TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 55, Issue 6 (June 1999)
Perspectives in Basic Science |
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 |
Corporate Sponsors of the International Society of Nephrology |
Acknowledgment of Reviewers |
Key Word Index For Volume 55 |
Author Index For Volume 55
Perspectives in Renal Medicine
Circulating biochemical markers of bone remodeling in uremic patients FREE
Pablo Ureña and Marie-Christine de Vernejoul
Kidney Int 55: 2141-2156; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00461.x
Perspectives in Basic Science
Hypothesis: Is renal allograft rejection initiated by the response to injury sustained during the transplant process? FREE
Christopher Y Lu, Jeffery G Penfield, Marciusz L Kielar, Miguel A Vazquez and D Rohan Jeyarajah
Kidney Int 55: 2157-2168; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00491.x
Hormones – Cytokines-Signaling
Is low plasma 25-(OH)vitamin D a major risk factor for hyperparathyroidism and Looser's zones independent of calcitriol? FREE
Abderhaman Ghazali, Patrice Fardellone, André Pruna, Ahcene Atik, Jean-Michel Achard, Roxana Oprisiu, Michel Brazier, Alex Remond, Philippe Morinière, Michèle Garabedian, John Eastwood and Albert Fournier
Kidney Int 55: 2169-2177; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00480.x
Effects of interferon 
-2b on barrier function and junctional complexes of renal proximal tubular LLC-PK1 cells FREE
Judith Lechner, Markus Krall, Alexandra Netzer, Christian Radmayr, Michael P Ryan and Walter Pfaller
Kidney Int 55: 2178-2191; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00487.x
Oxidized low-density lipoprotein stimulates monocyte adhesion to glomerular endothelial cells FREE
Vaijinath S Kamanna, Rama Pai, Hunjoo Ha, Michael A Kirschenbaum and Daeyoung D Roh
Kidney Int 55: 2192-2202; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00470.x
Effect of glucose on stress-activated protein kinase activity in mesangial cells and diabetic glomeruli FREE
Myoung Jae Kang, Xiaoyan Wu, Hao Ly, Kerri Thai and James W Scholey
Kidney Int 55: 2203-2214; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00488.x
Nitric oxide enhances paracellular permeability of opossum kidney cells FREE
Mingyu Liang and Franklyn G Knox
Kidney Int 55: 2215-2223; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00465.x
Prior heat stress inhibits apoptosis in adenosine triphosphate-depleted renal tubular cells FREE
Yihan Wang, Anne A Knowlton, Thomas G Christensen, Theodora Shih and Steven C Borkan
Kidney Int 55: 2224-2235; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00476.x
Cell Biology-immunology-pathology
Thrombospondin peptides are potent inhibitors of mesangial and glomerular endothelial cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo FREE
Christian PM Hugo, Raimund P Pichler, Eckhard Schulze-Lohoff, Felicitas Pröls, Stephen Adler, Henry C Krutsch, Joanne E Murphy-Ullrich, William G Couser, David D Roberts and Richard J Johnson
Kidney Int 55: 2236-2249; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00459.x
IFN-
and LPS differentially modulate class II MHC and B7-1 expression on murine renal tubular epithelial cells FREE
Nazifa Banu and Catherine M Meyers
Kidney Int 55: 2250-2263; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00495.x
L-Arginine supplementation increases mesangial cell injury and subsequent tissue fibrosis in experimental glomerulonephritis FREE
Harm Peters, Wayne A Border and Nancy A Noble
Kidney Int 55: 2264-2273; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00462.x
Small bowel T cells, HLA class II antigen DR, and GroEL stress protein in IgA nephropathy FREE
Immo Rantala, Pekka Collin, Kati Holm, Heikki Kainulainen, Jukka Mustonen and Markku Mäki
Kidney Int 55: 2274-2280; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00471.x
Effect of nitric oxide donors on renal tubular epithelial cell-matrix adhesion FREE
Adisorn Wangsiripaisan, Patricia E Gengaro, Raphael A Nemenoff, Hong Ling, Charles L Edelstein and Robert W Schrier
Kidney Int 55: 2281-2288; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00484.x
Characterization of the rat mesangial cell type 2 sulfonylurea receptor FREE
Kenichiro Asano, Pedro Cortes, Jeffrey L Garvin, Bruce L Riser, Alicia Rodríguez-Barbero, Balázs Szamosfalvi and Jerry Yee
Kidney Int 55: 2289-2298; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00485.x
Combined administration of IgA and IgG anti-Thy-1 antibodies enhances renal inflammation in rats FREE
Mieneke GA Van Dixhoorn, Toshinobu Sato, Yvonne Muizert, Danielle J Van Gijlswijk-Janssen, Emile de Heer and Mohamed R Daha
Kidney Int 55: 2299-2309; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00482.x
Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor is expressed in the adhesive lesions of experimental focal glomerular sclerosis FREE
Kathy Paizis, Geoffrey Kirkland, Tiffany Khong, Marina Katerelos, Scott Fraser, John Kanellis and David A Power
Kidney Int 55: 2310-2321; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00469.x
Tumor necrosis factor- and lipopolysaccharide induce apoptotic cell death in bovine glomerular endothelial cells FREE
Udo K Me
mer, Verena A Briner and Josef Pfeilschifter
Kidney Int 55: 2322-2337; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00473.x
Role of intron 1 in smooth muscle -actin transcriptional regulation in activated mesangial cells in vivo
FREE
Noritaka Kawada, Toshiki Moriyama, Akio Ando, Tohru Koyama, Masatsugu Hori, Takeshi Miwa and Enyu Imai
Kidney Int 55: 2338-2348; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00475.x
The cyclin kinase inhibitor p21CIP1/WAF1 limits glomerular epithelial cell proliferation in experimental glomerulonephritis FREE
Yoon-Goo Kim, Charles E Alpers, James Brugarolas, Richard J Johnson, William G Couser and Stuart J Shankland
Kidney Int 55: 2349-2361; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00504.x
Ion Channels-membrane Transport-integrative Physiology
Renal ischemia/reperfusion leads to macrophage-mediated increase in pulmonary vascular permeability FREE
Andrew A Kramer, Gilbert Postler, Khaled F Salhab, Cynthia Mendez, Larry C Carey and Hamid Rabb
Kidney Int 55: 2362-2367; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00460.x
Oxygen-dependent inhibition of respiration in isolated renal tubules by nitric oxide FREE
Ari Koivisto, Janos Pittner, Matteus Froelich and A Erik G Persson
Kidney Int 55: 2368-2375; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00474.x
Peptides derived from the human transferrin receptor stimulate endosomal acidification via a Gi-type protein FREE
Juan Codina, Richard Gurich and Thomas D DuBose,Jr
Kidney Int 55: 2376-2382; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00490.x
See also: Editorial by WarnockInsulin-dependent diabetic sibling pairs are concordant for sodium-hydrogen antiport activity FREE
Roberto Trevisan, Paola Fioretto, José Barbosa and Michael Mauer
Kidney Int 55: 2383-2389; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00478.x
See also: Editorial by VibertiVascular Biology-Hemodynamics-Hypertension
Endothelin and angiotensin mediate most glomerular responses to nitric oxide inhibition FREE
Changbin Qiu and Chris Baylis
Kidney Int 55: 2390-2396; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00466.x
Essential arterial hypertension and stone disease FREE
Loris Borghi, Tiziana Meschi, Angela Guerra, Angelo Briganti, Tania Schianchi, Franca Allegri and Almerico Novarini
Kidney Int 55: 2397-2406; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00483.x
Cyclosporine A up-regulates angiotensin II receptors and calcium responses in human vascular smooth muscle cells FREE
Pavel V Avdonin, Florence Cottet-Maire, Galina V Afanasjeva, Svetlana A Loktionova, Philippe Lhote and Urs T Ruegg
Kidney Int 55: 2407-2414; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00481.x
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials
Correlation of histology to clinical rejection reversal: A Thymoglobulin Multicenter Trial report FREE
Lillian W Gaber, Linda W Moore, A Osama Gaber, Raymond J Tesi, Jayne Meyer and Timothy J Schroeder
Kidney Int 55: 2415-2422; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00494.x
Multicenter clinical trial of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor I in patients with acute renal failure FREE
Raimund Hirschberg, Joel Kopple, Pamela Lipsett, Ernest Benjamin, Joseph Minei, Timothy Albertson, Mark Munger, Michael Metzler, Gary Zaloga, Michael Murray, Stephen Lowry, John Conger, Wade Mckeown, Michael O'Shea, Robert Baughman, Kenneth Wood, Marilyn Haupt, Roger Kaiser, Hank Simms, David Warnock, Warren Summer, Raymond Hintz, Brian Myers, Kathrine Haenftling, William Capra, Marilyn Pike and Hans-Peter Guler
Kidney Int 55: 2423-2432; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00463.x
Lipoprotein(a) levels in relation to albumin concentration in childhood nephrotic syndrome FREE
Davide Noto, Carlo M Barbagallo, Armida Lo Cascio, Angelo B Cefalù, Giovanni Cavera, Rosalia Caldarella, Giuseppina Marino, Salvatore Travali, Ignazio Cutaia, Silvio Maringhini, Alberto Notarbartolo and Maurizio Averna
Kidney Int 55: 2433-2439; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00489.x
HBV and proteinuria in relatives and contacts of children with hepatitis B virus-associated membranous nephropathy FREE
Rajendra Bhimma, Hoosen Mahomed Coovadia, Anna Kramvis, Miriam Adhikari, Michael Charles Kew and Catherine Anne Connolly
Kidney Int 55: 2440-2449; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00467.x
Effect of hyperinsulinemia on renal function in a general Japanese population: The Hisayama study FREE
Michiaki Kubo, Yutaka Kiyohara, Isao Kato, Hiromitsu Iwamoto, Keizo Nakayama, Hideki Hirakata and Masatoshi Fujishima
Kidney Int 55: 2450-2456; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00458.x
Dialysis – Transplantation
Cyclosporine-associated thrombotic microangiopathy in renal allografts FREE
April Zarifian, Suzanne Meleg-Smith, Richard O'Donovan, Raymond J Tesi and Vechi Batuman
Kidney Int 55: 2457-2466; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00492.x
Clinical and biochemical correlates of starting "daily" hemodialysis FREE
John D Woods, Friedrich K Port, Sean Orzol, Umberto Buoncristiani, Eric Young, Robert A Wolfe and Philip J Held
Kidney Int 55: 2467-2476; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00493.x
Intravenous ascorbic acid as an adjuvant therapy for recombinant erythropoietin in hemodialysis patients with hyperferritinemia FREE
Der-Cherng Tarng, Yau-Huei Wei, Tung-Po Huang, Benjamin I T Kuo and Wu-Chang Yang
Kidney Int 55: 2477-2486; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00479.x
Influence of hemodialysis membrane type on pentosidine plasma level, a marker of "carbonyl stress" FREE
Michel Jadoul, Yasuhiko Ueda, Yoshinari Yasuda, Akira Saito, Annie Robert, Naoto Ishida, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Charles Van Ypersele De Strihou and Toshio Miyata
Kidney Int 55: 2487-2492; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00468.x
Peritoneal dialysis adequacy: A model to assess feasibility with various modalities FREE
Jose A Diaz-Buxo, Frank A Gotch, Tom I Folden, Shelden Rosenblum, James Zazra, Nancy Lew, Terri L Crawford, Brenda Youngblood, Angie Pesich and J Michael Lazarus
Kidney Int 55: 2493-2501; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00472.x
Tissue engineering of a bioartificial renal tubule assist device: In vitro transport and metabolic characteristics FREE
H David Humes, Sherrill M Mackay, Angela J Funke and Deborah A Buffington
Kidney Int 55: 2502-2514; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00486.x
Survival advantage in Asian American end-stage renal disease patients FREE
Joyce S Wong, Friedrich K Port, Tempie E Hulbert-Shearon, Caitlin E Carroll, Robert A Wolfe, Lawrence Y C Agodoa and John T Daugirdas
Kidney Int 55: 2515-2523; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00464.x
See also: Editorial by Breyer-LewisEditorials
Regulation of endosomal acidification via Gi-type protein FREE
David G Warnock
Kidney Int 55: 2524-2525; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00505.x
See also: Ion Channels-membrane Transport-integrative Physiology by Codina et al.Why do we have to invoke genetic susceptibility for diabetic nephropathy? FREE
Giancarlo Viberti
Kidney Int 55: 2526-2527; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00507.x
See also: Ion Channels-membrane Transport-integrative Physiology by Trevisan et al.Risky business FREE
Julia Breyer-Lewis
Kidney Int 55: 2528-2529; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00506.x
See also: Dialysis – Transplantation by Wong et al.Letters to the Editor
Two novel mutations in the 
subunit of the human epithelial sodium channel FREE
Manuela Födinger, Robert Fritsche-Polanz, Dagmar Schedler, Walter H Hörl and Gere Sunder-Plassmann
Kidney Int 55: 2530-2531; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00499.x
Nephrology Forum
Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 FREE
Pierre Cochat Principal discussant
Kidney Int 55: 2533-2547; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00477.x
Abstracts
The Renal Association. Bristol, England. March 26–27, 1998 FREE
Kidney Int 55: 2548-2572; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.t01-1-00454.x
The Renal Association. London, England. September 28 and 29, 1998 FREE
Kidney Int 55: 2573-2597; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.t01-1-00456.x
Dutch Society of Nephrology 60th Scientific Meeting. Maastricht, The Netherlands. October 11th, 1998 FREE
Kidney Int 55: 2598-2608; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.t01-1-00457.x
International Society of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology FREE
Kidney Int 55: 2609-2613; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.09999.x
Corporate Sponsors of the International Society of Nephrology
Corporate Sponsors of the International Society of Nephrology FREE
Kidney Int 55: 2614; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.09992.x
Acknowledgment of Reviewers
Acknowledgment of Reviewers FREE
Kidney Int 55: 2615-2620; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.09991.x
Key Word Index For Volume 55
Key Word Index For Volume 55 FREE
Kidney Int 55: 2621-2631; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.09993.x
