TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 64, Issue 4 (October 2003)
Special Awards From The 2003 World Congress Of Nephrology |
Perspectives in Renal Medicine |
Hormones – Cytokines – Signalling |
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 |
International Society of Nephrology
In Memoriam
In Memoriam FREE
William G Couser President-Elect, International Society of Nephrology
Kidney Int 64: 1155-1156; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00296.x
Special Awards From The 2003 World Congress Of Nephrology
Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease FREE
Jared J Grantham
Kidney Int 64: 1157-1162; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00242.x
AMGEN International Prize FREE
Barry M Brenner
Kidney Int 64: 1163-1168; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00249.x
Perspectives in Renal Medicine
Thin basement membrane nephropathy FREE
Judy Savige, Kesha Rana, Stephen Tonna, Mark Buzza, Hayat Dagher and Yan Yan Wang
Kidney Int 64: 1169-1178; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00234.x
Hormones – Cytokines – Signalling
Hepatocyte growth factor regulates proteoglycan synthesis in interstitial fibroblasts FREE
Emi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Sasamura, Mizuo Mifune, Ryoko Shimizu-Hirota, Mari Kuroda, Matsuhiko Hayashi and Takao Saruta
Kidney Int 64: 1179-1188; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00202.x
Renal ischemia/reperfusion and ATP depletion/repletion in LLC-PK1 cells result in phosphorylation of FKHR and FKHRL1 FREE
Michele Andreucci, Ashour Michael, Cornelis Kramers, Kwon Moo Park, Ang Chen, Tilman Matthaeus, Alessandro Alessandrini, Syed Haq, Thomas Force and Joseph V Bonventre
Kidney Int 64: 1189-1198; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00204.x
Early aldosterone up-regulated genes: New pathways for renal disease? FREE
Markus Kellner, Angela Peiter, Mathias Hafner, Martin Feuring, Michael Christ, Martin Wehling, Elisabeth Falkenstein and Ralf Lösel
Kidney Int 64: 1199-1207; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00216.x
Urinary and renal interstitial concentrations of TNF-
increase prior to the rise in albuminuria in diabetic rats FREE
Kambiz Kalantarinia, Alaa S Awad and Helmy M Siragy
Kidney Int 64: 1208-1213; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00237.x
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology
Dietary conjugated linoleic acid reduces PGE2 release and interstitial injury in rat polycystic kidney disease FREE
Malcolm R Ogborn, Evan Nitschmann, Neda Bankovic-Calic, Hope A Weiler, Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong and Harold M Aukema
Kidney Int 64: 1214-1221; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00215.x
Podocytes that detach in experimental membranous nephropathy are viable FREE
Arndt T Petermann, Ron Krofft, Mary Blonski, Keiju Hiromura, Michael Vaughn, Raimund Pichler, Sian Griffin, Takehiko Wada, Jeffrey Pippin, Raghu Durvasula and Stuart J Shankland
Kidney Int 64: 1222-1231; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00217.x
See also: Editorial by MundelC1q nephropathy: A variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis FREE
Glen S Markowitz, Joshua A Schwimmer, M Barry Stokes, Samih Nasr, Robert L Seigle, Anthony M Valeri and Vivette D D'Agati
Kidney Int 64: 1232-1240; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00218.x
Therapeutic effect of all-trans retinoic acid on rats with anti-GBM antibody glomerulonephritis FREE
Susumu Oseto, Toshiki Moriyama, Noritaka Kawada, Katsuyuki Nagatoya, Masanobu Takeji, Akio Ando, Tadashi Yamamoto, Enyu Imai and Masatsugu Hori
Kidney Int 64: 1241-1252; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00219.x
Altered mRNA expression in renal biopsy tissue from patients with IgA nephropathy FREE
Iwao Waga, Jun Yamamoto, Hitoshi Sasai, William E Munger, Susan L Hogan, Gloria A Preston, Hong-Wei Sun, J Charles Jennette, Ronald J Falk and David A Alcorta
Kidney Int 64: 1253-1264; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00220.x
Blockade of CD40-CD40 ligand protects against renal injury in chronic proteinuric renal disease FREE
Lukas Kairaitis, Yiping Wang, Ling Zheng, Yuet-Ching Tay, Yang Wang and David C H Harris
Kidney Int 64: 1265-1272; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00223.x
Protective roles of thioredoxin, a redox-regulating protein, in renal ischemia/reperfusion injury FREE
Kenji Kasuno, Hajime Nakamura, Takahiko Ono, Eri Muso and Junji Yodoi
Kidney Int 64: 1273-1282; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00224.x
Calcium phosphate–induced renal epithelial injury and stone formation: Involvement of reactive oxygen species FREE
Kinue Aihara, Karen J Byer and Saeed R Khan
Kidney Int 64: 1283-1291; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00226.x
T-cell epitope of
3 chain of type IV collagen induces severe glomerulonephritis FREE
Jean Wu, Jason Borillo, William F Glass II, John Hicks, Ching-Nan Ou and Ya-Huan Lou
Kidney Int 64: 1292-1301; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00227.x
Selective protection of renal tubular epithelial cells by heme oxygenase (HO)-1 during stress-induced injury FREE
Yonghong Yang, Kazuhide Ohta, Masaki Shimizu, Kayoko Morimoto, Chinami Goto, Akiko Nakai, Tomoko Toma, Yoshihito Kasahara, Akihiro Yachie, Hidetoshi Seki and Shoichi Koizumi
Kidney Int 64: 1302-1309; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00231.x
Combination treatment of PKD utilizing dual inhibition of EGF-receptor activity and ligand bioavailability FREE
William E Sweeney Jr, Kiyoshi Hamahira, Jennifer Sweeney, Michelle Garcia-Gatrell, Philip Frost and Ellis D Avner
Kidney Int 64: 1310-1319; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00232.x
Ion Channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology
Mouse kidney expresses mRNA of four highly related sodium-glucose cotransporters: Regulation by cadmium FREE
Niloofar M Tabatabai, Samuel S Blumenthal, Donna L Lewand and David H Petering
Kidney Int 64: 1320-1330; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00201.x
Creatine supplementation decreases homocysteine in an animal model of uremia FREE
Youri E C Taes, Joris R Delanghe, An S De Vriese, Roeland Rombaut, John Van Camp and Norbert H Lameire
Kidney Int 64: 1331-1337; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00206.x
Regulation of cytosolic pH and lactic acid release in mesangial cells overexpressing GLUT1 FREE
Karl S Lang, Matthias M Mueller, Valerie Tanneur, Sabine Wallisch, Olga Fedorenko, Monica Palmada, Florian Lang, Stefan Bröer, Charles W Heilig, Erwin Schleicher and Cora Weigert
Kidney Int 64: 1338-1347; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00213.x
Increased intracellular Ca++ in the macula densa regulates tubuloglomerular feedback FREE
Yilin Ren, Ruisheng Liu, Oscar A Carretero and Jeffrey L Garvin
Kidney Int 64: 1348-1355; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00214.x
Amitriptyline eliminates calculi through urinary tract smooth muscle relaxation FREE
Eduardo Achar, Rosi A N Achar, Therezinha B Paiva, Alexandre H Campos and Nestor Schor
Kidney Int 64: 1356-1364; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00222.x
Comparative kinetics of the uremic toxin p-cresol versus creatinine in rats with and without renal failure FREE
Gerrit Lesaffer, Rita De Smet, Tommy D'Heuvaert, Frans M Belpaire, Norbert Lameire and Raymond Vanholder
Kidney Int 64: 1365-1373; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00228.x
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension
Renal hemodynamic and tubular responses to salt in women using oral contraceptives FREE
Antoinette Pechère-Bertschi, Marc Maillard, Hans Stalder, Paul Bischof, Marc Fathi, Hans R Brunner and Michel Burnier
Kidney Int 64: 1374-1380; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00239.x
Endothelial dysfunction and reduced nitric oxide in resistance arteries in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease FREE
Dan Wang, Jens Iversen, Christopher S Wilcox and Svend Strandgaard
Kidney Int 64: 1381-1388; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00236.x
Unusual absence of endothelium-dependent or -independent vasodilatation to purines or pyrimidines in the rat renal artery FREE
Gillian E Knight, Rachel Oliver-Redgate and Geoffrey Burnstock
Kidney Int 64: 1389-1397; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00233.x
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials
Renal insufficiency and anemia are independent risk factors for death among patients with acute myocardial infarction, FREE
Robert D Langston, Rodney Presley, W Dana Flanders and William M Mcclellan
Kidney Int 64: 1398-1405; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00200.x
Predominant role of Fc
RIII in the induction of accelerated nephrotoxic glomerulonephritis FREE
Takayuki Fujii, Yuki Hamano, Shiro Ueda, Bunshiro Akikusa, Sho Yamasaki, Makoto Ogawa, Hiromitsu Saisho, J Sjef Verbeek, Shinsuke Taki and Takashi Saito
Kidney Int 64: 1406-1416; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00203.x
Determinants of glomerular hypofiltration in aging humans FREE
Khoi Hoang, Jane C Tan, Geraldine Derby, Kristina L Blouch, Marilyn Masek, Irene Ma, Kevin V Lemley and Bryan D Myers
Kidney Int 64: 1417-1424; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00207.x
Predicting GFR in children and adults: A comparison of the Cockcroft-Gault, Schwartz, and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formulas FREE
Annick Pierrat, Elisabeth Gravier, Claude Saunders, Marie-Véronique Caira, Zakia Aït-Djafer, Bernard Legras and Jean-Pierre Mallié
Kidney Int 64: 1425-1436; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00208.x
Ethnic differences and determinants of proteinuria among South Asian subgroups in Pakistan FREE
Tazeen H Jafar, Nish Chaturvedi, Asma Gul, Abdul Q Khan, Christopher H Schmid and Andrew S Levey
Kidney Int 64: 1437-1444; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00212.x
Maps of end-stage renal disease and amounts of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors prescribed in Japan FREE
Takeshi Usami, Naoyuki Nakao, Michio Fukuda, Oki Takeuchi, Yoshinobu Kamiya, Atsuhiro Yoshida and Genjiro Kimura
Kidney Int 64: 1445-1449; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00221.x
Better renoprotective effect of angiotensin II antagonist compared to dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker in childhood FREE
Anne C Gartenmann, Emilio Fossali, Rodo O Von Vigier, Giacomo D Simonetti, Jan Schmidtko, Alberto Edefonti and Mario G Bianchetti
Kidney Int 64: 1450-1454; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00238.x
Risk factors for upper gastrointestinal bleeding among end-stage renal disease patients FREE
Haimanot Wasse, Daniel L Gillen, Adrianne M Ball, Bryan R Kestenbaum, Stephen L Seliger, Donald Sherrard and Catherine O Stehman-Breen
Kidney Int 64: 1455-1461; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00225.x
Long-term renal survival in HIV-associated nephropathy with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition FREE
Alice Wei, Godfrey C Burns, Brent A Williams, Nazim B Mohammed, Paul Visintainer and Steven L Sivak
Kidney Int 64: 1462-1471; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00230.x
Dialysis – Transplantation
Impact of carotid atherosclerosis on long-term mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients FREE
Akihiko Kato, Takako Takita, Yukitaka Maruyama, Hiromichi Kumagai and Akira Hishida
Kidney Int 64: 1472-1479; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00205.x
Glycemic control in diabetic CAPD patients assessed by continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) FREE
Jennifer Marshall, Peter Jennings, Adrian Scott, Richard J Fluck and Christopher W Mcintyre
Kidney Int 64: 1480-1486; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00209.x
Aggressive treatment of early fistula failure FREE
Gerald A Beathard, Perry Arnold, Jerry Jackson and Terry Litchfield Physician Operators Forum of RMS Lifeline
Kidney Int 64: 1487-1494; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00210.x
Increased albumin and fibrinogen synthesis rate in patients with chronic renal failure FREE
Berthil H C M T Prinsen, Ton J Rabelink, Jaap J Beutler, George A Kaysen, Jose De Boer, Walther H Boer, E Christiaan Hagen, Ruud Berger and Monique G M De Sain-Van Der Velden
Kidney Int 64: 1495-1504; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00211.x
On-line mixed hemodiafiltration with a feedback for ultrafiltration control: Effect on middle-molecule removal FREE
Luciano A Pedrini and Vincenzo De Cristofaro
Kidney Int 64: 1505-1513; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00240.x
Hemoglobin variability in epoetin-treated hemodialysis patients FREE
Jeffrey S Berns, Hafez Elzein, Robert I Lynn, Steven Fishbane, Ira S Meisels and Peter B Deoreo
Kidney Int 64: 1514-1521; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00229.x
Effect of
2-microglobulin adsorption column on dialysis-related amyloidosis FREE
Takaya Abe, Kazuhiro Uchita, Hikari Orita, Motohiro Kamimura, Minoru Oda, Hirohito Hasegawa, Hirotsugu Kobata, Masaaki Fukunishi, Masami Shimazaki, Tomiya Abe, Tadao Akizawa and Suhail Ahmad
Kidney Int 64: 1522-1528; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00235.x
Editorials
Urinary podocytes: Lost and found alive FREE
Peter Mundel
Kidney Int 64: 1529-1530; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00339.x
See also: Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology by Petermann et al.Letters to the Editor
Prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in male hemodialysis patients FREE
Carmelo Libetta, Manuela Zucchi, Elena Gori, Vincenzo Sepe, Giulietta Bezoari and Antonio Dal Canton
Kidney Int 64: 1531; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00243.x
Vitamin C in renal failure—Pro- or antioxidant? FREE
Jenny M Cross, Raymond J MacAllister and Robin G Woolfson
Kidney Int 64: 1531-1532; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00244.x
Estimating protein intake in maintenance hemodialysis patients FREE
Vincenzo Bellizzi, Vincenzo Terracciano, Giuseppe Conte, Luca de Nicola and Biagio di Iorio
Kidney Int 64: 1532; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00245.x
Plasma level of soluble Fas is an independent marker of cardiovascular disease in ESRD patients FREE
Pascal Meier and Edouard Blanc
Kidney Int 64: 1532-1533; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00246.x
Renal disease medications and evidence-biased medicine FREE
Rebecca Backenroth
Kidney Int 64: 1533; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00247.x
Renal disease medications and evidence-biased medicine FREE
Pavlos C Goudas
Kidney Int 64: 1533-1534; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00248.x
Nephrology Forum
Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease FREE
Charles D Pusey Principal discussant:
Kidney Int 64: 1535-1550; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00241.x
International Society of Nephrology
Membership FREE
Kidney Int 64: 1551; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.t01-12-00001.x
Awards and Grants FREE
Kidney Int 64: 1551; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.t01-4-00002.x
Meetings FREE
Kidney Int 64: 1551; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.t01-6-00002.x


