TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 63, Issue 5 (May 2003)
Perspectives in Basic Science |
Genetic Disorders – Development |
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology |
Ion Channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology |
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension |
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials |
Dialysis – Transplantation |
Technical Notes |
Commentaries |
Editorials |
Letters to the Editor |
Nephrology Forum |
International Society of Nephrology
Perspectives in Renal Medicine
Estimates of body water, fat-free mass, and body fat in patients on peritoneal dialysis by anthropometric formulas FREE
Antonios H Tzamaloukas, Glen H Murata, Dorothy J Vanderjagt and Robert H Glew
Kidney Int 63: 1605-1617; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00900.x
Perspectives in Basic Science
The HIV-associated renal diseases: Current insight into pathogenesis and treatment FREE
Neil J Weiner, Jeffrey W Goodman and Paul L Kimmel
Kidney Int 63: 1618-1631; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00901.x
Genetic Disorders – Development
The Rho family of small GTPases is involved in epithelial cystogenesis and tubulogenesis FREE
Katherine K Rogers, Tzuu-Shuh Jou, Wei Guo and Joshua H Lipschutz
Kidney Int 63: 1632-1644; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00902.x
Atypical familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy associated with a hepatocyte nuclear factor-1
gene mutation FREE
Coralie Bingham, Sian Ellard, William G van't Hoff, H Anne Simmonds, Anthony M Marinaki, Michael K Badman, Peter H Winocour, Amanda Stride, Christopher R Lockwood, Anthony J Nicholls, Katharine R Owen, Ghislaine Spyer, Ewan R Pearson and Andrew T Hattersley
Kidney Int 63: 1645-1651; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00903.x
A novel lysozyme mutation Phe57Ile associated with hereditary renal amyloidosis FREE
Masahide Yazaki, Sandra A Farrell and Merrill D Benson
Kidney Int 63: 1652-1657; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00904.x
Imprinted mesodermal specific transcript (MEST) and H19 genes in renal development and diabetes FREE
Yashpal S Kanwar, Xiaomin Pan, Sun Lin, Anil Kumar, Jun Wada, Christian S Haas, Gene Liau and Jon W Lomasney
Kidney Int 63: 1658-1670; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00905.x
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology
Uremic toxins of organic anions up-regulate PAI-1 expression by induction of NF-
B and free radical in proximal tubular cells FREE
Masaru Motojima, Atsuko Hosokawa, Hideyuki Yamato, Takamura Muraki and Toshimasa Yoshioka
Kidney Int 63: 1671-1680; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00906.x
Production of hemopexin by TNF-
stimulated human mesangial cells FREE
Jola J Kapojos, Anke Van Den Berg, Harry Van Goor, Maroeska W M Te Loo, Klaas Poelstra, Theo Borghuis and Winston W Bakker
Kidney Int 63: 1681-1686; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00907.x
Cytochrome P450 2E1 null mice provide novel protection against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity and apoptosis FREE
Hua Liu and Radhakrishna Baliga
Kidney Int 63: 1687-1696; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00908.x
ICAM-1 expression and leukocyte accumulation in inner stripe of outer medulla in early phase of ischemic compared to HgCl2-induced ARF FREE
Kathleen E De Greef, Dirk K Ysebaert, Veerle Persy, Sven R Vercauteren and Marc E De Broe
Kidney Int 63: 1697-1707; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00909.x
Cardiomyocyte loss in experimental renal failure: Prevention by ramipril FREE
Kerstin Amann, Karin Tyralla, Marie-Luise Gross, Ute Schwarz, Johannes Törnig, Christian Stefan Haas, Eberhard Ritz and Gerhard Mall
Kidney Int 63: 1708-1713; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00927.x
Differential gene expression following early renal ischemia/reperfusion FREE
Suroj Supavekin, Weijia Zhang, Raju Kucherlapati, Frederick J Kaskel, Leon C Moore and Prasad Devarajan
Kidney Int 63: 1714-1724; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00928.x
Inhibition of mitochondria prevents cell death in kidney epithelial cells by intra- and extracellular acidification FREE
Gerald Schwerdt, Ruth Freudinger, Claudia Schuster, Stefan Silbernagl and Michael Gekle
Kidney Int 63: 1725-1735; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00934.x
Increased expression of MMP-2, MMP-9 (type IV collagenases/gelatinases), and MT1-MMP in canine X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) FREE
Velidi H Rao, George E Lees, Clifford E Kashtan, Ryochi Nemori, Rakesh K Singh, Daniel T Meehan, Kathyrn Rodgers, Brian R Berridge, Gautam Bhattacharya and Dominic Cosgrove
Kidney Int 63: 1736-1748; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00939.x
Ion Channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology
Characterization of the endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) response in the human interlobar artery FREE
Eckhart Büssemaker, Rüdiger Popp, Jochen Binder, Rudi Busse and Ingrid Fleming
Kidney Int 63: 1749-1755; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00910.x
Molecular mechanisms of altered cholesterol metabolism in rats with spontaneous focal glomerulosclerosis FREE
Nosratola D Vaziri, Tadashi Sato and Kaihui Liang
Kidney Int 63: 1756-1763; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00911.x
Involvement of voltage- and ligand-gated Ca2+ channels in the neuroexcitatory and synergistic effects of putative uremic neurotoxins FREE
Rudi D'Hooge, Gerda Van De Vijver, Pierre-Paul Van Bogaert, Bart Marescau, Raymond Vanholder and Peter P De Deyn
Kidney Int 63: 1764-1775; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00912.x
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension
Endothelial-derived vasoactive mediators in polycystic kidney disease FREE
Muna A Al-Nimri, Radko Komers, Terry T Oyama, Arohan R Subramanya, Jessie N Lindsley and Sharon Anderson
Kidney Int 63: 1776-1784; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00913.x
Effect of green tea extract on cardiac hypertrophy following 5/6 nephrectomy in the rat FREE
Snigdha Priyadarshi, Brandon Valentine, Chi Han, Olga V Fedorova, Alexei Y Bagrov, Jiang Liu, Sankaridrug M Periyasamy, David Kennedy, Deepak Malhotra, Zijian Xie and Joseph I Shapiro
Kidney Int 63: 1785-1790; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00914.x
Aldosterone/salt induces renal inflammation and fibrosis in hypertensive rats FREE
Eileen R Blasi, Ricardo Rocha, Amy E Rudolph, Eric A G Blomme, Melissa L Polly and Ellen G Mcmahon
Kidney Int 63: 1791-1800; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00929.x
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials
Similar predictive value of bone turnover using first- and second-generation immunometric PTH assays in pediatric patients treated with peritoneal dialysis FREE
Isidro B Salusky, William G Goodman, Beatriz D Kuizon, Jeffrey R Lavigne, Richard J Zahranik, Barbara Gales, He-Jing Wang, Robert M Elashoff and Harald Jüppner
Kidney Int 63: 1801-1808; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00915.x
Histomorphometric features of bone in patients with primary and secondary hypoparathyroidism FREE
Yoshifumi Ubara, Tomohisa Fushimi, Tetsuo Tagami, Naoki Sawa, Junichi Hoshino, Masafumi Yokota, Hideyuki Katori, Fumi Takemoto and Shigeko Hara
Kidney Int 63: 1809-1816; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00916.x
Time trends in reported prevalence of kidney stones in the United States: 1976–1994 FREE
Kiriaki K Stamatelou, Mildred E Francis, Camille A Jones, Leroy M Nyberg Jr and Gary C Curhan
Kidney Int 63: 1817-1823; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00917.x
See also: Editorial by GoldfarbRecurrence of intracranial aneurysms in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease FREE
Mark M Belz, Godela M Fick-Brosnahan, Richard L Hughes, David Rubinstein, Arlene B Chapman, Ann M Johnson, Kim K Mcfann, William D Kaehny and Patricia A Gabow
Kidney Int 63: 1824-1830; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00918.x
Association of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-
) T869C (Leu 10Pro) gene polymorphisms with type 2 diabetic nephropathy in Chinese FREE
Teresa Yuk Hwa Wong, Peter Poon, Kai Ming Chow, Cheuk Chun Szeto, Man Kuen Cheung and Philip Kam Tao Li
Kidney Int 63: 1831-1835; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00919.x
The nephrologist's role in the management of calcium-phosphorus metabolism in patients with chronic kidney disease FREE
Wolfgang C Winkelmayer, Raisa Levin and Jerry Avorn
Kidney Int 63: 1836-1842; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00930.x
The association between mental health, physical function, and hemodialysis mortality FREE
Eric L Knight, Norma Ofsthun, Ming Teng, J Michael Lazarus and Gary C Curhan
Kidney Int 63: 1843-1851; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00931.x
Aortic pulse wave velocity index and mortality in end-stage renal disease FREE
Jacques Blacher, Michel E Safar, Alain P Guerin, Bruno Pannier, Sylvain J Marchais and Gérard M London
Kidney Int 63: 1852-1860; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00932.x
The efficacy of tonsillectomy on long-term renal survival in patients with IgA nephropathy FREE
Yuansheng Xie, Shinichi Nishi, Mitsuhiro Ueno, Naofumi Imai, Minoru Sakatsume, Ichiei Narita, Yasushi Suzuki, Kouhei Akazawa, Hisaki Shimada, Masaaki Arakawa and Fumitake Gejyo
Kidney Int 63: 1861-1867; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00935.x
Incidence and outcome of acute renal failure complicating autologous stem cell transplantation for AL amyloidosis FREE
Amit Fadia, Liam F Casserly, Vaishali Sanchorawala, David C Seldin, Daniel G Wright, Martha Skinner and Laura M Dember
Kidney Int 63: 1868-1873; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00936.x
Dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin system versus maximal recommended dose of ACE inhibition in diabetic nephropathy FREE
Peter Jacobsen, Steen Andersen, Kasper Rossing, Berit R Jensen and Hans-Henrik Parving
Kidney Int 63: 1874-1880; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00940.x
Dialysis – Transplantation
Vitamin E–bonded hemodialyzer improves atherosclerosis associated with a rheological improvement of circulating red blood cells FREE
Shuzo Kobayashi, Hidekazu Moriya, Kuniko Aso and Takayasu Ohtake
Kidney Int 63: 1881-1887; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00920.x
Monocytes and peritubular capillary C4d deposition in acute renal allograft rejection FREE
Alex B Magil and Kathryn Tinckam
Kidney Int 63: 1888-1893; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00921.x
See also: Editorial by ColvinSlow-flow venous pressure for detection of arteriovenous graft malfunction FREE
Gary R Sirken, Chetan Shah and Rasib Raja
Kidney Int 63: 1894-1898; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00922.x
Cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling in relation to ACE and angiotensinogen genes genotypes in Chinese dialysis patients FREE
Angela Yee-Moon Wang, Juliana Chung-Ngor Chan, Mei Wang, Emily Poon, Siu-Fai Lui, Philip Kam-Tao Li and John Sanderson
Kidney Int 63: 1899-1907; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00933.x
The effects of higher hemoglobin levels on mortality and hospitalization in hemodialysis patients FREE
Norma Ofsthun, John Labrecque, Eduardo Lacson, Marcia Keen and J Michael Lazarus
Kidney Int 63: 1908-1914; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00937.x
The pathogenesis of osteodystrophy after renal transplantation as detected by early alterations in bone remodeling FREE
Eudocia Rojas, Raul G Carlini, Paul Clesca, Anabella Arminio, Orlando Suniaga, Karen De Elguezabal, José R Weisinger, Keith A Hruska and Ezequiel Bellorin-Font
Kidney Int 63: 1915-1923; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00938.x
Technical Notes
Predicting end-stage renal disease: Bayesian perspective of information transfer in the clinical decision-making process at the individual level FREE
Borislav D Dimitrov, Annalisa Perna, Piero Ruggenenti and Giuseppe Remuzzi
Kidney Int 63: 1924-1933; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00923.x
Review on uremic toxins: Classification, concentration, and interindividual variability FREE
Raymond Vanholder, Rita De Smet, Griet Glorieux, Angel Argilés, Ulrich Baurmeister, Philippe Brunet, William Clark, Gerald Cohen, Peter Paul De Deyn, Reinhold Deppisch, Beatrice Descamps-Latscha, Thomas Henle, Achim Jörres, Horst Dieter Lemke, Ziad A Massy, Jutta Passlick-Deetjen, Mariano Rodriguez, Bernd Stegmayr, Peter Stenvinkel, Ciro Tetta, Christoph Wanner, Walter Zidek and For the European Uremic Toxin Work Group (EUTox)
Kidney Int 63: 1934-1943; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00924.x
Impact of thyroid dysfunction on serum cystatin C FREE
Manuel Fricker, Peter Wiesli, Michael Brändle, Beat Schwegler and Christoph Schmid
Kidney Int 63: 1944-1947; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00925.x
Commentaries
Preventing end-stage renal disease: The potential impact of screening and intervention in developing countries FREE
Arrigo Schieppati, Norberto Perico and Giuseppe Remuzzi
Kidney Int 63: 1948-1950; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00926.x
Editorials
Increasing prevalence of kidney stones in the United States FREE
David S Goldfarb
Kidney Int 63: 1951-1952; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00942.x
See also: Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials by Stamatelou et al.Transplant Mac attack: Humor the macrophages FREE
Robert B Colvin
Kidney Int 63: 1953-1954; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00943.x
See also: Dialysis – Transplantation by Magil & TinckamLetters to the Editor
Concerns about KIM-1 as a urinary biomarker for acute tubular necrosis (ATN) FREE
Seymour Rosen and Samuel Heyman
Kidney Int 63: 1955; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00944.x
Calciphylaxis is usually nonulcerating: Risk factors, outcomes, and therapy FREE
Prem K G Chandran
Kidney Int 63: 1955-1956; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00945.x
A comparison of transplant outcomes in peritoneal and hemodialysis patients FREE
Miguel Pérez Fontán and Ana Rodríguez-Carmona
Kidney Int 63: 1956; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00946.x
A comparison of transplant outcomes in peritoneal and hemodialysis patients FREE
Jon J Snyder
Kidney Int 63: 1956-1957; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00563.x
Overnight unattended home hemodialysis FREE
Stanley Shaldon
Kidney Int 63: 1957; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00947.x
Overnight unattended home hemodialysis FREE
Philip A McFarlane
Kidney Int 63: 1957; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.t01-1-00947.x
Influence of dialysis membranes on outcomes in acute renal failure FREE
Marcello Tonelli, Neesh Pannu and Braden Manns
Kidney Int 63: 1957-1958; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00948.x
Influence of dialysis membranes on outcomes in acute renal failure FREE
Sanjay Subramanian, Ramesh Venkataraman and John Kellum
Kidney Int 63: 1958; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.t01-1-00948.x
Posttransplant hemolytic uremic syndrome FREE
Colm C Magee, Mark D Denton and Manuel Pascual
Kidney Int 63: 1958-1959; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00949.x
Thrombotic microangiopathy following organ transplantation FREE
Phuong-Thu T Pham, Phuong-Chi T Pham and Alan H Wilkinson
Kidney Int 63: 1959; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00950.x
Thrombotic microangiopathy following organ transplantation FREE
Piero Ruggenenti
Kidney Int 63: 1959-1960; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.t01-1-00950.x
Endothelial chimerism in association with vascular rejection in patients after kidney transplantation FREE
Shigeru Horita, Kosaku Nitta, Kazunari Tanabe, Hirosha Nihei, Hiroshi Toma and Yutaka Yamaguchi
Kidney Int 63: 1960; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00951.x
Risk factors for late kidney allograft failure FREE
Navalkishor Udgiri, Randeep Kashyap and Mukut Minz
Kidney Int 63: 1960-1961; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00952.x
Risk factors for late kidney allograft failure FREE
Claudio Ponticelli and Margarita Villa
Kidney Int 63: 1961; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00612.x
Bitter pill it is, but frequent hemodialysis more than thrice weekly may be the answer FREE
Abdulla K Salahudeen and Warren May
Kidney Int 63: 1961-1962; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00953.x
Bitter pill it is, but frequent hemodialysis more than thrice weekly may be the answer FREE
Edmund G Lowrie for the authors
Kidney Int 63: 1962; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.t01-1-00953.x
Infection rates of the LifeSite hemodialysis access system FREE
John J Ross, Geetha Narayan, Michael G Worthington and James A Strom
Kidney Int 63: 1963; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00954.x
Infection rates of the LifeSite hemodialysis access system FREE
Steve J Schwab for the authors
Kidney Int 63: 1963; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.t01-1-00954.x
Nephrology Forum
Molecular mechanisms of lipid disorders in nephrotic syndrome FREE
Principal discussant Nosratola D Vaziri
Kidney Int 63: 1964-1976; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00941.x


