TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 65, Issue 3 (March 2004)

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Perspectives in Renal Medicine

Impact of epoetin alfa on clinical end points in patients with chronic renal failure: A meta-analysis FREE

MICHAEL JONES, LLOYD IBELS, BRAD SCHENKEL and MARTIN ZAGARI

Kidney Int 65: 757-767; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00450.x

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Perspectives in Basic Science

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans in glomerular inflammation FREE

ANGELIQUE L W M M ROPS, JOHAN VAN DER VLAG, JOOST F M LENSEN, TESSA J M WIJNHOVEN, LAMBERT P W J VAN DEN HEUVEL, TOINVAN KUPPEVELT and JO H M BERDEN

Kidney Int 65: 768-785; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00451.x

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Genetic disorders – Development

COL4A3 mutations and their clinical consequences in thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN)  FREE

YAN YAN WANG, KESHA RANA, STEPHEN TONNA, TINA LIN, LYDIA SIN and JUDY SAVIGE

Kidney Int 65: 786-790; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00453.x

See also: Editorial by GREGORY
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Hormones – Cytokines – Signalling

Tamm-Horsfall protein knockout mice are more prone to urinary tract infection Rapid Communication  FREE

JAMES M BATES Jr, HAJA MOHIDEEN RAFFI, KRISHNA PRASADAN, RANJAN MASCARENHAS, ZOLTAN LASZIK, NOBUYO MAEDA, SCOTT J HULTGREN and SATISH KUMAR

Kidney Int 65: 791-797; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00452.x

Stress protein activation by the cyclopentenone prostaglandin 15-deoxy-Delta12,14-prostaglandin J2 in human mesangial cells FREE

XIAOLAN ZHANG, LING LU, CYNTHIA DIXON, WILLIAM WILMER, HUIJUAN SONG, XILIN CHEN and BRAD H ROVIN

Kidney Int 65: 798-810; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00454.x

Tight blood pressure control decreases apoptosis during renal damage FREE

KARINA SOTO, DULCENOMBRE GÓMEZ-GARRE, RAQUEL LARGO, JULIO GALLEGO-DELGADO, NURIA TEJERA, MARINA P CATALÁN, ALBERTO ORTIZ, JUAN JOSÉ PLAZA, COVADONGA ALONSO and JESÚS EGIDO

Kidney Int 65: 811-822; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00455.x

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Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology

Hyaluronan and proximal tubular cell migration FREE

TAKAFUMI ITO, JOHN D WILLIAMS, SAPHWAN AL-ASSAF, GLYN O PHILLIPS and ALED O PHILLIPS

Kidney Int 65: 823-833; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00457.x

In vivo transfection of NF-kappaB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides attenuate renal ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats FREE

CHANG CHUN CAO, XIAO QIANG DING, ZHOU LOU OU, CHUN FENG LIU, PENG LI, LEI WANG and CHUN FANG ZHU

Kidney Int 65: 834-845; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00463.x

An ACE inhibitor reduces Th2 cytokines and TGF-beta1 and TGF-beta2 isoforms in murine lupus nephritis FREE

DEIJANIRA ALVES DE ALBUQUERQUE, VIJAY SAXENA, DAVID E ADAMS, GREGORY P BOIVIN, HERMINE I BRUNNER, DAVID P WITTE and RAM RAJ SINGH

Kidney Int 65: 846-859; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00462.x

Protease inhibitors modulate apoptosis in mesangial cells derived from a mouse model of HIVAN  FREE

ANIL MONGIA, MADHU BHASKARAN, KRISHNA REDDY, NAGARATHNA MANJAPPA, NOOSHA BAQI and PRAVIN C SINGHAL

Kidney Int 65: 860-870; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00464.x

See also: Editorial by FOSTER

Transdifferentiation of cultured tubular cells induced by hypoxia FREE

KRISSANAPONG MANOTHAM, TETSUHIRO TANAKA, MAKIKO MATSUMOTO, TAKAMOTO OHSE, REIKO INAGI, TOSHIO MIYATA, KIYOSHI KUROKAWA, TOSHIRO FUJITA, JULIE R INGELFINGER and MASAOMI NANGAKU

Kidney Int 65: 871-880; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00461.x

Uremia and insulin resistance: N-carbamoyl-asparagine decreases insulin-sensitive glucose uptake in rat adipocytes FREE

LORRAINE M KRAUS, ROGER TRAXINGER and ALFRED P KRAUS Jr

Kidney Int 65: 881-887; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00456.x

Clinical significance of costimulatory molecules CD80/CD86 expression in IgA nephropathy FREE

QIONG WU, KIICHIRO JINDE, MASAYUKI ENDOH and HIDETO SAKAI

Kidney Int 65: 888-896; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00477.x

Regulation of PTH1 receptor expression by uremic ultrafiltrate in UMR 106–01 osteoblast-like cells FREE

SINEE DISTHABANCHONG, HATIM HASSAN, CHARLES L MCCONKEY, KEVIN J MARTIN and ESTHER A GONZALEZ

Kidney Int 65: 897-903; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00472.x

Gene expression fingerprints in human tubulointerstitial inflammation and fibrosis as prognostic markers of disease progression  FREE

ANNA HENGER, MATTHIAS KRETZLER, PETER DORAN, MAHNAZ BONROUHI, HOLGER SCHMID, EVA KISS, CLEMENS D COHEN, STEPHEN MADDEN, STEFAN PORUBSKY, ELISABETH F GRÖNE, DETLEF SCHLÖNDORFF, PETER J NELSON and HERMANN-JOSEF GRÖNE

Kidney Int 65: 904-917; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00499.x

See also: Editorial by RONCO
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Ion Channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology

Segment-specific expression of 2P domain potassium channel genes in human nephron FREE

DANIEL I LEVY, HEINO VELAZQUEZ, STEVE A N GOLDSTEIN and DETLEF BOCKENHAUER

Kidney Int 65: 918-926; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00458.x

Functional sodium magnetic resonance imaging of the intact rat kidney FREE

NIMROD MARIL, RAANAN MARGALIT, JOEL MISPELTER and HADASSA DEGANI

Kidney Int 65: 927-935; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00475.x

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Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension

Arterial stiffness in predialysis patients with uremia FREE

KAYO SHINOHARA, TETSUO SHOJI, YOSHIHIRO TSUJIMOTO, EIJI KIMOTO, HIDEKI TAHARA, HIDENORI KOYAMA, MASANORI EMOTO, EIJI ISHIMURA, TAKAMI MIKI, TSUTOMU TABATA and YOSHIKI NISHIZAWA

Kidney Int 65: 936-943; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00468.x

Blood oxygen level–dependent measurement of acute intra-renal ischemia FREE

LAURENT JUILLARD, LILACH O LERMAN, DAVID G KRUGER, JOHN A HAAS, BRIAN C RUCKER, JASON A POLZIN, STEPHEN J RIEDERER and JUAN C ROMERO

Kidney Int 65: 944-950; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00469.x

Radical scavenging effect of gliclazide in diabetic rats fed with a high cholesterol diet FREE

MARISTELA LIKA ONOZATO, AKIHIRO TOJO, ATSUO GOTO and TOSHIRO FUJITA

Kidney Int 65: 951-960; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00470.x

PPARbold gamma ligands attenuate mesangial contractile dysfunction in high glucose FREE

MAKI UETA, MASANORI WAKISAKA, TETSURO AGO, TAKANARI KITAZONO, UDAI NAKAMURA, MOTOTAKA YOSHINARI, MASANORI IWASE and MITSUO IIDA

Kidney Int 65: 961-971; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00474.x

Effects of AT1 receptor blockade on renal injury and mitogen-activated protein activity in Dahl salt-sensitive rats FREE

AKIRA NISHIYAMA, MASANORI YOSHIZUMI, MATLUBUR RAHMAN, HIROYUKI KOBORI, DALE M SETH, AKIRA MIYATAKE, GUO-XING ZHANG, LI YAO, HIROFUMI HITOMI, TAKATOMI SHOKOJI, HIDEYASU KIYOMOTO, SHOJI KIMURA, TOSHIAKI TAMAKI, MASAKAZU KOHNO and YOUICHI ABE

Kidney Int 65: 972-981; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00476.x

Impaired response of the denervated kidney to endothelin receptor blockade in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats FREE

RADOSLAV GIRCHEV, ANGELA BÄCKER, PETIA MARKOVA and HERBERT J KRAMER

Kidney Int 65: 982-989; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00483.x

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Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials

Willingness of dialysis patients to participate in a randomized controlled trial of daily dialysis FREE

AJAY K ISRANI, SCOTT D HALPERN, CHRISTOPHER MCFADDEN, RUBEEN K ISRANI, ALAN WASSERSTEIN, SIDNEY KOBRIN and JEFFREY S BERNS

Kidney Int 65: 990-998; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00460.x

Enteral nutrition in patients with acute renal failure FREE

ENRICO FIACCADORI, UMBERTO MAGGIORE, ROBERTO GIACOSA, CARLO ROTELLI, EDOARDO PICETTI, SIBILLA SAGRIPANTI, LUIGI MELFA, TIZIANA MESCHI, LORIS BORGHI and ADERVILLE CABASSI

Kidney Int 65: 999-1008; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00459.x

Increased prevalence of oxidant stress and inflammation in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease FREE

B PAYSON OBERG, ELIZABETH MCMENAMIN, F LEE LUCAS, ELLEN MCMONAGLE, JASON MORROW, T ALP IKIZLER and JONATHAN HIMMELFARB

Kidney Int 65: 1009-1016; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00465.x

Cardiac medications and their association with cardiovascular events in incident dialysis patients: Cause or effect? FREE

AREEF ISHANI, CHARLES A HERZOG, ALLAN J COLLINS and ROBERT N FOLEY

Kidney Int 65: 1017-1025; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00473.x

NPHS2 R229Q functional variant is associated with microalbuminuria in the general population FREE

ALEXANDRE C PEREIRA, APARECIDO B PEREIRA, GLÓRIA F MOTA, ROBERTO S CUNHA, FERNANDO L HERKENHOFF, MARTIN R POLLAK, JOSÉ G MILL and JOSÉ E KRIEGER

Kidney Int 65: 1026-1030; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00479.x

Prevalence of acidosis and inflammation and their association with low serum albumin in chronic kidney disease FREE

JOSEPH A EUSTACE, BRAD ASTOR, PAUL M MUNTNER, T ALP IKIZLER and JOSEF CORESH

Kidney Int 65: 1031-1040; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00481.x

The impact of serum uric acid on cardiovascular outcomes in the LIFE study FREE

AUD HØIEGGEN, MICHAEL H ALDERMAN, SVERRE E KJELDSEN, STEVO JULIUS, RICHARD B DEVEREUX, ULF DE FAIRE, FREJ FYHRQUIST, HANS IBSEN, KRISTER KRISTIANSON, OLE LEDERBALLE-PEDERSEN, LARS H LINDHOLM, MARKKU S NIEMINEN, PER OMVIK, SUZANNE OPARIL, HANS WEDEL, CONG CHEN and BJÖRN DAHLÖF LIFE S

Kidney Int 65: 1041-1049; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00484.x

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Dialysis – Transplantation

Bioelectric impedance vector distribution in peritoneal dialysis patients with different hydration status FREE

ANTONIO PICCOLI I

Kidney Int 65: 1050-1063; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00467.x

A broad-based metabolic approach to study VLDL apoB100 metabolism in patients with ESRD and patients treated with peritoneal dialysis FREE

BERTHIL H C M T PRINSEN, TON J RABELINK, JOHANNES A ROMIJN, PETER H BISSCHOP, MARTINA M J DE BARSE, JOSÉ DE BOER, TIMONVAN HAEFTEN, P HUGH R BARRETT, RUUD BERGER and MONIQUE G M DE SAIN-VAN DER VELDEN

Kidney Int 65: 1064-1075; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00466.x

FTY720-induced lymphocyte homing modulates post-transplant preservation/reperfusion injury FREE

DUSKA DRAGUN, TORSTEN BÖHLER, MELINA NIEMINEN-KELHÄ, JOHANNES WAISER, WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER, HERMANN HALLER, FRIEDRICH C LUFT, KLEMENS BUDDE and HANS-HELLMUT NEUMAYER

Kidney Int 65: 1076-1083; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00478.x

In renal transplantation blood cyclosporine levels soon after surgery act as a major determinant of rejection: Insights from the MY.S.S. Trial FREE

NORBERTO PERICO, PIERO RUGGENENTI, ELIANA GOTTI, FLAVIO GASPARI, DARIO CATTANEO, UMBERTO VALENTE, MAURIZIO SALVADORI, GIUSEPPE SEGOLONI, DONATO DONATI, SILVIO SANDRINI, MARIA GANEVA, BORISLAV D DIMITROV and GIUSEPPE REMUZZI MY.S.S. S

Kidney Int 65: 1084-1090; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00471.x

Validation of serum ferritin values by magnetic susceptometry in predicting iron overload in dialysis patients FREE

CATERINA CANAVESE, DANIELA BERGAMO, GIOVANNINO CICCONE, FILOMENA LONGO, FABRIZIO FOP, ALESSANDRA THEA, GUIDO MARTINA and ANTONIO PIGA

Kidney Int 65: 1091-1098; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00480.x

Nicotinamide suppresses hyperphosphatemia in hemodialysis patients FREE

YUTAKA TAKAHASHI, ARAKI TANAKA, TSUKASA NAKAMURA, TSUTOMU FUKUWATARI, KATSUMI SHIBATA, NORIAKI SHIMADA, ISAO EBIHARA and HIKARU KOIDE

Kidney Int 65: 1099-1104; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00482.x

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Editorials

Taking HAART in HIVAN: Will protease inhibitor sparing regimens alter renal outcome? FREE

MARY HELEN FOSTER

Kidney Int 65: 1105-1106; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00527.x

See also: Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology by MONGIA et al.

Predicting the outcome of human renal diseases by gene expression profiling: Myth or reality? FREE

PIERRE RONCO

Kidney Int 65: 1107-1108; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00538.x

See also: Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology by HENGER et al.

Alport syndrome and thin basement membrane nephropathy: Unraveling the tangled strands of type IV collagen FREE

MARTIN C GREGORY

Kidney Int 65: 1109-1110; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00570.x

See also: Genetic disorders – Development by WANG et al.
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Letters to the Editor

Stable creatinine clearance using large-dose HES versus reduced GFR FREE

THOMAS A NEFF and RETO STOCKER

Kidney Int 65: 1111; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00501.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by WINKELMAYER & AVORN

Reply from the Authors FREE

WOLFGANG C WINKELMAYER and JERRY AVORN

Kidney Int 65: 1111-1112; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.501_2.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by NEFF & STOCKER

Clinical acid-base disorders: Traditional versus "new" analytical models FREE

MICHAEL EMMETT

Kidney Int 65: 1112; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.501_3.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by COREY

Reply from the Authors FREE

HOWARD E COREY

Kidney Int 65: 1112-1113; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.501_4.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by EMMETT

CD28- T cells display features of effector memory T cells in Wegener's granulomatosis FREE

PETER LAMPRECHT, ANTJE MUELLER and WOLFGANG L GROSS

Kidney Int 65: 1113; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.501_5.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by HÄNSCH & ANDRASSY

Reply from the Authors FREE

GERTRUD MARIA HÄNSCH and KONRAD ANDRASSY

Kidney Int 65: 1113-1114; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.501_6.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by LAMPRECHT et al.

The impact of antiretroviral therapy on HIVAN FREE

LYNDA ANNE SZCZECH and JONATHAN A WINSTON

Kidney Int 65: 1114; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.501_7.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by WEI et al.

Reply from the Authors FREE

ALICE WEI, GODFREY C BURNS and BRENT A WILLIAMS

Kidney Int 65: 1115; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.501_8.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by SZCZECH & WINSTON

Home nocturnal hemodialysis FREE

STANLEY SHALDON

Kidney Int 65: 1115; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.501_9.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by MCFARLANE et al.

Reply from the Authors FREE

PHIL MCFARLANE, ANDREAS PIERRATOS, AHMED BAYOUMI and DON REDELMEIER

Kidney Int 65: 1115-1116; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.t01-1-00501.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by SHALDON

Components of the IGF system and not insulin itself are strongly associated with apoB100 kinetics in ESRD FREE

TH B TWICKLER, BERTHIL H C M T PRINSEN and MONIQUE G M DE SAIN-VAN DER VELDEN

Kidney Int 65: 1116-1117; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.501_11.x

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Nephrology Forum

Renal amyloidosis in familial Mediterranean fever FREE

SEZA OZEN Principal discussant:

Kidney Int 65: 1118-1127; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00485.x

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International Society of Nephrology

International Society of Nephrology FREE

Kidney Int 65: 1128-1133; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.90653.x

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