TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 55, Issue 3 (March 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 |
Editorials |
Letters to the Editor |
Nephrology Forum |
Abstracts |
International Society of Nephrology
Perspectives in Renal Medicine
Should protein intake be restricted in predialysis patients? FREE
MACKENZIE WALSER, WILLIAM E MITCH, BRADLEY J MARONI and JOEL D KOPPLE
Kidney Int 55: 771-777; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003771.x
Perspectives in Basic Science
Role of glutamine in human carbohydrate metabolism in kidney and other tissues FREE
MICHAEL STUMVOLL, GABRIELE PERRIELLO, CHRISTIAN MEYER and JOHN GERICH
Kidney Int 55: 778-792; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003778.x
Genetic disorders – Development
Recovery following relief of unilateral ureteral obstruction in the neonatal rat FREE
ROBERT L CHEVALIER, ANDREW KIM, BARBARA A THORNHILL and JENNIFER T WOLSTENHOLME
Kidney Int 55: 793-807; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003793.x
Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling
Human, rat, and mouse kidney cells express functional erythropoietin receptors FREE
CHRISTOF WESTENFELDER, DIANA L BIDDLE and ROBERT L BARANOWSKI
Kidney Int 55: 808-820; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003808.x
22-Oxacalcitriol suppresses secondary hyperparathyroidism without inducing low bone turnover in dogs with renal failure FREE
MARIE-CLAUDE MONIER-FAUGERE, ZHAOPO GENG, ROBERT M FRIEDLER, QUANLE QI, NOBORU KUBODERA, EDUARDO SLATOPOLSKY and HARTMUT H MALLUCHE
Kidney Int 55: 821-832; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003821.x
The prolactin gene is expressed in the mouse kidney FREE
YUKINAO SAKAI, YOSHIKI HIRAOKA, MOTOYUKI OGAWA, YUJI TAKEUCHI and SADAKAZU AISO
Kidney Int 55: 833-840; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003833.x
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology
Fas on renal parenchymal cells does not promote autoimmune nephritis in MRL mice FREE
TAKASHI WADA, ANDREAS SCHWARTING, KOJI KINOSHITA, TAKERO NAITO, ROBERT C GRIFFITHS, THOMAS M COFFMAN and VICKI R KELLEY
Kidney Int 55: 841-851; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003841.x
Interleukin-8: A pathogenetic role in antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated glomerulonephritis FREE
PAUL COCKWELL, CHRISTOPHER J BROOKS, DWOMOA ADU and CAROLINE O S SAVAGE
Kidney Int 55: 852-863; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003852.x
See also: Editorial by SalantUp-regulation of glomerular extracellular matrix and transforming growth factor-
expression in RF/J mice FREE
TADASHI KAMATA, ERI MUSO, MASATOMO YASHIRO, TAKAHIDE KAWAMURA, ATSUSHI OYAMA, HIROYUKI MATSUSHIMA, EIJI TAKEUCHI, HARUYOSHI YOSHIDA and SHIGETAKE SASAYAMA
Kidney Int 55: 864-876; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003864.x
Blocking angiotensin II ameliorates proteinuria and glomerular lesions in progressive mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis FREE
TAKAMICHI NAKAMURA, JUN-EI OBATA, HIDEAKI KIMURA, SHINICHI OHNO, YOJI YOSHIDA, HIROSHI KAWACHI and FUJIO SHIMIZU
Kidney Int 55: 877-889; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003877.x
Proteinuria induces tubular cell turnover: A potential mechanism for tubular atrophy FREE
MARK E THOMAS, NIGEL J BRUNSKILL, KEVIN P G HARRIS, ELAINE BAILEY, J HOWARD PRINGLE, PETER N FURNESS and JOHN WALLS
Kidney Int 55: 890-898; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003890.x
Impaired lysosomal processing of 2-microglobulin by infiltrating macrophages in dialysis amyloidosis FREE
MAR GARCÍA-GARCÍA, ÀNGEL ARGILÉS, ANNIE GOUIN-CHARNET, MERCÈ DURFORT, JOSÉ GARCÍA-VALERO and GEORGES MOURAD
Kidney Int 55: 899-906; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003899.x
Effect of diabetes and aminoguanidine therapy on renal advanced glycation end-product binding FREE
SHERIF YOUSSEF, DOMINIQUE T NGUYEN, TINA SOULIS, SIANNA PANAGIOTOPOULOS, GEORGE JERUMS and MARK E COOPER
Kidney Int 55: 907-916; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003907.x
The inhibition of myeloperoxidase by ceruloplasmin can be reversed by anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies FREE
SIÂN V GRIFFIN, PHILIP T CHAPMAN, ELIAS A LIANOS and C MARTIN LOCKWOOD
Kidney Int 55: 917-925; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003917.x
Goodpasture antigen: Expression of the full-length 
3(IV) chain of collagen IV and localization of epitopes exclusively to the noncollagenous domain FREE
ANU LEINONEN, KAI-OLAF NETZER, ARIEL BOUTAUD, SRIPAD GUNWAR and BILLY G HUDSON
Kidney Int 55: 926-935; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003926.x
Identification of a clinically relevant immunodominant region of collagen IV in Goodpasture disease FREE
THOMAS HELLMARK, MÅRTEN SEGELMARK, CHRISTINE UNGER, HARALD BURKHARDT, JUAN SAUS and JÖRGEN WIESLANDER
Kidney Int 55: 936-944; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003936.x
See also: Editorial by KALLURIMycophenolate mofetil prevents the progressive renal failure induced by 5/6 renal ablation in rats FREE
FREDDY ROMERO, BERNARDO RODRÍGUEZ-ITURBE, GUSTAVO PARRA, LUISANDRA GONZÁLEZ, JAIME HERRERA-ACOSTA and EDILIA TAPIA
Kidney Int 55: 945-955; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003945.x
Ion Channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immunosuppressants perturb the myo-inositol but not the betaine cotransporter in isotonic and hypertonic MDCK cells FREE
MOHAMED G ATTA, STEPHEN C DAHL, H MOO KWON and JOSEPH S HANDLER
Kidney Int 55: 956-962; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003956.x
Sodium reabsorption and distribution of Na+/K+-ATPase during postischemic injury to the renal allograft FREE
OSUN KWON, GERALDINE CORRIGAN, BRYAN D MYERS, RICHARD SIBLEY, JOHN D SCANDLING, DONALD DAFOE, EDWARD ALFREY and W JAMES NELSON
Kidney Int 55: 963-975; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003963.x
Effects of phosphate intake on distribution of type II Na/Pi cotransporter mRNA in rat kidney FREE
THERESIA RITTHALER, MARTIN TRAEBERT, MARIUS LÖTSCHER, JÜRG BIBER, HEINI MURER and BRIGITTE KAISSLING
Kidney Int 55: 976-983; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003976.x
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension
Glomerular size-selective dysfunction in NIDDM is not ameliorated by ACE inhibition or by calcium channel blockade FREE
PIERO RUGGENENTI, LIDIA MOSCONI, FABIO SANGALLI, FEDERICA CASIRAGHI, VINCENZO GAMBARA, GIUSEPPE REMUZZI and ANDREA REMUZZI
Kidney Int 55: 984-994; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003984.x
Retrotransposons transcribed preferentially in proximal tubules of salt-hypertensive rats FREE
MIKI NAGASE, AKIRA KATO, TOSHIHIRO ONO, YOSHIRO SUZUKI, SHIGEHISA HIROSE and TOSHIRO FUJITA
Kidney Int 55: 995-1004; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003995.x
Hypoalbuminemia increases lysophosphatidylcholine in low-density lipoprotein of normocholesterolemic subjects FREE
THI DANH VUONG, ERIC S G STROES, NEL WILLEKES-KOOLSCHIJN, TON J RABELINK, HEIN A KOOMANS and JAAP A JOLES
Kidney Int 55: 1005-1010; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031005.x
Endothelin up-regulation and localization following renal ischemia and reperfusion FREE
SCOTT M WILHELM, MICHAEL S SIMONSON, ANN V ROBINSON, NICHOLAS T STOWE and JAMES A SCHULAK
Kidney Int 55: 1011-1018; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031011.x
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials
Serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in nondialyzed patients with chronic renal failure FREE
EIJI ISHIMURA, YOSHIKI NISHIZAWA, MASAAKI INABA, NAOKI MATSUMOTO, MASANORI EMOTO, TAKAHIKO KAWAGISHI, SHIGEICHI SHOJI, SENJI OKUNO, MASAO KIM, TAKAMI MIKI and HIROTOSHI MORII
Kidney Int 55: 1019-1027; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031019.x
Plasma total homocysteine and cysteine in relation to glomerular filtration rate in diabetes mellitus FREE
FLEMMING WOLLESEN, LARS BRATTSTRÖM, HELGA REFSUM, PER M UELAND, LARS BERGLUND and CHRISTIAN BERNE
Kidney Int 55: 1028-1035; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031028.x
HIV-associated nephropathy is a late, not early, manifestation of HIV-1 infection FREE
JONATHAN A WINSTON, MARY E KLOTMAN and PAUL E KLOTMAN
Kidney Int 55: 1036-1040; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031036.x
Relationship between supersaturation and calcium oxalate crystallization in normals and idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formers FREE
LORIS BORGHI, ANGELA GUERRA, TIZIANA MESCHI, ANGELO BRIGANTI, TANIA SCHIANCHI, FRANCA ALLEGRI and ALMERICO NOVARINI
Kidney Int 55: 1041-1050; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031041.x
Long-term effects of cyclosporine A in Alport's syndrome FREE
LUIS CALLÍS, ANGEL VILA, MARTA CARRERA and JOSÉ NIETO
Kidney Int 55: 1051-1056; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031051.x
Renal failure predisposes patients to adverse outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery FREE
ROBERT J ANDERSON, MAUREEN O'BRIEN, SAMANTHA MAWHINNEY, CATHERINE B VILLANUEVA, THOMAS E MORITZ, GULSHAN K SETHI, WILLIAM G HENDERSON, KARL E HAMMERMEISTER, FREDERICK L GROVER, A LAURIE SHROYER and and THE PARTICIPANTS OF VA COOPERATIVE STUDY #5
Kidney Int 55: 1057-1062; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031057.x
Circulating vascular endothelial growth factor is not increased during relapses of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome FREE
NICHOLAS J A WEBB, CAROLYN J WATSON, IAN S D ROBERTS, MARTYN J BOTTOMLEY, CAROLINE A JONES, MALCOLM A LEWIS, ROBERT J POSTLETHWAITE and PAUL E C BRENCHLEY
Kidney Int 55: 1063-1071; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031063.x
Dialysis – Transplantation
Effect of MTHFR 677C>T on plasma total homocysteine levels in renal graft recipients FREE
MANUELA FÖDINGER, GABRIELE WÖLFL, GOTTFRIED FISCHER, SUSANNE RASOUL-ROCKENSCHAUB, RAINER SCHMID, WALTER H HÖRL and GERE SUNDER-PLASSMANN
Kidney Int 55: 1072-1080; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031072.x
Septicemia in dialysis patients: Incidence, risk factors, and prognosis FREE
NEIL R POWE, BERNARD JAAR, SUSAN L FURTH, JUDITH HERMANN and WILLIAM BRIGGS
Kidney Int 55: 1081-1090; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031081.x
Hemodialysis with high-calcium dialysate impairs cardiac relaxation FREE
SATU E NÄPPI, HEIKKI H T SAHA, VESA K VIRTANEN, JUKKA T MUSTONEN and AMOS I PASTERNACK
Kidney Int 55: 1091-1096; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031091.x
Activation of the kallikrein-kinin system in hemodialysis: Role of membrane electronegativity, blood dilution, and pH FREE
JEAN-LOUIS RENAUX, MICHEL THOMAS, THIERRY CROST, NATHALIE LOUGHRAIEB and GEORGES VANTARD
Kidney Int 55: 1097-1103; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031097.x
Flow-mediated vasodilation and distensibility of the brachial artery in renal allograft recipients FREE
MARTIN HAUSBERG, KLAUS KISTERS, MARKUS KOSCH, KARL-HEINZ RAHN and MICHAEL BARENBROCK
Kidney Int 55: 1104-1110; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031104.x
Value of scintigraphy in chronic peritoneal dialysis patients FREE
PETER H JUERGENSEN, HASAN RIZVI, VICENTE J CARIDE, ALAN S KLIGER and FREDRIC O FINKELSTEIN
Kidney Int 55: 1111-1119; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031111.x
Editorials
Goodpasture syndrome FREE
RAGHU KALLURI
Kidney Int 55: 1120-1122; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031120.x
See also: Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology by HELLMARK et al.Looking into the past and future of human immunodeficiency virus nephropathy FREE
Patricio E Ray
Kidney Int 55: 1123-1124; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031123.x
ANCA: Fuel for the fire or the spark that ignites the flame? FREE
David J Salant
Kidney Int 55: 1125-1127; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031125.x
See also: Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology by COCKWELL et al.Letters to the Editor
Hypertension/hypotension in dialysis FREE
BERNARD CHARRA, CHARLES CHAZOT and GUY LAURENT
Kidney Int 55: 1128-1130; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031128.x
Nephrology Forum
The optimization of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis FREE
DIMITRIOS G OREOPOULOS
Kidney Int 55: 1131-1149; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031131.x
Abstracts
Endothelin-1 and big Endothelin-1 in urine and plasma: Investigations in kidney donors, kidney transplant recipients and patients on dialysis. FREE
M ZEILER, B -M LÖFFLER, H A BOCK and G THIEL
Kidney Int 55: 1150-1157; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031150.x
Ultrapure water for dialysate contributes to a lower activation state of peripheral blood mononuclear cells. FREE
RAE AKRUM, M FROHLICH, A F GERRITSEN, M R DAHA and P C CHANG
Kidney Int 55: 1158-1171; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031158.x
