology in uremic rats FREE
ALEXANDER V NABOKOV, KERSTIN AMANN, SABINE WESSELS, KLAUS MÜNTER, JÜRGEN WAGNER and EBERHARD RITZ
Kidney Int 55: 512-519; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00290.x
Collagen secretion and growth of mesangial cells require geranylgeranylpyrophosphate FREE
MOTONOBU NISHIMURA, TOMOAKI TANAKA, TATSUJI YASUDA, SHINICHI KURAKATA, MASATOSHI KITAGAWA, KENICHI YAMADA, YASUSHI SAITO and AIZAN HIRAI
Kidney Int 55: 520-528; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00292.x
CELL BIOLOGY – IMMUNOLOGY – PATHOLOGY
Direct lysosomal uptake of 
2-microglobulin contributes to chemically induced nephropathy FREE
ANA MARIA CUERVO, HEINZ HILDEBRAND, ERNST M BOMHARD and J FRED DICE
Kidney Int 55: 529-545; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00268.x
Effect of recombinant human erythropoietin on endothelial cell apoptosis FREE
RAUL G CARLINI, EVELYN J ALONZO, JOSE DOMINGUEZ, ISAAC BLANCA, JOSE R WEISINGER, MARCOS ROTHSTEIN and EZEQUIEL BELLORIN-FONT
Kidney Int 55: 546-553; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00266.x
Recruitment of renal tubular epithelial cells expressing verotoxin-1 (Stx1) receptors in HIV-1 transgenic mice with renal disease FREE
XUE-HUI LIU, CLIFFORD A LINGWOOD and PATRICIO E RAY
Kidney Int 55: 554-561; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00278.x
Extracellular matrix regulates apoptosis in human neutrophils FREE
RALPH KETTRITZ, YA-XIN XU, THOMAS KERREN, PETRA QUASS, JON B KLEIN, FRIEDRICH C LUFT and HERMANN HALLER
Kidney Int 55: 562-571; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00280.x
Induction of cyclooxygenase-2 in human synovial cells by 2-microglobulin FREE
KIYOSHI MIGITA, MASAHIRO TOMINAGA, TOMOKI ORIGUCHI, YOJIRO KAWABE, TAKAHIKO AOYAGI, SATOSHI URAYAMA, SATOSHI YAMASAKI, AYUMI HIDA, ATSUSHI KAWAKAMI and KATSUMI EGUCHI
Kidney Int 55: 572-578; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00283.x
Increased levels of transforming growth factor- in HIV-associated nephropathy FREE
TATSUO YAMAMOTO, NANCY A NOBLE, DIANE E MILLER, LESLIE I GOLD, AKIRA HISHIDA, MITSUMASA NAGASE, ARTHUR H COHEN and WAYNE A BORDER
Kidney Int 55: 579-592; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00296.x
ION CHANNELS – MEMBRANE TRANSPORT – INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Cl- channels in basolateral TAL membranes: XIII. Heterogeneity between basolateral MTAL and CTAL Cl- channels FREE
CHRISTOPHER J WINTERS, W BRIAN REEVES and THOMAS E ANDREOLI
Kidney Int 55: 593-601; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00270.x
Increased dietary oxalate does not increase urinary calcium oxalate saturation in hypercalciuric rats FREE
DAVID A BUSHINSKY, MOHAMMAD A BASHIR, DANIEL R RIORDON, YASUSHI NAKAGAWA, FREDRIC L COE and MARC D GRYNPAS
Kidney Int 55: 602-612; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00281.x
VASCULAR BIOLOGY – HEMODYNAMICS – HYPERTENSION
Reduced endogenous endothelin-1–mediated vascular tone in chronic renal failure FREE
MALCOLM F HAND, WILLIAM G HAYNES and DAVID J WEBB
Kidney Int 55: 613-620; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00291.x
CLINICAL NEPHROLOGY – EPIDEMIOLOGY – CLINICAL TRIALS
Low-protein diet and kidney function in insulin-dependent diabetic patients with diabetic nephropathy FREE
HENRIK P HANSEN, PER K CHRISTENSEN, ELLIS TAUBER-LASSEN, ANNALISE KLAUSEN, BERIT R JENSEN and HANS-HENRIK PARVING
Kidney Int 55: 621-628; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00274.x
Coadministration of albumin and furosemide in patients with the nephrotic syndrome FREE
DANILO FLISER, INES ZURBRÜGGEN, ERNST MUTSCHLER, IRENE BISCHOFF, JÜRG NUSSBERGER, EDWARD FRANEK and EBERHARD RITZ
Kidney Int 55: 629-634; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00298.x
DIALYSIS – TRANSPLANTATION
Imprecision of the hemodialysis dose when measured directly from urea removal FREE
THOMAS A DEPNER, TOM GREENE, FRANK A GOTCH, JOHN T DAUGIRDAS, PRAKASH R KESHAVIAH and ROBERT A STAR The Hemodialysis Study Group
Kidney Int 55: 635-647; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00269.x
Inflammation enhances cardiovascular risk and mortality in hemodialysis patients FREE
JOSEF ZIMMERMANN, SILKE HERRLINGER, ANTJE PRUY, THOMAS METZGER and CHRISTOPH WANNER
Kidney Int 55: 648-658; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00273.x
Increased susceptibility to erythrocyte C5b-9 deposition and complement-mediated lysis in chronic renal failure FREE
JONATHAN HIMMELFARB, ELLEN MCMONAGLE, DIANE HOLBROOK and RAYMOND HAKIM
Kidney Int 55: 659-666; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00277.x
Hyaluronan decreases peritoneal fluid absorption: Effect of molecular weight and concentration of hyaluronan FREE
TAO WANG, HUI-HONG CHENG, OLOF HEIMBÜRGER, CHI CHEN, JACEK WANIEWSKI, JONAS BERGSTRÖM and BENGT LINDHOLM
Kidney Int 55: 667-673; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00279.x
Nature and mediators of renal lesions in kidney transplant patients given cyclosporine for more than one year FREE
ARIELA BENIGNI, ISABELLA BRUZZI, MARILENA MISTER, NADIA AZZOLLINI, FLAVIO GASPARI, NORBERTO PERICO, ELIANA GOTTI, TULLIO BERTANI and GIUSEPPE REMUZZI
Kidney Int 55: 674-685; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00288.x
Effects of sodium nitroprusside on hemodialysis-induced platelet activation FREE
BERND JILMA, NICOLE HERGOVICH, PETRA STOHLAWETZ, GEORG STUMMVOLL, SAID ALBINNI, SUSANNE SIMAK, SABINE SCHMALDIENST, ERICH POHANKA, HANS-GEORG EICHLER and STYLIANOS KAPIOTIS
Kidney Int 55: 686-691; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00293.x
Early graft function and patient survival following cadaveric renal transplantation FREE
Y MUN WOO, ALAN G JARDINE, ALAN F CLARK, MARK S MACGREGOR, ADRIAN W BOWMAN, STUART G MACPHERSON, J DOUGLAS BRIGGS, BRIAN J R JUNOR, MARGARET A MCMILLAN and R STUART C RODGER
Kidney Int 55: 692-699; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00294.x
Report on the annual statistical survey of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy in 1996 FREE
TORU SHINZATO, SHIGERU NAKAI, TAKASHI AKIBA, SEIJI YAMAGAMI, CHIKAO YAMAZAKI, TATEKI KITAOKA, KAZUO KUBO, KENJI MAEDA and HIROTOSHI MORII
Kidney Int 55: 700-712; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00297.x
The Banff 97 working classification of renal allograft pathology FREE
LORRAINE C RACUSEN, KIM SOLEZ, ROBERT B COLVIN, STEPHEN M BONSIB, MARIA C CASTRO, TITO CAVALLO, BYRON P CROKER, A JAKE DEMETRIS, CYNTHIA B DRACHENBERG, AGNES B FOGO, PETER FURNESS, LILLIAN W GABER, IAN W GIBSON, DENNIS GLOTZ, JULIO C GOLDBERG, JOSEPH GRANDE, PHILIP F HALLORAN, H E HANSEN, BARRY HARTLEY, PEKKA J HAYRY, CLAIRE M HILL, ERNESTO O HOFFMAN, LAWRENCE G HUNSICKER, ANNE S LINDBLAD, NIELS MARCUSSEN, MICHAEL J MIHATSCH, TIBOR NADASDY, PETER NICKERSON, T STEEN OLSEN, JOHN C PAPADIMITRIOU, PARMJEET S RANDHAWA, DAVID C RAYNER, IAN ROBERTS, STEPHEN ROSE, DAVID RUSH, LUIS SALINAS-MADRIGAL, DANIEL R SALOMON, STALE SUND, EERO TASKINEN, KIRIL TRPKOV and YUTAKA YAMAGUCHI
Kidney Int 55: 713-723; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00299.x
COMMENTARIES
The ethics of organ transplantation reconsidered: Paid organ donation and the use of executed prisoners as donors FREE
J STEWART CAMERON and RAYMOND HOFFENBERG
Kidney Int 55: 724-732; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00286.x
See also: COMMENTARY by MILLEREthics of paid organ donation and the use of executed prisoners as donors: A dialectic with Professors Cameron and Hoffenberg FREE
RONALD B MILLER
Kidney Int 55: 733-737; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00285.x
See also: COMMENTARY by CAMERON & HOFFENBERGEDITORIALS
COX2 selective NSAIDs and renal function: Gain without pain? FREE
Mathew D Breyer
Kidney Int 55: 738-739; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00333.x
See also: HORMONES – CYTOKINES – SIGNALING by SCHNEIDER et al.Toward an effective gene therapy in renal disease FREE
David P Basile
Kidney Int 55: 740-741; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00334.x
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Prevention of restenosis of central venous stricture after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and endovascular stenting by brachytherapy FREE
Francis Kim-Ming Wong, Philip Chong-Hei Kwok, Roger Kai-Cheong Ngan, Raymond Ka-Yan Wong, Kan-Wong Wong, Susan Chan, Ka-Foon Chau and Chun-Sang Li
Kidney Int 55: 742-743; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00272.x
NEPHROLOGY FORUM
Insulin-like growth factor I in essential hypertension FREE
Javier Díez Principal discussant:
Kidney Int 55: 744-759; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00300.x
