TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 69, Issue 11 (June (1) 2006)

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In this Issue

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Editorials

Nephrologists Sans Frontières: The art and science of branching

Kai M Schmidt-Ott

Kidney Int 69: 1921-1923; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001525

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Nephrology Image

Tuberculous autonephrectomy FREE

S-Y Li, K-L Wang, J-Y Chen and T-W Chen

Kidney Int 69: 1924; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001557

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Commentaries

Rapamycin and chronic kidney disease: beyond the inhibition of inflammation

Y Liu

Kidney Int 69: 1925-1927; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001543

See also: Original Articles by Wu et al.

Tools to detect and modify sickle cell nephropathy

J I Scheinman

Kidney Int 69: 1927-1930; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000412

See also: Original Article by Voskaridou et al.

Is there an increased long-term risk of hypertension and renal impairment after Puumala virus-induced nephropathy?

B Rippe

Kidney Int 69: 1930-1931; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000320

See also: Original Article by Miettinen et al.
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Journal Club

Journal club FREE

Kidney Int 69: 1932-1933; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001587

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Mini Reviews

Treatment of IgA nephropathy

J Barratt and J Feehally

Kidney Int 69: 1934-1938; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000419

The IgA nephropathy treatment dilemma

G B Appel and M Waldman

Kidney Int 69: 1939-1944; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000434

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Review

Definition, evaluation, and classification of renal osteodystrophy: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)

S Moe, T Drüeke, J Cunningham, W Goodman, K Martin, K Olgaard, S Ott, S Sprague, N Lameire and G Eknoyan

Kidney Int 69: 1945-1953; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000414

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Original Articles

Basic Research

Combination therapy with tranilast and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition provides additional renoprotection in the remnant kidney model

D J Kelly, Y Zhang, A J Cox and R E Gilbert

Kidney Int 69: 1954-1960; advance online publication, March 22, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000376

CRIT is expressed on podocytes in normal human kidney and upregulated in membranous nephropathy

S Moll, S Lange, M J Mihatsch, Z Dragic, J A Schifferli and J M Inal

Kidney Int 69: 1961-1968; advance online publication, April 5, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000379

Renal injury: Similarities and differences in male and female rats with the metabolic syndrome

J H Dominguez, P Wu, J W Hawes, M Deeg, J Walsh, S C Packer, M Nagase, C Temm, E Goss and R Peterson

Kidney Int 69: 1969-1976; advance online publication, May 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000406

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 stimulates angiotensinogen gene expression in kidney proximal tubular cells

M-L Brezniceanu, C-C Wei, S-L Zhang, T-J Hsieh, D-F Guo, M-J Hébert, J R Ingelfinger, J G Filep and J S D Chan

Kidney Int 69: 1977-1985; advance online publication, April 5, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000396

Blockade of VEGF accelerates proteinuria, via decrease in nephrin expression in rat crescentic glomerulonephritis

A Hara, T Wada, K Furuichi, N Sakai, H Kawachi, F Shimizu, M Shibuya, K Matsushima, H Yokoyama, K Egashira and S Kaneko

Kidney Int 69: 1986-1995; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000439

Renal blood flow in experimental septic acute renal failure

C Langenberg, L Wan, M Egi, C N May and R Bellomo

Kidney Int 69: 1996-2002; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000440

Biochemical validation of a rat model for polycystic kidney disease: Comparison of guanidino compound profile with the human condition

A Torremans, B Marescau, B Kränzlin, N Gretz, J-M Billiouw, R Vanholder, R De Smet, K Bouwman, R Brouns and P P De Deyn

Kidney Int 69: 2003-2012; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000443

Subtotal nephrectomy impairs ischemia-induced angiogenesis and hindlimb re-perfusion in rats

J Jacobi, M Porst, N Cordasic, B Namer, R E Schmieder, K-U Eckardt and K F Hilgers

Kidney Int 69: 2013-2021; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000448

Oxidative stress during peritoneal dialysis: Implications in functional and structural changes in the membrane

H Noh, J S Kim, K-H Han, G T Lee, J S Song, S H Chung, J S Jeon, H Ha and H B Lee

Kidney Int 69: 2022-2028; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001506

Clinical Research

Rapamycin attenuates unilateral ureteral obstruction-induced renal fibrosis

M-J Wu, M-C Wen, Y-T Chiu, Y-Y Chiou, K-H Shu and M-J Tang

Kidney Int 69: 2029-2036; advance online publication, February 15, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000161

See also: Commentary by Liu
Early markers of renal dysfunction in patients with sickle cell/beta-thalassemia

E Voskaridou, E Terpos, S Michail, E Hantzi, A Anagnostopoulos, A Margeli, D Simirloglou, D Loukopoulos and I Papassotiriou

Kidney Int 69: 2037-2042; advance online publication, February 22, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000248

See also: Commentary by Scheinman
Ten-year prognosis of Puumala hantavirus-induced acute interstitial nephritis

M H Miettinen, S M Mäkelä, I O Ala-Houhala, H S A Huhtala, T Kööbi, A I Vaheri, A I Pasternack, I H Pörsti and J T Mustonen

Kidney Int 69: 2043-2048; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000334

See also: Commentary by Rippe
Environmental exposure to lead and progressive diabetic nephropathy in patients with type II diabetes

J-L Lin, D-T Lin-Tan, C-C Yu, Y-J Li, Y-Y Huang and K-L Li

Kidney Int 69: 2049-2056; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001505

Prevalence and risk factors for microalbuminuria in a referred cohort of type II diabetic patients: A global perspective

H-H Parving, J B Lewis, M Ravid, G Remuzzi and L G Hunsicker

Kidney Int 69: 2057-2063; advance online publication, April 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000377

Cross-sectional relations of serum aldosterone and urine sodium excretion to urinary albumin excretion in a community-based sample

C S Fox, M G Larson, S-J Hwang, E P Leip, N Rifai, D Levy, E J Benjamin, J M Murabito, J B Meigs and R S Vasan

Kidney Int 69: 2064-2069; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000378

Glomerular filtration rate via plasma iohexol disappearance: Pilot study for chronic kidney disease in children

G J Schwartz, S Furth, S R Cole, B Warady and A Muñoz

Kidney Int 69: 2070-2077; advance online publication, April 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000385

Leptin induces TGF-beta synthesis through functional leptin receptor expressed by human peritoneal mesothelial cell

J C K Leung, L Y Y Chan, S C W Tang, K M Chu and K N Lai

Kidney Int 69: 2078-2086; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000409

Mortality risk for patients receiving hemodiafiltration versus hemodialysis: European results from the DOPPS

B Canaud, J L Bragg-Gresham, M R Marshall, S Desmeules, B W Gillespie, T Depner, P Klassen and F K Port

Kidney Int 69: 2087-2093; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000447

Associations between CMS's Clinical Performance Measures project benchmarks, profit structure, and mortality in dialysis units

L A Szczech, P S Klassen, B Chua, S S Hedayati, M Flanigan, W M McClellan, D N Reddan, R A Rettig, D L Frankenfield and W F Owen Jr

Kidney Int 69: 2094-2100; advance online publication, February 15, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000267

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Technical Note

An improved method for primary culture of rat podocytes

K Katsuya, E Yaoita, Y Yoshida, Y Yamamoto and T Yamamoto

Kidney Int 69: 2101-2106; advance online publication, April 19, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000398

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The Renal Consult

AIDS, nephrotic-range proteinuria, and renal failure

J I Iglesias, S H Nasr, G S Markowitz and V D D'agati

Kidney Int 69: 2107-2110; advance online publication, April 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000408

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