TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 66, Issue 4 (October 2004)

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Memoriam

In Memoriam FREE

Saulo Klahr

Kidney Int 66: 1307-1309; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00041.x

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New Initiative

The burden of kidney disease: Improving global outcomes FREE

GARABED EKNOYAN, NORBERT LAMEIRE, RASHAD BARSOUM, KAI-UWE ECKARDT, ADEERA LEVIN, NATHAN LEVIN, FRANCESCO LOCATELLI, ALISON MACLEOD, RAYMOND VANHOLDER, ROWAN WALKER and HAIYAN WANG

Kidney Int 66: 1310-1314; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00894.x

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Perspectives in Renal Medicine

Vascular calcification: A stiff challenge for the nephrologist FREE

DAVID GOLDSMITH, EBERHARD RITZ and ADRIAN COVIC

Kidney Int 66: 1315-1333; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00895.x

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Perspectives in Basic Science

Minireview: Functions of the renal tract epithelium in coordinating the innate immune response to infection FREE

PARAMIT CHOWDHURY, STEVEN H SACKS and NEIL S SHEERIN

Kidney Int 66: 1334-1344; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00896.x

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Genetic disorders – Development

Polyductin, the PKHD1 gene product, comprises isoforms expressed in plasma membrane, primary cilium, and cytoplasm FREE

LUÍS F C MENEZES, YIQIANG CAI, YASUYUKI NAGASAWA, ANA M G SILVA, MARY L WATKINS, ALINEDA SILVA, STEFAN SOMLO, LISA M GUAY-WOODFORD, GREGORY G GERMINO and LUIZ F ONUCHIC

Kidney Int 66: 1345-1355; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00844.x

Fibronectin induces ureteric bud cells branching and cellular cord and tubule formation FREE

PENG YE, SAMY L HABIB, JILL M RICONO, NAM-HO KIM, GOUTAM G CHOUDHURY, JEFFREY L BARNES, HANNA E ABBOUD and MAZEN Y ARAR

Kidney Int 66: 1356-1364; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00897.x

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Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling

Liposome-mediated transfer of nitric oxide synthase gene improves renal function in ureteral obstruction in rats  FREE

KEIICHI ITO, JIE CHEN, JONATHAN J KHODADADIAN, SURYA V SESHAN, CHRISTIAN EATON, XINYU ZHAO, E DARRACOTT VAUGHAN JR, MICHAEL LIPKOWITZ, DIX P POPPAS and DIANE FELSEN

Kidney Int 66: 1365-1375; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00899.x

See also: Editorial by CHEVALIER
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Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling

TNF-alpha and IL-1beta–mediated regulation of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 in renal proximal tubular cells FREE

LARINE E NEE, TARA MCMORROW, ERIC CAMPBELL, CRAIG SLATTERY and MICHAEL P RYAN

Kidney Int 66: 1376-1386; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00900.x

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Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling

Urinary excretion of aquaporin-2 water channel exaggerated dependent upon vasopressin in congestive heart failure1  FREE

HIROSHI FUNAYAMA, TOMOHIRO NAKAMURA, TAKAKO SAITO, AKIO YOSHIMURA, MUNEYASU SAITO, MASANOBU KAWAKAMI and SAN-E ISHIKAWA

Kidney Int 66: 1387-1392; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00902.x

See also: Editorial by GROSS
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Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology

Hyperlipidemia aggravates renal disease in B6.ROP Os/+ mice FREE

ANJA S MÜHLFELD, MIN W SPENCER, KELLY L HUDKINS, ELIZABETH KIRK, RENEE C LEBOEUF and CHARLES E ALPERS

Kidney Int 66: 1393-1402; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00854.x

Mesangial expression of angiotensin II receptor in IgA nephropathy and its regulation by polymeric IgA1 FREE

KAR NENG LAI, LORETTA Y Y CHAN, SYDNEY C W TANG, ANITA W L TSANG, FELIX F K LI, MAN FAI LAM, SING LEUNG LUI and JOSEPH C K LEUNG

Kidney Int 66: 1403-1416; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00874.x

Hyperexpression of the granzyme B inhibitor PI-9 in human renal allografts: A potential mechanism for stable renal function in patients with subclinical rejection FREE

AJDA T ROWSHANI, SANDRINE FLORQUIN, FREDERIKE BEMELMAN, J ALAIN KUMMER, C ERIK HACK and INEKE J M TEN BERGE

Kidney Int 66: 1417-1422; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00903.x

alphavbeta6 integrin expression in diseased and transplanted kidneys FREE

PAUL TREVILLIAN, HELEN PAUL, EWAN MILLAR, ADRIAN HIBBERD and MICHAEL V AGREZ

Kidney Int 66: 1423-1433; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00904.x

Selective lymphocyte inhibition by FTY720 slows the progressive course of chronic anti-thy 1 glomerulosclerosis FREE

HARM PETERS, SEBASTIAN MARTINI, YINGRUI WANG, FUIJO SHIMIZU, HIROSHI KAWACHI, STEPHANIE KRÄMER and HANS-H NEUMAYER

Kidney Int 66: 1434-1443; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00906.x

Blockade of the CD154-CD40 costimulatory pathway prevents the development of experimental autoimmune glomerulonephritis FREE

JOHN REYNOLDS, SARAH B KHAN, ANDREW R ALLEN, CHRISTOPHER D BENJAMIN and CHARLES D PUSEY

Kidney Int 66: 1444-1452; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00907.x

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Ion channels – Membrane Transport – Integrative Physiology

The amino acid transporter asc-1 is not involved in cystinuria FREE

MARTA PINEDA, MARIONA FONT, MARIA TERESA BASSI, MARTA MANZONI, GIUSEPPE BORSANI, VALERIA MARIGO, ESPERANZA FERNÁNDEZ, RAFAEL MARTÍN DEL RÍO, JESÚS PURROY, ANTONIO ZORZANO, VIRGINIA NUNES and MANUEL PALACÍN

Kidney Int 66: 1453-1464; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00908.x

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Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension

Uric acid and the state of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system in humans FREE

TODD S PERLSTEIN, OLGA GUMIENIAK, PAUL N HOPKINS, LAINE J MURPHEY, NANCY J BROWN, GORDON H WILLIAMS, NORMAN K HOLLENBERG and NAOMI D L FISHER

Kidney Int 66: 1465-1470; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00909.x

Regulation of vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor (VPF/VEGF-A) expression in podocytes FREE

KAUSTUBH DATTA, JINPING LI, S ANANTH KARUMANCHI, ENFENG WANG, ERIC RONDEAU and DEBABRATA MUKHOPADHYAY

Kidney Int 66: 1471-1478; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00910.x

Role of macula densa adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in tubuloglomerular feedback FREE

YILIN REN, JEFFREY L GARVIN, RUISHENG LIU and OSCAR A CARRETERO

Kidney Int 66: 1479-1485; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00911.x

Aortic pulse wave velocity in renal transplant patients FREE

SOLA AOUN BAHOUS, ANTOINE STEPHAN, WADAD BARAKAT, JACQUES BLACHER, ROLAND ASMAR and MICHEL E SAFAR

Kidney Int 66: 1486-1492; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00912.x

Spironolactone prevents early renal injury in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats FREE

GENRO FUJISAWA, KOJI OKADA, SHIGEAKI MUTO, NOBUYA FUJITA, NAOKI ITABASHI, EIJI KUSANO and SHUN ISHIBASHI

Kidney Int 66: 1493-1502; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00913.x

HMG-CoA reductase, cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase, LDL receptor, SR-B1, and ACAT in diet-induced syndrome X FREE

CHRISTIAN K ROBERTS, KAIHUI LIANG, R JAMES BARNARD, CHOONG H KIM and NOSRATOLA D VAZIRI

Kidney Int 66: 1503-1511; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00914.x

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Rapid Communication

Static intra-access pressure ratio does not correlate with access blood flow FREE

LAWRENCE M SPERGEL, JANET E HOLLAND, STEPHEN Z FADEM, CHARLES J MCALLISTER and EILEEN J PEACOCK

Kidney Int 66: 1512-1516; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00946.x

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Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials

A genome scan for diabetic nephropathy in African Americans FREE

DONALD W BOWDEN, CARLA J COLICIGNO, CARL D LANGEFELD, MICHÈLE M SALE, ADRIENNE WILLIAMS, PAMELA J ANDERSON, STEPHEN S RICH and BARRY I FREEDMAN

Kidney Int 66: 1517-1526; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00915.x

Impact of hemodialysis on endogenous plasma and muscle carnitine levels in patients with end-stage renal disease FREE

ALLAN M EVANS, RANDALL J FAULL, ROGER L NATION, SHILPANJALI PRASAD, TONY ELIAS, STEPHANIE E REUTER and GIANFRANCO FORNASINI

Kidney Int 66: 1527-1534; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00916.x

Clinical features and outcome of patients with both ANCA and anti-GBM antibodies FREE

JEREMY B LEVY, TARIG HAMMAD, ANNE COULTHART, TAMMY DOUGAN and CHARLES D PUSEY

Kidney Int 66: 1535-1540; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00917.x

Pediatric acute renal failure in southwestern Nigeria FREE

WASIU A OLOWU and KAYODE A ADELUSOLA

Kidney Int 66: 1541-1548; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00918.x

Effect of fluvastatin on renal end points in the Assessment of Lescol in Renal Transplant (ALERT) trial FREE

BENGT FELLSTRÖM, HALLVARD HOLDAAS, ALAN G JARDINE, INGAR HOLME, GUDRUN NYBERG, PER FAUCHALD, CAROLA GRÖNHAGEN-RISKA, SØREN MADSEN, HANS-HELLMUT NEUMAYER, EDWARD COLE, BART MAES, PATRICE AMBÜHL, ANDERS G OLSSON, ANDERS HARTMANN, JOHN O LOGAN, TERJE R PEDERSEN and

Kidney Int 66: 1549-1555; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00919.x

Cationic charge-preferential IgG reabsorption in the renal proximal tubules FREE

SHORI TAKAHASHI, NAOHIRO WADA, KENSUKE HARADA and MICHIO NAGATA

Kidney Int 66: 1556-1560; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00920.x

Pain patterns in patients with polycystic kidney disease FREE

ZAHID H BAJWA, KHURAM A SIAL, ATIF B MALIK and THEODORE I STEINMAN

Kidney Int 66: 1561-1569; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00921.x

Predictors of bleeding complications in percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy FREE

CARLO MANNO, GIOVANNI FM STRIPPOLI, LOREDANA ARNESANO, CARMEN BONIFATI, NICLA CAMPOBASSO, LORETO GESUALDO and FRANCESCO P SCHENA

Kidney Int 66: 1570-1577; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00922.x

Initial clinical results of the bioartificial kidney containing human cells in ICU patients with acute renal failure FREE

H DAVID HUMES, WILLIAM F WEITZEL, ROBERT H BARTLETT, FRESCA C SWANIKER, EMIL P PAGANINI, JACK R LUDERER and JOSEPH SOBOTA

Kidney Int 66: 1578-1588; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00923.x

Enzyme therapy for Fabry disease: Neutralizing antibodies toward agalsidase alpha and beta FREE

GABOR E LINTHORST, CARLA E M HOLLAK, WILMA E DONKER-KOOPMAN, ANNEKE STRIJLAND and JOHANNES M F G AERTS

Kidney Int 66: 1589-1595; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00924.x

Progression of nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients FREE

KASPER ROSSING, PER K CHRISTENSEN, PETER HOVIND, LISE TARNOW, PETER ROSSING and HANS-HENRIK PARVING

Kidney Int 66: 1596-1605; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00925.x

Early prediction of IgA nephropathy progression: Proteinuria and AOPP are strong prognostic markers FREE

BÉATRICE DESCAMPS-LATSCHA, VÉRONIQUE WITKO-SARSAT, THAO NGUYEN-KHOA, ANH THU NGUYEN, VALÉRIE GAUSSON, NADYA MOTHU, CAMILA CARDOSO, LAURE-HÉLÈNE NOËL, ALAIN P GUÉRIN, GÉRARD M LONDON and PAUL JUNGERS

Kidney Int 66: 1606-1612; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00926.x

Spectrum of acute renal failure in the intensive care unit: The PICARD experience FREE

RAVINDRA L MEHTA, MARIA T PASCUAL, SHARON SOROKO, BRANDON R SAVAGE, JONATHAN HIMMELFARB, T ALP IKIZLER, EMIL P PAGANINI, GLENN M CHERTOW and P

Kidney Int 66: 1613-1621; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00927.x

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Dialysis – Transplantation

Effectiveness and safety of dialysis vascular access procedures performed by interventional nephrologists FREE

GERALD A BEATHARD, TERRY LITCHFIELD and P

Kidney Int 66: 1622-1632; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00928.x

Prognostic value of inducible myocardial ischemia in predicting cardiovascular events after renal transplantation FREE

BERTRAND DUSSOL, JEAN-LOUIS BONNET, JEROME SAMPOL, BERNARD SAVIN, CATHERINE DE LA FORTE, OLIVIER MUNDLER, GILBERT HABIB, SOPHIE MORANGE, KARINE BARRAU, ANDERSON LOUNDOUN, HENRI VACHER-COPONAT and YVON BERLAND

Kidney Int 66: 1633-1639; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00929.x

Kinetic study of adenosine concentrations and the expression of adenosine deaminase in mononuclear cells during hemodialysis FREE

BERTRAND DUSSOL, EMMANUEL FENOUILLET, PHILLIPPE BRUNET, RADJ PURGUS, NICOLE SAUZE, LOUIS CARREGA, LAURENCE MERCIER, IBRAHIM ZOUHER, GUY BECHIS, YVON BERLAND and REGIS GUIEU

Kidney Int 66: 1640-1646; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00930.x

Effect of spironolactone on K+ homeostasis and ENaC expression in lymphocytes from chronic hemodialysis patients FREE

LUIS MICHEA, ANTONIO VUKUSICH, MAGDALENA GONZÁLEZ, CARLOS ZEHNDER and ELISA T MARUSIC

Kidney Int 66: 1647-1653; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00931.x

Patient and graft outcomes from older living kidney donors are similar to those from younger donors despite lower GFR FREE

LOURDES S PEÑA DE LA VEGA, ALVARO TORRES, HUMBERTO E BOHORQUEZ, JULIE K HEIMBACH, JAMES M GLOOR, THOMAS R SCHWAB, SANDRA J TALER, SCOTT L NYBERG, MICHAEL B ISHITANI, MIKEL PRIETO, JORGE A VELOSA, TIMOTHY S LARSON, MARK D STEGALL, FERNANDO G COSIO, STEPHEN C TEXTOR and MATTHEW D GRIFFIN

Kidney Int 66: 1654-1661; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00932.x

Interdialytic weight gain in patients on hemodialysis is associated with dry mouth and thirst FREE

CASPER P BOTS, HENK S BRAND, ENNO CI VEERMAN, MARIANNE VALENTIJN-BENZ, BARBARA M VAN AMERONGEN, ROBERT M VALENTIJN, PIETER F VOS, JOOST A BIJLSMA, PIETER D BEZEMER, PIETTER WEE and ARIE V NIEUW AMERONGEN

Kidney Int 66: 1662-1668; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00933.x

Kinetics of urea and beta2-microglobulin during and after short hemodialysis treatments FREE

JOHN K LEYPOLDT, ALFRED K CHEUNG, R BARRY DEETER, ALEXANDER GOLDFARB-RUMYANTZEV, TOM GREENE, THOMAS A DEPNER and JOHN KUSEK

Kidney Int 66: 1669-1676; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00934.x

TNP-470, an angiogenesis inhibitor, suppresses the progression of peritoneal fibrosis in mouse experimental model FREE

YOKO YOSHIO, MASANOBU MIYAZAKI, KATSUSHIGE ABE, TOMOYA NISHINO, AKIRA FURUSU, YOHEI MIZUTA, TAKASHI HARADA, YOSHIYUKI OZONO, TAKEHIKO KOJI and SHIGERU KOHNO

Kidney Int 66: 1677-1685; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00935.x

Donor genomics influence graft events: The effect of donor polymorphisms on acute rejection and chronic allograft nephropathy FREE

STEVEN HOFFMANN, JENNY PARK, LYNN M JACOBSON, REBECCA J MUEHRER, DAVID LORENTZEN, DAVID KLEINER, YOLANDA T BECKER, DEBRA A HULLETT, ROSLYN MANNON, ALLAN D KIRK and BRYAN N BECKER

Kidney Int 66: 1686-1693; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00936.x

Analysis of the functional muscle-bone unit of the forearm in pediatric renal transplant recipients FREE

EVA-MARIA RÜTH, LUTZ T WEBER, ECKHARD SCHOENAU, RAINER WUNSCH, MARKUS J SEIBEL, REINHARD FENEBERG, OTTO MEHLS and BURKHARD TÖNSHOFF

Kidney Int 66: 1694-1706; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00937.x

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Editorials

Renal transport proteins in excreted urine: Gold mine or gold dust? FREE

PETER GROSS

Kidney Int 66: 1707-1708; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00980.x

See also: Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling by FUNAYAMA et al.

Promise for gene therapy in obstructive nephropathy FREE

ROBERT L CHEVALIER

Kidney Int 66: 1709-1710; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00984.x

See also: Hormones – Cytokines – Signaling by ITO et al.
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Letters to the Editor

Underuse of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium FREE

GERE SUNDER-PLASSMANN and MANUELA FÖDINGER

Kidney Int 66: 1711; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_1.x

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

Reply from the Authors FREE

ISTVÁN KOCSIS, BALÁZS GYÖRFFY and BARNA VÁSÁRHELYI

Kidney Int 66: 1711; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_2.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by SUNDER-PLASSMANN & FÖDINGER

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

MARCELLO TONELLI, WILLIAM F OWEN JR, KAILASH JINDAL, WOLFGANG C WINKELMAYER and BRADEN MANNS

Kidney Int 66: 1712; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_3.x

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

Reply from the Authors FREE

MICHAEL P JONES, LLOYD IBELS, BRAD SCHENKEL and MARTIN ZAGARI

Kidney Int 66: 1712-1713; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_4.x

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

Mycophenolate mofetil in IgA nephropathy FREE

VINCENZO SEPE, NATALIA ROSSI, GABRIELLA ADAMO and ANTONIO DAL CANTON

Kidney Int 66: 1713; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_5.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by MAES & VANRENTERGHEM

Reply from the Authors FREE

BART D MAES and YVES F C H VANRENTERGHEM

Kidney Int 66: 1713-1714; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_6.x

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

Hepatic iron in hemodialysis patients FREE

STEVEN FISHBANE, NOBUYUKI MIYAWAKI and NAVEED MASANI

Kidney Int 66: 1714; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_7.x

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

STELLA S DASKALOPOULOU, VASILIOS G ATHYROS, MOSES ELISAF and DIMITRI MIKHAILIDIS

Kidney Int 66: 1714-1715; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_8.x

Heterozygous NPHS1 or NPHS2 mutations in responsive nephrotic syndrome and the multifactorial origin of proteinuria FREE

GIANLUCA CARIDI, ROBERTA BERTELLI, FRANCESCO PERFUMO and GIAN MARCO GHIGGERI

Kidney Int 66: 1715; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_9.x

Different meanings of "glomerular tip lesion" FREE

A J HOWIE and D ADU

Kidney Int 66: 1716; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_10.x

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

Reply from the Authors FREE

MICHAEL B STOKES, GLEN S MARKOWITZ and VIVETTE D D'AGATI

Kidney Int 66: 1716-1717; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_11.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by HOWIE & ADU

How can we be sure that renal dysfunction after coronary angiography is just explained by contrast nephropathy? FREE

CATERINA CANAVESE, FABIO MORRA, VERONICA MORELLINI, ELISA LAZZARICH, MADDALENA BRUSTIA, MARIO BO and PIERO STRATTA

Kidney Int 66: 1717; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_12.x

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

Reply from the Authors FREE

MARCELLO TONELLI, BRADEN MANNS and NEESH PANNU

Kidney Int 66: 1717-1718; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.938_13.x

See also: Letter to the Editor by CANAVESE et al.
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Nephrology Forum

Atherosclerosis and uremic retention solutes FREE

WALTER H HÖRL Principal discussant:

Kidney Int 66: 1719-1731; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00944.x

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International Society of Nephrology

International Society of Nephrology FREE

Kidney Int 66: 1732-1733; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.90664.x

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