TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 65, Issue 4 (April 2004)
Perspectives in Basic Science |
Genetic disorders – Development |
Hormones – Cytokines – Signalling |
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology |
Ion Channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology |
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension |
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials |
Dialysis – Transplantation |
Technical Note |
Editorial |
Letters to the Editor |
Nephrology Forum |
International Society of Nephrology
Perspectives in Renal Medicine
Relationship between tonsils and IgA nephropathy as well as indications of tonsillectomy FREE
YUANSHENG XIE, XIANGMEI CHEN, SHINICHI NISHI, ICHIEI NARITA and FUMITAKE GEJYO
Kidney Int 65: 1135-1144; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00486.x
Perspectives in Basic Science
Lipoxins: Potential anti-inflammatory, proresolution, and antifibrotic mediators in renal disease FREE
NIAMH E KIERAN, PAOLA MADERNA and CATHERINE GODSON
Kidney Int 65: 1145-1154; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00487.x
Genetic disorders – Development
A functional immature model of chronic partial ureteral obstruction FREE
ASHRAF BEHARRIE, JULIE FRANC-GUIMOND, MARIA M RODRIGUEZ, JASON AU, GASTÓN ZILLERUELO and CAROLYN L ABITBOL
Kidney Int 65: 1155-1161; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00488.x
See also: Editorial by CHEVALIERKidney, blood, and endothelium: Developmental expression of stem cell leukemia during nephrogenesis FREE
BENJAMIN DEKEL, ELDAR HOCHMAN, MARIA J SANCHEZ, NITSAN MAHARSHAK, NINETTE AMARIGLIO, ANTHONY R GREEN and SHAI IZRAELI
Kidney Int 65: 1162-1169; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00489.x
Hormones – Cytokines – Signalling
Reactive oxygen species amplify protein kinase C signaling in high glucose-induced fibronectin expression by human peritoneal mesothelial cells FREE
HI BAHL LEE, MI RA YU, JAE SOOK SONG and HUNJOO HA
Kidney Int 65: 1170-1179; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00491.x
Gene expression of adenosine receptors along the nephron FREE
HELGA VITZTHUM, BENEDIKT WEISS, WOLFGANG BACHLEITNER, BERNHARD K KRÄMER and ARMIN KURTZ
Kidney Int 65: 1180-1190; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00490.x
Cultured tubule cells from TGF-
1 null mice exhibit impaired hypertrophy and fibronectin expression in high glucose FREE
SHELDON CHEN, BRENDA B HOFFMAN, JOSEPH S LEE, YUKI KASAMA, BELINDA JIM, JEFFREY B KOPP and FUAD N ZIYADEH
Kidney Int 65: 1191-1204; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00492.x
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology
Membrane-associated PGE synthase-1 (mPGES-1) is coexpressed with both COX-1 and COX-2 in the kidney FREE
ANDRÉ SCHNEIDER, YAHUA ZHANG, MINGZHI ZHANG, WENDELL J LU, REENA RAO, XUEFENG FAN, REYADH REDHA, LINDA DAVIS, RICHARD M BREYER, RAYMOND HARRIS, YOUFEI GUAN and MATTHEW D BREYER
Kidney Int 65: 1205-1213; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00493.x
Overexpression of complement inhibitor Crry does not prevent cryoglobulin-associated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis FREE
ANJA S MÜHLFELD, STEPHAN SEGERER, KELLY HUDKINS, ANDREW G FARR, LIHUA BAO, DAMIAN KRAUS, V MICHAEL HOLERS, RICHARD J QUIGG and CHARLES E ALPERS
Kidney Int 65: 1214-1223; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00495.x
Calcium citrate ameliorates the progression of chronic renal injury FREE
LILIANA GADOLA, OSCAR NOBOA, MARÍA NATALIA MÁRQUEZ, MARÍA JOSÉ RODRIGUEZ, NICOLÁS NIN, JOSÉ BOGGIA, ALEJANDRO FERREIRO, SILVIA GARCÍA, VIRGINIA ORTEGA, MARÍA LUISA MUSTO, PAOLO PONTE, PABLO SESSER, CARLOS PIZARROSA, SILVANA RAVAGLIO and ANA VALLEGA
Kidney Int 65: 1224-1230; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00496.x
Activation of ERK or inhibition of JNK ameliorates H2O2 cytotoxicity in mouse renal proximal tubule cells FREE
ISTVAN ARANY, JUDIT K MEGYESI, HIDEAKI KANETO, SAKAE TANAKA and ROBERT L SAFIRSTEIN
Kidney Int 65: 1231-1239; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00500.x
The role of bradykinin in the antifibrotic actions of perindoprilat on human mesangial cells FREE
IZABELLA Z A PAWLUCZYK, SAMITA R PATEL and KEVIN P G HARRIS
Kidney Int 65: 1240-1251; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00494.x
Testosterone promotes apoptotic damage in human renal tubular cells FREE
DANIELA VERZOLA, MARIA TERESA GANDOLFO, FRANCESCA SALVATORE, BARBARA VILLAGGIO, FABIO GIANIORIO, PAOLO TRAVERSO, GIACOMO DEFERRARI and GIACOMO GARIBOTTO
Kidney Int 65: 1252-1261; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00497.x
Sirolimus increases transforming growth factor-1 expression and potentiates chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity FREE
FUAD S SHIHAB, WILLIAM M BENNETT, HONG YI, SEUNG-OK CHOI and TAKESHI F ANDOH
Kidney Int 65: 1262-1271; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00498.x
The roles of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 in the regulation of proximal tubule, and renal cell carcinoma cell proliferation FREE
CATHERINE W CHEUNG, DAVID A VESEY, DAVID L NICOL and DAVID W JOHNSON
Kidney Int 65: 1272-1279; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00535.x
Suppression of experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis by interleukin-10 gene transfer FREE
ADEL GA EL-SHEMI, HIDEHIKO FUJINAKA, ASAKO MATSUKI, JUNICHI KAMIIE, PAVEL KOVALENKO, ZHENYUN QU, VLADIMIR BILIM, GORO NISHIMOTO, EISHIN YAOITA, YUATKA YOSHIDA, IGNACIO ANEGON and TADASHI YAMAMOTO
Kidney Int 65: 1280-1289; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00536.x
Endothelial adhesion molecules in glomerular lesions: Association with their severity and diversity in lupus models FREE
KIMIHIKO NAKATANI, HIROSHI FUJII, HITOSHI HASEGAWA, MIHO TERADA, NORIMASA ARITA, MITSUKO R ITO, MASAO ONO, SATORU TAKAHASHI, KAN SAIGA, SHUHEI YOSHIMOTO, MASAYUKI IWANO, HIDEO SHIIKI, YOSHIHIKO SAITO and MASATO NOSE
Kidney Int 65: 1290-1300; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00537.x
Ion Channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology
The carboxy terminus of the colonic H+,K+-ATPase 
-subunit is required for stable subunit assembly and function FREE
JIAN LI, JUAN CODINA, ELIZABETH PETROSKE, MIKE J WERLE and THOMAS D DUBOSE JR.
Kidney Int 65: 1301-1310; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00507.x
Augmented arginine uptake, through modulation of cationic amino acid transporter-1, increases GFR in diabetic rats FREE
IDIT F SCHWARTZ, ADRIAN IAINA, YISHAYAHU BENEDICT, YORAM WOLLMAN, TAMARA CHERNICHOVSKI, ELI BRASOWSKI, FAINA MISONZHNIK, AMIR BEN-DOR, MIRIAM BLUM, YORAM LEVO and DORON SCHWARTZ
Kidney Int 65: 1311-1319; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00508.x
An autocrine role for endothelin-1 in the regulation of proximal tubule NHE3 FREE
CHRISTOPH LICHT, KAMEL LAGHMANI, MASASHI YANAGISAWA, PATRICIA A PREISIG and ROBERT J ALPERN
Kidney Int 65: 1320-1326; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00506.x
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension
Hyperhomocysteinemia activates NF-
B and inducible nitric oxide synthase in the kidney FREE
FAN ZHANG, YAW L SIOW and KARMIN O
Kidney Int 65: 1327-1338; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00510.x
Programming of adult blood pressure by maternal protein restriction: Role of nephrogenesis FREE
LORI L WOODS, DOUGLAS A WEEKS and RUTH RASCH
Kidney Int 65: 1339-1348; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00511.x
Neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibition sensitizes the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism after volume expansion FREE
RUSSELL BROWN, ANNA OLLERSTAM, A ERIK and G PERSSON
Kidney Int 65: 1349-1356; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00509.x
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials
Plasma cytokine levels predict mortality in patients with acute renal failure FREE
EDITH M SIMMONS, JONATHAN HIMMELFARB, M TUGRUL SEZER, GLENN M CHERTOW, RAVINDRA L MEHTA, EMIL P PAGANINI, SHARON SOROKO, STEPHANIE FREEDMAN, KAREN BECKER, DANIEL SPRATT, YU SHYR and T ALP IKIZLER PICARD S
Kidney Int 65: 1357-1365; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00512.x
Systematic review of the impact of N-acetylcysteine on contrast nephropathy FREE
NEESH PANNU, BRADEN MANNS, HELEN LEE and MARCELLO TONELLI
Kidney Int 65: 1366-1374; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00516.x
Effects of vitamin E on cardiovascular outcomes in people with mild-to-moderate renal insufficiency: Results of the HOPE Study FREE
JOHANNES FE MANN, EVA M LONN, QILONG YI, HERTZEL C GERSTEIN, BYRON J HOOGWERF, JANICE POGUE, JACKIE BOSCH, GILLES R DAGENAIS and SALIM YUSUF HOPE I
Kidney Int 65: 1375-1380; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00513.x
Enzyme replacement therapy with agalsidase beta in kidney transplant patients with Fabry disease: A pilot study FREE
RENZO MIGNANI, VINCENZO PANICHI, ANTONIO GIUDICISSI, DANIELE TACCOLA, FRANCESCA BOSCARO, CARLO FELETTI, GLORIANO MONETI and LEONARDO CAGNOLI
Kidney Int 65: 1381-1385; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00514.x
Dialysis dose and the effect of gender and body size on outcome in the HEMO Study FREE
THOMAS DEPNER, JOHN DAUGIRDAS, TOM GREENE, MICHAEL ALLON, GERALD BECK, CAMERON CHUMLEA, JAMES DELMEZ, FRANK GOTCH, JOHN KUSEK, NATHAN LEVIN, EDWIN MACON, EDGAR MILFORD, WILLIAM OWEN, ROBERT STAR, ROBERT TOTO and GARABED EKNOYAN H
Kidney Int 65: 1386-1394; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00519.x
The diagnostic value of serum concentrations of 2-(-mannopyranosyl)-L-tryptophan for normal renal function FREE
KATSUHIKO YONEMURA, REIKO TAKAHIRA, OSAMU YONEKAWA, NAOHIRO WADA and AKIRA HISHIDA
Kidney Int 65: 1395-1399; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00521.x
Prognosis and risk factors for idiopathic membranous nephropathy with nephrotic syndrome in Japan FREE
HIDEO SHIIKI, TAKAO SAITO, YOSHIHARU NISHITANI, TETSUYA MITARAI, NORIAKI YORIOKA, ASHIO YOSHIMURA, HITOSHI YOKOYAMA, SHINICHI NISHI, YASUHIKO TOMINO, KIYOSHI KUROKAWA and HIDETO SAKAI M
Kidney Int 65: 1400-1407; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00518.x
Inflammation and reduced albumin synthesis associated with stable decline in serum albumin in hemodialysis patients FREE
GEORGE A KAYSEN, JOEL A DUBIN, HANS-GEORG MÜLLER, LAURA ROSALES, NATHAN W LEVIN and WILLIAM E MITCH HEMO S
Kidney Int 65: 1408-1415; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00520.x
Factors influencing serum cystatin C levels other than renal function and the impact on renal function measurement FREE
ERIC L KNIGHT, JACOBIEN C VERHAVE, DONNA SPIEGELMAN, HANS L HILLEGE, DICK DE ZEEUW, GARY C CURHAN and PAUL E DE JONG
Kidney Int 65: 1416-1421; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00517.x
Association of urinary pH with body weight in nephrolithiasis FREE
NAIM M MAALOUF, KHASHAYAR SAKHAEE, JOAN H PARKS, FREDERIC L COE, BEVERLEY ADAMS-HUET and CHARLES YC PAK
Kidney Int 65: 1422-1425; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00522.x
Disparity in outcomes for adult Native American hemodialysis patients? Findings from the ESRD Clinical Performance Measures Project, 1996 to 1999 FREE
DIANE L FRANKENFIELD, SHEILA H ROMAN, MICHAEL V ROCCO, MARJORIE R BEDINGER and WILLIAM M MCCLELLAN
Kidney Int 65: 1426-1434; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00515.x
Plasma aldosterone concentration in the patient with diabetes mellitus Rapid Communication FREE
NORMAN K HOLLENBERG, RADOMIR STEVANOVIC, ANUPAM AGARWAL, M CECILIA LANSANG, DEBORAH A PRICE, LORI MB LAFFEL, GORDON H WILLIAMS and NAOMI DL FISHER
Kidney Int 65: 1435-1439; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00524.x
Treatment of refractory Wegener's granulomatosis with antithymocyte globulin (ATG): An open study in 15 patients FREE
WILHELM H SCHMITT, E CHRISTIAAN HAGEN, IRMGARD NEUMANN, RAINER NOWACK, LUIS FELIPE FLORES-SUÁREZ and FOKKO J VAN DER WOUDE E
Kidney Int 65: 1440-1448; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00534.x
Dialysis – Transplantation
Cytokine gene polymorphisms in hemodialysis patients: Association with comorbidity, functionality, and serum albumin FREE
VAIDYANATHAPURAM S BALAKRISHNAN, DAQING GUO, MADHUMATHI RAO, BERTRAND L JABER, HOCINE TIGHIOUART, RICHARD L FREEMAN, CHAO HUANG, ANDREW J KING and BRIAN JG PEREIRA HEMO S
Kidney Int 65: 1449-1460; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00531.x
Impaired left ventricular diastolic function in children with chronic renal failure FREE
MARK M MITSNEFES, THOMAS R KIMBALL, WILLIAM L BORDER, SANDRA A WITT, BETTY J GLASCOCK, PHILIP R KHOURY and STEPHEN R DANIELS
Kidney Int 65: 1461-1466; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00525.x
Significance of the tissue kallikrein promoter and transforming growth factor-1 polymorphisms with renal progression in children with vesicoureteral reflux FREE
GUEY-JEN LEE-CHEN, KUO-PAO LIU, YI-CHUN LAI, HUEI-SHIUAN JUANG, SHU-YI HUANG and CHING-YUANG LIN
Kidney Int 65: 1467-1472; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00526.x
Vitamin E–loaded dialyzer resets PBMC-operated cytokine network in dialysis patients FREE
CARMELO LIBETTA, MANUELA ZUCCHI, ELENA GORI, VINCENZO SEPE, FRANCESCO GALLI, FEDERICA MELONI, FABIO MILANESI and ANTONIO DAL CANTON
Kidney Int 65: 1473-1481; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00528.x
Racial differences in health-related quality of life among hemodialysis patients FREE
MARK UNRUH, DANA MISKULIN, GUOFEN YAN, RON D HAYS, ROBERT BENZ, JOHN W KUSEK and KLEMENS B MEYER HEMO S
Kidney Int 65: 1482-1491; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00529.x
Left ventricular mass monitoring in the follow-up of dialysis patients: Prognostic value of left ventricular hypertrophy progression FREE
CARMINE ZOCCALI, FRANCESCO A BENEDETTO, FRANCESCA MALLAMACI, GIOVANNI TRIPEPI, GIUSEPPE GIACONE, BENEDETTA STANCANELLI, ALESSANDRO CATALIOTTI and LORENZO S MALATINO
Kidney Int 65: 1492-1498; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00530.x
Model-based study of the effects of the hemodialysis technique on the compensatory response to hypovolemia FREE
SILVIO CAVALCANTI, ANDREA CIANDRINI, STEFANO SEVERI, FABIO BADIALI, STEFANO BINI, ANDREA GATTIANI, LEONARDO CAGNOLI and ANTONIO SANTORO
Kidney Int 65: 1499-1510; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00523.x
Technical Note
Micro-MRI methods to detect renal cysts in mice FREE
HISATAKA KOBAYASHI, SATOMI KAWAMOTO, MARTIN W BRECHBIEL, SANG-KYUNG JO, XUZHEN HU, TIANXIN YANG, BHALCHANDRA A DIWAN, THOMAS A WALDMANN, JURGEN SCHNERMANN, PETER L CHOYKE and ROBERT A STAR
Kidney Int 65: 1511-1516; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00532.x
Editorial
Obstructive nephropathy and the developing kidney: Too little or too much angiotensin? FREE
ROBERT L CHEVALIER
Kidney Int 65: 1517-1518; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00533.x
See also: Genetic disorders – Development by BEHARRIE et al.Letters to the Editor
Epigenetic inactivation of connexin 32 in renal cell carcinoma from hemodialytic patients FREE
TOMOHIRO YANO, FUMIO ITO, HIROSHI YAMASAKI, KIYOKAZU HAGIWARA, HISASHI OZASA, HAYAKAZU NAKAZAWA and HIROSHI TOMA
Kidney Int 65: 1519; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.555_1.x
Definition of proteinuria among women with HIV infection FREE
LYNDA ANNE SZCZECH, STEPHEN J GANGE, CHARLES VAN DER HORST, JOHN A BARTLETT, MARY YOUNG, MARDGE H COHEN, KATHRYN ANASTOS, PRESTON S KLASSEN and LAURA P SVETKEY
Kidney Int 65: 1519; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.555_2.x
Renoprotective action of statin estimated from mapping renal failure in Japan FREE
TAKESHI USAMI, NAOYUKI NAKAO, MICHIO FUKUDA, ATSUHIRO YOSHIDA and GENJIRO KIMURA
Kidney Int 65: 1520; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.555_3.x
Inadequate group size compromises conclusions of hemodialysis graft surveillance study FREE
NIKOLAI KRIVITSKI, SWAROOP GANTELA and VICTOR KISLUKHIN
Kidney Int 65: 1520-1521; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.555_4.x
See also: Letter to the Editor by PAULSON et al.Reply from the Authors FREE
WILLIAM D PAULSON, JACK WORK and SUNANDA J RAM
Kidney Int 65: 1521; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.555_5.x
See also: Letter to the Editor by KRIVITSKI et al.Nephrology Forum
The intrarenal renin-angiotensin system in hypertension FREE
L GABRIEL NAVAR Principal discussant:
Kidney Int 65: 1522-1532; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00539.x
