TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 59, Issue 4 (April 2001)
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 |
Historical Archives |
Editorials |
Letters to the Editor |
Nephrology Forum |
International Society of Nephrology
Perspectives in Renal Medicine
Renoprotection: One or many therapies? FREE
Lee A Hebert, William A Wilmer, Michael E Falkenhain, Stephanie E Ladson-Wofford, N Stanley Nahman Jr and Brad H Rovin
Kidney Int 59: 1211-1226; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041211.x
Perspectives in Basic Science
Intrarenal synthesis of complement FREE
Wuding Zhou, James E Marsh and Steven H Sacks
Kidney Int 59: 1227-1235; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041227.x
Genetic Disorders – Development
Clinical and pathologic features of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) gene mutation FREE
Osamu Hotta, Chiyoko N Inoue, Shigeaki Miyabayashi, Takashi Furuta, Akihiko Takeuchi and Yoshio Taguma
Kidney Int 59: 1236-1243; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041236.x
No evidence for AT2R gene derangement in human urinary tract anomalies FREE
Masahiro Hiraoka, Takanobu Taniguchi, Hideo Nakai, Minoru Kino, Yuusaku Okada, Akihiko Tanizawa, Hirokazu Tsukahara, Yusei Ohshima, Ikunobu Muramatsu and Mitsufumi Mayumi
Kidney Int 59: 1244-1249; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041244.x
Cystinuria type I: Identification of eight new mutations in SLC3A1 FREE
Luigi Bisceglia, Jesús Purroy, Maite Jiménez-Vidal, Adamo P D'Adamo, Ferran Rousaud, Ercole Beccia, Rosa Penza, Gianfranco Rizzoni, Michele Gallucci, Manuel Palacín, Paolo Gasparini, Virginia Nunes and Leopoldo Zelante
Kidney Int 59: 1250-1256; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041250.x
Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling
AT1 receptor antagonist combats oxidative stress and restores nitric oxide signaling in the SHR FREE
William J Welch and Christopher S Wilcox
Kidney Int 59: 1257-1263; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041257.x
Increased cGMP phosphodiesterase activity mediates renal resistance to ANP in rats with bile duct ligation FREE
Xi-Ping Ni, Massy Safai, David G Gardner and Michael H Humphreys
Kidney Int 59: 1264-1273; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041264.x
Increased expression of atrial natriuretic peptide in the kidney of rats with bilateral ureteral obstruction FREE
Soo Wan Kim, Jongun Lee, Jong Wook Park, Jung Hee Hong, Hyun Kook, Chan Choi and Ki Chul Choi
Kidney Int 59: 1274-1282; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041274.x
Mesangial cells release untransformed prostaglandin H2 as a major prostanoid FREE
Marta Soler, Mercedes Camacho, Ricard Solá and Luís Vila
Kidney Int 59: 1283-1289; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041283.x
Role of nitric oxide in renal tubular apoptosis of unilateral ureteral obstruction FREE
Akira Miyajima, Jie Chen, Dix P Poppas, E Darracott Vaughan Jr and Diane Felsen
Kidney Int 59: 1290-1303; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041290.x
Hepatocyte growth factor suppresses interstitial fibrosis in a mouse model of obstructive nephropathy FREE
Shinya Mizuno, Kunio Matsumoto and Toshikazu Nakamura
Kidney Int 59: 1304-1314; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041304.x
Leptin stimulates type I collagen production in db/db mesangial cells: Glucose uptake and TGF-
type II receptor expression FREE
Dong Cheol Han, Motohide Isono, Sheldon Chen, Alberto Casaretto, Soon Won Hong, Gunter Wolf and Fuad N Ziyadeh
Kidney Int 59: 1315-1323; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041315.x
PDGF signal transduction inhibition ameliorates experimental mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis FREE
Richard E Gilbert, Darren J Kelly, Tara Mckay, Steven Chadban, Prudence A Hill, Mark E Cooper, Robert C Atkins and David J Nikolic-Paterson
Kidney Int 59: 1324-1332; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041324.x
See also: Editorial by Floege & OstendorfCell Biology – Immunology – Pathology
Simultaneous blockade of endothelin A and B receptors in ischemic acute renal failure is detrimental to long-term kidney function FREE
Josephine Maree Forbes, Timothy David Hewitson, Gavin James Becker and Colin Lindsay Jones
Kidney Int 59: 1333-1341; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041333.x
See also: Editorial by SafirsteinSelenium-deficient diet induces renal oxidative stress and injury via TGF-
1 in normal and diabetic rats FREE
Alluru S Reddi and Jaya S Bollineni
Kidney Int 59: 1342-1353; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041342.x
12-Lipoxygenase is increased in glucose-stimulated mesangial cells and in experimental diabetic nephropathy FREE
Shin-Wook Kang, Sharon G Adler, Cynthia C Nast, Janine Lapage, Jia-Li Gu, Jerry L Nadler and Rama Natarajan
Kidney Int 59: 1354-1362; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041354.x
Gene expression profile in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice kidneys undergoing glomerulosclerosis FREE
Jun Wada, Hong Zhang, Yoshinori Tsuchiyama, Keita Hiragushi, Kazuyuki Hida, Kenichi Shikata, Yashpal S Kanwar and Hirofumi Makino
Kidney Int 59: 1363-1373; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041363.x
Mast cell chymase expression and mast cell phenotypes in human rejected kidneys FREE
Mayumi Yamada, Makiko Ueda, Takahiko Naruko, Shigeru Tanabe, Young-Sin Han, Yoshihiro Ikura, Masayuki Ogami, Shinji Takai and Mizuo Miyazaki
Kidney Int 59: 1374-1381; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041374.x
Defective expression of B7-2 (CD86) on monocytes of dialysis patients correlates to the uremia-associated immune defect FREE
Matthias Girndt, Martina Sester, Urban Sester, Harald Kaul and Hans Köhler
Kidney Int 59: 1382-1389; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041382.x
Prolonged transgene expression in glomeruli using an EBV replicon vector system combined with HVJ liposomes FREE
Michiko Tsujie, Yoshitaka Isaka, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Yasufumi Kaneda, Enyu Imai and Masatsugu Hori
Kidney Int 59: 1390-1396; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041390.x
Viral delivery of superoxide dismutase gene reduces cyclosporine A-induced nephrotoxicity FREE
Zhi Zhong, Henry D Connor, Ming Yin, Michael D Wheeler, Ronald P Mason and Ronald G Thurman
Kidney Int 59: 1397-1404; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041397.x
Ion Channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology
Mouse Na+: HCO3 - cotransporter isoform NBC-3 (kNBC-3): Cloning, expression, and renal distribution FREE
Zhaohui Wang, Laura Conforti, Snezana Petrovic, Hassane Amlal, Charles E Burnham and Manoocher Soleimani
Kidney Int 59: 1405-1414; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041405.x
Effect of acidosis on urine supersaturation and stone formation in genetic hypercalciuric stone-forming rats FREE
David A Bushinsky, Marc D Grynpas and John R Asplin
Kidney Int 59: 1415-1423; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041415.x
Dietary zinc deficiency increases uroguanylin accumulation in rat kidney FREE
Li Cui, Raymond K Blanchard and Robert J Cousins
Kidney Int 59: 1424-1431; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041424.x
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension
Renal vascular responses to captopril and to candesartan in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus FREE
M Cecilia Lansang, Deborah A Price, Lori MB Laffel, Suzette Y Osei, Naomi DL Fisher, David Erani and Norman K Hollenberg
Kidney Int 59: 1432-1438; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041432.x
Continuous measurements of renal perfusion in pigs by means of intravascular Doppler FREE
Martin Möckel, Dierk Scheinert, Evgenij V Potapov, Ernst Wellnhofer, Volker Combé, Boris A Nasseri, Dirk Maier, Sabine Meyer, Charles Yankah, Roland Hetzer, Ulrich Frei and Kai-Uwe Eckardt
Kidney Int 59: 1439-1447; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041439.x
Heme oxygenase isoform-specific expression and distribution in the rat kidney FREE
Jean-Louis Da Silva, Barbara A Zand, Li Ming Yang, Hatem E Sabaawy, Elias Lianos and Nader G Abraham
Kidney Int 59: 1448-1457; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041448.x
Intrarenal angiotensin and bradykinin peptide levels in the remnant kidney model of renal insufficiency FREE
Fiona E Mackie, Duncan J Campbell and Timothy W Meyer
Kidney Int 59: 1458-1465; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041458.x
Circulating endothelial nitric oxide synthase inhibitory factor in some patients with chronic renal disease FREE
Shen Xiao, Laszlo Wagner, Rebecca J Schmidt and Chris Baylis
Kidney Int 59: 1466-1472; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041466.x
Effect of fluvastatin on endothelium-dependent brachial artery vasodilation in patients after renal transplantation FREE
Martin Hausberg, Markus Kosch, Frank Stam, Stefan Heidenreich, Klaus Kisters, Karl Heinz Rahn and Michael Barenbrock
Kidney Int 59: 1473-1479; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041473.x
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials
Incidental renal artery stenosis in peripheral vascular disease: A case for treatment? FREE
Trude C Leertouwer, Peter MT Pattynama and Annette Van Den Berg-Huysmans
Kidney Int 59: 1480-1483; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041480.x
Cyclosporine in patients with steroid-resistant membranous nephropathy: A randomized trial FREE
Daniel C Cattran, Gerald B Appel, Lee A Hebert, Lawrence G Hunsicker, Marc A Pohl, Wendy E Hoy, Douglas R Maxwell and Cheryl L Kunis for the North American Nephrotic Syndrome Study Group
Kidney Int 59: 1484-1490; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041484.x
Upper extremity digital subtraction venography with gadoterate meglumine before fistula creation for hemodialysis FREE
Olivier Geoffroy, Marc Tassart, Alain-Ferdinand Le Blanche, Antoine Khalil, Viviane Duédal, Jérôme Rossert, Jean-Michel Bigot and Frank P Boudghène
Kidney Int 59: 1491-1497; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041491.x
Obesity-related glomerulopathy: An emerging epidemic FREE
Neeraja Kambham, Glen S Markowitz, Anthony M Valeri, Julie Lin and Vivette D D'Agati
Kidney Int 59: 1498-1509; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041498.x
Incidence, risk factors, and prognosis of gastrointestinal hemorrhage complicating acute renal failure FREE
Enrico Fiaccadori, Umberto Maggiore, Barbara Clima, Luigi Melfa, Carlo Rotelli and Alberico Borghetti
Kidney Int 59: 1510-1519; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041510.x
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene polymorphism 4G/4G genotype and lupus nephritis in Chinese patients FREE
Angela Yee Moon Wang, Peter Poon, Fernand Macmound Lai, Lymee Yu, Paul Cheung Lung Choi, Siu Fai Lui and Philip Kam Tao Li
Kidney Int 59: 1520-1528; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041520.x
Dialysis – Transplantation
Bicarbonate/lactate-based peritoneal dialysis solution increases cancer antigen 125 and decreases hyaluronic acid levels FREE
Suzanne Jones, Clifford J Holmes, Raymond T Krediet, Ruth Mackenzie, Dirk Faict, Anders Tranaeus, John D Williams, Gerald A Coles and Nicholas Topley on behalf of the Bicarbonate/Lactate Study Group
Kidney Int 59: 1529-1538; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041529.x
Exponentially increased risk of infectious death in older renal transplant recipients FREE
Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche, Akinlolu O Ojo, Julie A Hanson and Bruce Kaplan
Kidney Int 59: 1539-1543; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041539.x
A novel immunoadsorption device for removing
2-microglobulin from whole blood FREE
Guillermo A Ameer, Eric A Grovender, Hidde Ploegh, David Ting, William F Owen, Maria Rupnick and Robert Langer
Kidney Int 59: 1544-1550; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041544.x
Graft surveillance: Venous pressure, access flow, or the combination? FREE
Johannes HM Smits, Joke Van Der Linden, E Chris Hagen, Esther C Modderkolk-Cammeraat, Geert W Feith, Hein A Koomans, Marinus A Van Den Dorpel and Peter J Blankestijn
Kidney Int 59: 1551-1558; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041551.x
Diagnostic potential of cardiac natriuretic peptides in dialysis patients FREE
Francesca Mallamaci, Carmine Zoccali, Giovanni Tripepi, Francesco A Benedetto, Saverio Parlongo, Alessandro Cataliotti, Sebastiano Cutrupi, Giuseppe Giacone, Ignazio Bellanuova, Benedetta Stancanelli and Lorenzo S Malatino on behalf of the CREED Investigators
Kidney Int 59: 1559-1566; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041559.x
Long-term impact of discontinued or reduced calcineurin inhibitor in patients with chronic allograft nephropathy FREE
Matthew R Weir, Mary Traver Ward, Steven A Blahut, David K Klassen, Charles B Cangro, Stephen T Bartlett and Jeffrey C Fink
Kidney Int 59: 1567-1573; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041567.x
Determinants of enhanced thromboxane biosynthesis in renal transplantation FREE
Maurizio Averna, Carlo Maria Barbagallo, Antonina Ganci, Carlo Giammarresi, Angelo Baldassare Cefalù, Vito Sparacino, Flavia Caputo, Stefania Basili, Alberto Notarbartolo and Giovanni Davì
Kidney Int 59: 1574-1579; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041574.x
Historical Archives
Substitution of renal function through skin catharsis: Evidence from the classical period to the Middle Ages FREE
Athanasios A Diamandopoulos and Pavlos C Goudas
Kidney Int 59: 1580-1589; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041580.x
Editorials
Endothelin: The yin and yang of ischemic acute renal failure FREE
Robert Safirstein
Kidney Int 59: 1590-1591; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041590.x
See also: Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology by Forbes et al.Platelet-derived growth factor: A new clinical target on the horizon FREE
Jürgen Floege and Tammo Ostendorf
Kidney Int 59: 1592-1593; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041592.x
See also: Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling by Gilbert et al.Letters to the Editor
Expanding the organ donor pool: The Spanish Model FREE
Rafael Matesanz and Blanca Miranda
Kidney Int 59: 1594; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041594.x
Bone mass evolution after renal transplantation FREE
E Goffin, J P Devogelaer, G Depresseux and C van Ypersele de Strihou
Kidney Int 59: 1594-1595; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00661.x
Selectivity of proteinuria can be estimated reliably from samples of second-morning urine FREE
Axel Regeniter, Werner H Siede, André Scholer, Peter Huber, Nikolaus Frischmuth and Jürg U Steiger
Kidney Int 59: 1595-1596; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041595.x
See also: Letter to the Editor by Bazzi et al.Reply from the authors FREE
Claudio Bazzi, Concetta Petrini, Virginia Rizza, Girolamo Arrigo and Giuseppe D'Amico
Kidney Int 59: 1596-1597; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00662-2.x
See also: Letter to the Editor by Regeniter et al.Cited "validation" references for the SphygmoCor device FREE
Eldon D Lehmann
Kidney Int 59: 1597; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041597.x
See also: Letter to the Editor by GoldsmithReply from the author FREE
David J A Goldsmith FOR THE AUTHORS
Kidney Int 59: 1597-1598; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00663-2.x
See also: Letter to the Editor by LehmannNephrology Forum
Psychosocial factors in dialysis patients FREE
Paul L Kimmel Principal discussant:
Kidney Int 59: 1599-1613; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041599.x
International Society of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology on the Web FREE
Kidney Int 59: 1614; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.t01-1-09003.x
Meetings FREE
Kidney Int 59: 1614-1615; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.05932-2.x
For Submission of Manuscripts and Announcements FREE
Kidney Int 59: 1615; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.90034.x


