TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 68, Issue 5 (November 2005)
Abstracts |
Perspectives in Renal Medicine |
Perspectives in Basic Science |
Genetic Disorders – Development |
Hormones – Cytokines – Signalling |
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology |
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension |
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials |
Dialysis – Transplantation |
Technical Notes |
Editorials |
Letters to the Editor |
Nephrology Forum |
International Society of Nephrology
Forefronts in Nephrology
Introduction
MATSUHIKO HAYASHI and ENYU IMAI Guest Editors
Kidney Int 68: 1925-1926; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00620.x
Neural stem cells and regeneration of injured spinal cord
HIDEYUKI OKANO, SEIJI OKADA, MASAYA NAKAMURA and YOSHIAKI TOYAMA
Kidney Int 68: 1927-1931; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00621.x
Stem cells and progenitor cells in renal disease
HERMANN HALLER, KIRSTEN DE GROOT, FERDINAND BAHLMANN, MARLIES ELGER and DANILO FLISER
Kidney Int 68: 1932-1936; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00622.x
Stem cell therapy for human brain disorders
OLLE LINDVALL and ZAAL KOKAIA
Kidney Int 68: 1937-1939; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00623.x
Mesenchymal, but not hematopoietic, stem cells can be mobilized and differentiate into cardiomyocytes after myocardial infarction in mice
KEIICHI FUKUDA and JUN FUJITA
Kidney Int 68: 1940-1943; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00624.x
Roles of HNF-1
in kidney development and congenital cystic diseases
PETER IGARASHI, XINLI SHAO, BRIAN T MCNALLY and THOMAS HIESBERGER
Kidney Int 68: 1944-1947; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00625.x
Essential roles of Sall1 in kidney development
RYUICHI NISHINAKAMURA and MINORU TAKASATO
Kidney Int 68: 1948-1950; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00626.x
The role of Notch signaling in specification of podocyte and proximal tubules within the developing mouse kidney
HUI-TENG CHENG and RAPHAEL KOPAN
Kidney Int 68: 1951-1952; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00627.x
Organogenesis of the endocrine pancreas
MARC R HAMMERMAN
Kidney Int 68: 1953-1955; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00628.x
Kidney tubular epithelium is restored without replacement with bone marrow–derived cells during repair after ischemic injury
JEREMY S DUFFIELD and JOSEPH V BONVENTRE
Kidney Int 68: 1956-1961; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00629.x
Abstracts
Repair of the damaged heart
ANNAROSA LERI, JAN KAJSTURA, FEDERICO QUAINI, KONRAD URBANEK, ROBERTO BOLLI and PIERO ANVERSA
Kidney Int 68: 1962; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00630.x
Patterning of the mammalian kidney
ANDREW P MCMAHON
Kidney Int 68: 1962; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.12
Essential role of COUP-TFII in vascular formation
MING-JER TSAI, LI-RU YOU, FU-JUNG LIN and SOPHIA Y TSAI
Kidney Int 68: 1962-1963; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.13
Structure and sequential gene expression of in vitro–induced pronephros (kidney) in the amphibian development
MAKOTO ASASHIMA
Kidney Int 68: 1963; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.14
Role of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in kidney development and injury
BRIGITTE LELONGT, SORAYA BENGATTA and PIERRE RONCO
Kidney Int 68: 1963-1964; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.15
GZF1, a new GDNF-inducible gene, is required for renal branching morphogenesis
NAOYUKI FUKUDA, TAKATOSHI MORINAGA and SEIICHI MATSUO
Kidney Int 68: 1964; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.16
Circadian rhythm orchestrates the cell cycle of rat renal epithelial cells: A novel mechanism to regulate the cell cycle
TAKAHITO ITO, MASAYA YAMATO and NORIO ISHIDA
Kidney Int 68: 1965; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.17
Cardiac and renal cell lineage derived from stem cells: Implication for organ regeneration
RAGHU KALLURI
Kidney Int 68: 1965; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.18
Growth factor enhancement of mammalian regeneration
NADIA ROSENTHAL
Kidney Int 68: 1965-1966; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.19
Establishment of renal stem/progenitor-like cell line from S3 segment of proximal tubules in adult rat kidney
SHINJI KITAMURA, YASUSHI YAMASAKI and HIROFUMI MAKINO
Kidney Int 68: 1966; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.20
Do we really need "stem" cell for renal regeneration?
KEIICHI HISHIKAWA
Kidney Int 68: 1966-1967; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.21
Ex vivo regeneration of the murine kidney from human mesenchymal stem cells
TAKASHI YOKOO and TETSUYA KAWAMURA
Kidney Int 68: 1967; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.22
Lymphatic neoangiogenesis in human neoplasia and transplantation as experiments of nature
DONTSCHO KERJASCHKI
Kidney Int 68: 1967-1968; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.23
Molecular and genetic analyses of renal capillary development: Studying the angiopoietin/Tie axis
ADRIAN S WOOLF
Kidney Int 68: 1968; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.24
Wnt-4 and Ets-1 signaling pathways for regeneration after acute renal failure
YOSHIO TERADA, HIROYUKI TANAKA and SEI SASAKI
Kidney Int 68: 1969; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.25
Search for genes expressed during progression and recovery in the diseased kidney
TOSHIAKI MONKAWA and MATSUHIKO HAYASHI
Kidney Int 68: 1969-1970; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.26
Up-regulation in the kidney and its genetic polymorphism of MUC20, a regulator of Met signaling cascade, in patients with IgA nephropathy
ICHIEI NARITA, BASSAM ALCHI, FUMINORI SATO, DAISUKE SAGA, ASA OGAWA, YUTAKA TSUBATA, DAISUKE KONDO, MINORU SAKATSUME, TADASHI YAMAMOTO and FUMITAKE GEJYO
Kidney Int 68: 1970-1971; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.28
Life-supporting pig-to-baboon renal transplantation using GalT knockout donors: Benefit of cotransplanting a vascularized donor thymic graft
KAZUHIKO YAMADA
Kidney Int 68: 1971; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.29
HGF gene transfer increases kidney graft survival
YOSHITAKA ISAKA and KAZUHIKO YAMADA
Kidney Int 68: 1971-1972; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.30
The future of renal replacement: Needs and applications
JEFFREY L PLATT
Kidney Int 68: 1972; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.31
Perspectives in Renal Medicine
Vitamin D and its analogues: Do they protect against cardiovascular disease in patients with kidney disease?
ADEERA LEVIN and YAN CHUN LI
Kidney Int 68: 1973-1981; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00651.x
Perspectives in Basic Science
Evolving concepts in the quantitative analysis of the determinants of the plasma water sodium concentration and the pathophysiology and treatment of the dysnatremias
IRA KURTZ and MINHTRI K NGUYEN
Kidney Int 68: 1982-1993; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00652.x
Genetic Disorders – Development
Hereditary amyloidosis in early childhood associated with a novel insertion-deletion (indel) in the fibrinogen A
chain gene
HEE GYUNG KANG, ALISON BYBEE, IL SOO HA, MOON SOO PARK, JANET A GILBERTSON, HAE IL CHEONG, YONG CHOI and PHILIP N HAWKINS
Kidney Int 68: 1994-1998; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00653.x
The C-terminal tail of aquaporin-2 determines apical trafficking
MICHIO KUWAHARA, TOMOKI ASAI, YOSHIO TERADA and SEI SASAKI
Kidney Int 68: 1999-2009; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00654.x
A role for microfilament-based contraction in branching morphogenesis of the ureteric bud
LYDIA MICHAEL, DERINA E SWEENEY and JAMIE A DAVIES
Kidney Int 68: 2010-2018; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00655.x
Hormones – Cytokines – Signalling
Growth hormone promotes glomerular lipid accumulation in bGH mice
MARCOS O MACHADO, ROSARIO D C HIRATA, DONALD F SELLITTI, ROBERTO IOTTI, ALEJANDRO IOTTI, ANA M CUSUMANO, GAVIN P RIORDAN, KAREN T COSCHIGANO, JOHN J KOPCHICK, IRINA ZUHL, NGA NGUYEN, MARIO H HIRATA and SONIA Q DOI
Kidney Int 68: 2019-2028; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00656.x
Disturbed Ca2+-signaling by chloroacetaldehyde: A possible cause for chronic ifosfamide nephrotoxicity
ANDREAS BENESIC, GERALD SCHWERDT, SIGRID MILDENBERGER, RUTH FREUDINGER, NADER GORDJANI and MICHAEL GEKLE
Kidney Int 68: 2029-2041; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00657.x
Curcumin blocks fibrosis in anti-Thy 1 glomerulonephritis through up-regulation of heme oxygenase 1
JENS GAEDEKE, NANCY A NOBLE and WAYNE A BORDER
Kidney Int 68: 2042-2049; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00658.x
Cell Biology – Immunology – Pathology
Inflammation and caspase activation in long-term renal ischemia/reperfusion injury and immunosuppression in rats
BIN YANG, SUNJAY JAIN, IZABELLA Z A PAWLUCZYK, SHEHLA IMTIAZ, LEE BOWLEY, SHAIRBANU Y ASHRA and MICHAEL L NICHOLSON
Kidney Int 68: 2050-2067; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00662.x
Activation of mesangial cells by platelets in systemic lupus erythematosus via a CD154-dependent induction of CD40
YAHSOU DELMAS, JEAN-FRANÇOIS VIALLARD, ANNE SOLANILLA, JULIEN VILLENEUVE, JEAN-MAX PASQUET, FRANCIS BELLOC, ISABELLE DUBUS, JULIE DÉCHANET-MERVILLE, PIERRE MERVILLE, PATRICK BLANCO, JEAN-LUC PELLEGRIN, ALAN T NURDEN, CHRISTIAN COMBE and JEAN RIPOCHE
Kidney Int 68: 2068-2078; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00663.x
Renal macrophage activation and Th2 polarization precedes the development of nephrotic syndrome in Buffalo/Mna rats
LUDMILLA LE BERRE, CAROLINE HERVÉ, FRANÇOISE BUZELIN, CLAIRE USAL, JEAN-PAUL SOULILLOU and JACQUES DANTAL
Kidney Int 68: 2079-2090; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00664.x
Renal tubular epithelial cells modulate T-cell responses via ICOS-L and B7-H1
SIMONE DE HAIJ, ANDREA M WOLTMAN, LEENDERT A TROUW, ASTRID C BAKKER, SYLVIA W KAMERLING, SANDRA W VAN DER KOOIJ, LIEPING CHEN, RICHARD A KROCZEK, MOHAMED R DAHA and CEES VAN KOOTEN
Kidney Int 68: 2091-2102; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00665.x
Expression of C-reactive protein by renal cell carcinomas and unaffected surrounding renal tissue
WOLFRAM J JABS, MARLEEN BUSSE, STEFAN KRÜGER, DIETER JOCHAM, JÜRGEN STEINHOFF and CHRISTIAN DOEHN
Kidney Int 68: 2103-2110; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00666.x
Soluble fibronectin induces chemokine gene expression in renal tubular epithelial cells
LI REN, JASON B BLANCHETTE, LINDSAY R WHITE, SHARON A CLARK, DANIEL J HEFFNER, LEE ANNE TIBBLES and DANIEL A MURUVE
Kidney Int 68: 2111-2120; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00667.x
Regulation of collagen type IV genes is organ-specific: Evidence from a canine model of Alport syndrome
KEQIN ZHENG, JULIE PERRY, SCOTT J HARVEY, YOSHIKAZU SADO, YOSHIFUMI NINOMIYA, BARBARA JEFFERSON, ROBERT JACOBS, BILLY G HUDSON and PAUL S THORNER
Kidney Int 68: 2121-2130; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00668.x
Early treatment with cGMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor ameliorates progression of renal damage
BERNARDO RODRÍGUEZ-ITURBE, ATILIO FERREBUZ, VALENTINA VANEGAS, YASMIR QUIROZ, FABIANA ESPINOZA, HECTOR PONS and NOSRATOLA D VAZIRI
Kidney Int 68: 2131-2142; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00669.x
Vascular Biology – Hemodynamics – Hypertension
Up-regulation of glomerular COX-2 by angiotensin II: Role of reactive oxygen species
EDGAR A JAIMES, RUN-XIA TIAN, DAMIEN PEARSE and LEOPOLDO RAIJ
Kidney Int 68: 2143-2153; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00670.x
Loss of nitric oxide and endothelial-derived hyperpolarizing factor–mediated responses in aging
DAVID A LONG, MOHAMMAD A NEWAZ, SHARMA S PRABHAKAR, KAREN L PRICE, LUAN D TRUONG, LILI FENG, WEI MU, ADEBAYO O OYEKAN and RICHARD J JOHNSON
Kidney Int 68: 2154-2163; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00671.x
Genetic variance of SGK-1 is associated with blood pressure, blood pressure change over time and strength of the insulin-diastolic blood pressure relationship
FREDRIK VON WOWERN, GÖRAN BERGLUND, JOYCE CARLSON, HENRIK MÅNSSON, BO HEDBLAD and OLLE MELANDER
Kidney Int 68: 2164-2172; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00672.x
Effects of nutritional status on the L-arginine–nitric oxide pathway in platelets from hemodialysis patients
CLARISSA DEMÉZIO DA SILVA, TATIANA M C BRUNINI, PATRÍCIA F REIS, MONIQUE B MOSS, SÉRGIO F F SANTOS, NORMAN B ROBERTS, JOHN C ELLORY, GIOVANNI E MANN and ANTÔNIO C MENDES-RIBEIRO
Kidney Int 68: 2173-2179; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00673.x
Kidney immune cell infiltration and oxidative stress contribute to prenatally programmed hypertension
TYRUS STEWART, FLAVIA F JUNG, JENNIFER MANNING and V MATTI VEHASKARI
Kidney Int 68: 2180-2188; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00674.x
Effects of renin-angiotensin system blockade on renal angiotensin-(1-7) forming enzymes and receptors
CARLOS M FERRARIO, JEWELL JESSUP, PATRICIA E GALLAGHER, DAVID B AVERILL, K BRIDGET BROSNIHAN, E ANN TALLANT, RONALD D SMITH and MARK C CHAPPELL
Kidney Int 68: 2189-2196; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00675.x
Effects of specific COX-2-inhibition on renin release and renal and systemic prostanoid synthesis in healthy volunteers
DIRK O STICHTENOTH, VERENA MARHAUER, DIMITRIOS TSIKAS, FRANK-MATHIAS GUTZKI and JÜRGEN C FRÖLICH
Kidney Int 68: 2197-2207; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00676.x
N-acetylcysteine attenuates the progression of chronic renal failure
MARIA HELOISA, MASSOLA SHIMIZU, TEREZILA MACHADO COIMBRA, MAGALI DE ARAUJO, LUIS FERNANDO MENEZES and ANTONIO CARLOS SEGURO
Kidney Int 68: 2208-2217; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00677.x
Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials
Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease in infancy and childhood: Progression and outcome
ABDOLLAH SHAMSHIRSAZ, REZA M BEKHEIRNIA, MOHAMMAD KAMGAR, ANN M JOHNSON, K MCFANN, MELISSA CADNAPAPHORNCHAI, N N HAGHIGHI and ROBERT W SCHRIER
Kidney Int 68: 2218-2224; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00678.x
See also: Editorial by STEINMANCharacteristics of Chinese patients with Wegener's granulomatosis with anti-myeloperoxidase autoantibodies
MIN CHEN, FENG YU, YING ZHANG, WAN-ZHONG ZOU, MING-HUI ZHAO and HAI-YAN WANG
Kidney Int 68: 2225-2229; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00679.x
Plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) concentration is independently associated with carotid intima-media thickness and plasma soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) concentration in patients with mild-to-moderate renal failure
PRABATH W B NANAYAKKARA, TOM TEERLINK, COEN D A STEHOUWER, DAUD ALLAJAR, ANNEMIEKE SPIJKERMAN, CASPER SCHALKWIJK, PIET M TER WEE and COEN VAN GULDENER
Kidney Int 68: 2230-2236; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00680.x
ACE I/D polymorphism is associated with mortality in a cohort study of patients starting with dialysis
FEMKE VAN DER SMAN-DE BEER, CLAUDIA VERHAGEN, SASKIA M ROMBACH, PETER BOORSMA, JEANNETTE G VAN MANEN, JOHANNA C KOREVAAR, RUUD VAN DEN BOGAARD, ELISABETH W BOESCHOTEN, RAYMOND T KREDIET, GERJAN J NAVIS, JAN P VANDENBROUCKE and FRIEDO W DEKKER FORTHE NECOSAD STUDY GROUP
Kidney Int 68: 2237-2243; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00681.x
Biventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease
HUSEYIN OFLAZ, SABAHAT ALISIR, BANU BUYUKAYDIN, ORHAN KOCAMAN, FARUK TURGUT, SULE NAMLI, BURAK PAMUKCU, AYTAC ONCUL and TEVFIK ECDER
Kidney Int 68: 2244-2249; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00682.x
Nephrotoxicity of low-osmolality versus iso-osmolality contrast agents: Impact of N-acetylcysteine
CARLO BRIGUORI, ANTONIO COLOMBO, FLAVIO AIROLDI, NUCCIA MORICI, GIUSEPPE MASSIMO SANGIORGI, ANNA VIOLANTE, AMELIA FOCACCIO, MATTEO MONTORFANO, MAURO CARLINO, GIANLUIGI CONDORELLI and BRUNO RICCIARDELLI
Kidney Int 68: 2250-2255; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00683.x
The role of osmolality in the incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy: A systematic review of angiographic contrast media in high risk patients
RICHARD SOLOMON
Kidney Int 68: 2256-2263; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00684.x
Effect of dietary modification on urinary stone risk factors
CHARLES Y C PAK, CLARITA V ODVINA, MARGARET S PEARLE, KHASHAYAR SAKHAEE, ROY D PETERSON, JOHN R POINDEXTER and LINDA J BRINKLEY
Kidney Int 68: 2264-2273; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00685.x
Identifying critically ill patients at high risk for developing acute renal failure: A pilot study
LAKHMIR S CHAWLA, LYNN ABELL, RAMIN MAZHARI, MELINDA EGAN, NAVIN KADAMBI, HARRY B BURKE, CHRISTOPHER JUNKER, MICHAEL G SENEFF and PAUL L KIMMEL
Kidney Int 68: 2274-2280; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00686.x
Urinary ortho-tyrosine excretion in diabetes mellitus and renal failure: Evidence for hydroxyl radical production
GERGÕ A MOLNÁR, ZOLTÁN WAGNER, LAJOS MARKÓ, TAMÁS K
SZEGI, MÁRTON MOHÁS, BÉLA KOCSIS, ZOLTÁN MATUS, LÁSZLÓ WAGNER, MÓNIKA TAMASKÓ, ISTVÁN MAZÁK, BOGLÁRKA LACZY, JUDIT NAGY and ISTVÁN WITTMANN
Kidney Int 68: 2281-2287; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00687.x
Class IV-S versus class IV-G lupus nephritis: Clinical and morphologic differences suggesting different pathogenesis
GARY S HILL, MICHEL DELAHOUSSE, DOMINIQUE NOCHY and JEAN BARIÉTY
Kidney Int 68: 2288-2297; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00688.x
Immunogenicity and safety of an adjuvanted hepatitis B vaccine in pre-hemodialysis and hemodialysis patients
NORELLA KONG CHIEW TONG, JIRI BERAN, SWEE ANN KEE, JOSE LUIS MIGUEL, CARMEN SÁNCHEZ, JOSE MARIA BAYAS, A VILELLA, J R DE JUANES, P ARRAZOLA, FRANCISCO CALBO-TORRECILLAS, EDUARDO LÓPEZ DE NOVALES, VIRGINIE HAMTIAUX, MARC LIEVENS and MICHEL STOFFEL
Kidney Int 68: 2298-2303; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00689.x
Reduced bone mineral density in adults treated with high-dose corticosteroids for childhood nephrotic syndrome
JANET HEGARTY, M ZULF MUGHAL, JUDITH ADAMS and NICHOLAS J A WEBB
Kidney Int 68: 2304-2309; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00690.x
The conundrum of increased burden of end-stage renal disease in Asians
YOSHIO N HALL, CHI-YUAN HSU, CARLOS IRIBARREN, JEANNE DARBINIAN, CHARLES E MCCULLOCH and ALAN S GO
Kidney Int 68: 2310-2316; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00691.x
Total body water volume for white children and adolescents and anthropometric prediction equations: The Fels Longitudinal Study
WILLIAM C CHUMLEA, CHRISTINE M SCHUBERT, NICHOLAS V REO, SHUMEI S SUN and ROGER M SIERVOGEL
Kidney Int 68: 2317-2322; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00692.x
Dialysis – Transplantation
Anemia and mortality in hemodialysis patients: Accounting for morbidity and treatment variables updated over time
BRUCE M ROBINSON, MARSHALL M JOFFE, JEFFREY S BERNS, RONALD L PISONI, FRIEDRICH K PORT and HAROLD I FELDMAN
Kidney Int 68: 2323-2330; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00693.x
Convective and adsorptive removal of 2-microglobulin during predilutional and postdilutional hemofiltration
ROBERTO PADRINI, CRISTINA CANOVA, PIERO CONZ, ELENA MANCINI, EMANUELA RIZZIOLI and ANTONIO SANTORO
Kidney Int 68: 2331-2337; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00694.x
Skeletal muscle, cytokines, and oxidative stress in end-stage renal disease
DOMINIC S C RAJ, ELIZABETH A DOMINIC, AMY PAI, FARID OSMAN, MARILEE MORGAN, GAVIN PICKETT, VALLABH O SHAH, ARNY FERRANDO and POPE MOSELEY
Kidney Int 68: 2338-2344; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00695.x
The impact of waiting time and comorbid conditions on the survival benefit of kidney transplantation
JOHN S GILL, MARCELLO TONELLI, NATHAN JOHNSON, BRYCE KIBERD, DAVID LANDSBERG and BRIAN J G PEREIRA
Kidney Int 68: 2345-2351; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00696.x
Monthly access flow monitoring with increased prophylactic angioplasty did not improve fistula patency
HASSAN SHAHIN, GEETA REDDY, MELHEM SHARAFUDDIN, DANIEL KATZ, BRADLEY S FRANZWA and BRADLEY S DIXON
Kidney Int 68: 2352-2361; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00697.x
Apparent successful mesothelial cell transplantation hampered by peritoneal activation
LIESBETH H P HEKKING, MACHTELD M ZWEERS, EELCO D KEUNING, BAS A J DRIESPRONG, DIRK R DE WAART, ROBERT H J BEELEN and JACOB VAN DEN BORN
Kidney Int 68: 2362-2367; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00698.x
Accelerated lean body mass loss in incident chronic dialysis patients with diabetes mellitus
LARA B PUPIM, OLOF HEIMBÜRGER, ABDUL RASHID QURESHI, T ALP IKIZLER and PETER STENVINKEL
Kidney Int 68: 2368-2374; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00699.x
Cefazolin plus netilmicin versus cefazolin plus ceftazidime for treating CAPD peritonitis: Effect on residual renal function
SING LEUNG LUI, SUK WAI CHENG, FLORA NG, SUK YI NG, KIT MUI WAN, TERENCE YIP, KAI CHUNG TSE, MAN FAI LAM, KAR NENG LAI and WAI KEI LO
Kidney Int 68: 2375-2380; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00700.x
Single-center experience of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis in patients on peritoneal dialysis for end-stage renal failure
ANGELA M SUMMERS, MARC J CLANCY, FYSAL SYED, NICOLA HARWOOD, PAUL E C BRENCHLEY, TITUS AUGUSTINE, HANY RIAD, ALASTAIR J HUTCHISON, PAUL TAYLOR, ROBERT PEARSON and RAM GOKAL
Kidney Int 68: 2381-2388; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00701.x
Technical Notes
Relationship between urea clearance and ionic dialysance determined using a single-step conductivity profile
SALVATORE DI FILIPPO, PIETRO POZZONI, CELESTINA MANZONI, SIMEONE ANDRULLI, GIUSEPPE PONTORIERO and FRANCESCO LOCATELLI
Kidney Int 68: 2389-2395; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00702.x
Editorials
Diabetes, a cause of progressive sarcopenia in dialysis patients?
GEORGE A KAYSEN
Kidney Int 68: 2396-2397; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00710.x
Polycystic kidney disease: A new perspective from the beginning
THEODORE I STEINMAN
Kidney Int 68: 2398-2399; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00711.x
See also: Clinical Nephrology – Epidemiology – Clinical Trials by SHAMSHIRSAZ et al.Letters to the Editor
Antibodies against macrophages that overlap in specificity with fibroblasts
MICHEL LE HIR and BRIGITTE KAISSLING
Kidney Int 68: 2400; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00704.x
See also: Letter to the Editor by INOUE et al.Reply from the Authors
TSUTOMU INOUE, DAVID PLIETH and ERIC G NEILSON
Kidney Int 68: 2400-2401; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.84
See also: Letter to the Editor by LE HIR & KAISSLINGQuestions about graft surveillance
MICHAEL ALLON and MICHELLE L ROBBIN
Kidney Int 68: 2401-2402; doi:10.1038/ki.2005.85
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MIROSLAW 
NIT, W
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Principal discussant: VICENTE E TORRES
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