TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 70, Issue 6 (September (2) 2006)
Editorial |
Nephrology Images |
Commentaries |
Journal Club |
Mini Review |
Reviews |
Original Articles |
The Renal Consult |
Letters to the Editor |
Corrigenda
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Kidney Int 70: 973; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5001849
See also: Original Article by Vylet'al et al. See also: Original Article by Xing et al. See also: Original Article by Vukicevic et al.Editorial
Kidney International: A six-month progress report
Radha McLean
Kidney Int 70: 975-977; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5001816
Nephrology Images
An unusual cause of gross hematuria, improved by recumbency FREE
E Ceriani, M Carrabba, A Lemos, F Fabrizi and P Messa
Kidney Int 70: 978; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001682
Medullary sponge kidney FREE
S Lee, Y B Jang, K P Kang, W Kim and S K Park
Kidney Int 70: 979; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001683
Commentaries
The glomerular filter: Biologic and genetic complexity
S V Dandapani and M R Pollak
Kidney Int 70: 980-982; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001801
See also: Original Article by Hasselbacher et al.Dialysis rationing in South Africa: A global message
J H Dirks and N W Levin
Kidney Int 70: 982-984; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001798
See also: Original Article by Moosa & KiddIs there a genotype–phenotype correlation in primary hyperoxaluria type 1?
B B Beck and B Hoppe
Kidney Int 70: 984-986; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001797
See also: Original Article by Lorenzo et al.Journal Club
Top of pageMini Review
Modulator of bone morphogenetic protein activity in the progression of kidney diseases
M Yanagita
Kidney Int 70: 989-993; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001731
Reviews
The place of sirolimus in kidney transplantation: Can we reduce calcineurin inhibitor renal toxicity?
R J Knight and B D Kahan
Kidney Int 70: 994-999; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001644
The role of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in chronic and end-stage renal disease
A M Thompson and T G Pickering
Kidney Int 70: 1000-1007; advance online publication, July 19, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001695
Original Articles
Basic Research
Recessive missense mutations in LAMB2 expand the clinical spectrum of LAMB2-associated disorders
K Hasselbacher, R C Wiggins, V Matejas, B G Hinkes, B Mucha, B E Hoskins, F Ozaltin, G Nürnberg, C Becker, D Hangan, M Pohl, E Kuwertz-Bröking, M Griebel, V Schumacher, B Royer-Pokora, A Bakkaloglu, P Nürnberg, M Zenker and F Hildebrandt
Kidney Int 70: 1008-1012; advance online publication, August 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001679
See also: Commentary by Dandapani & PollakGroup IVA phospholipase A2-mediated production of fibronectin by oxidized LDL in mesangial cells
S Akiba, Y Mukaida, K Hane, M Oka, N Uozumi, T Shimizu and T Sato
Kidney Int 70: 1013-1018; advance online publication, July 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001631
Role of P-glycoprotein in cyclosporine cytotoxicity in the cyclosporine–sirolimus interaction
D Anglicheau, N Pallet, M Rabant, P Marquet, B Cassinat, P Méria, P Beaune, C Legendre and E Thervet
Kidney Int 70: 1019-1025; advance online publication, July 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001649
Dysregulation of renal sodium transporters in gentamicin-treated rats
M C Sassen, S W Kim, T-H Kwon, M A Knepper, R T Miller, J Frøkiær and S Nielsen
Kidney Int 70: 1026-1037; advance online publication, July 19, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001654
Direct effects of dexamethasone on human podocytes
C-Y Xing, M A Saleem, R J Coward, L Ni, I R Witherden and P W Mathieson
Kidney Int 70: 1038-1045; advance online publication, July 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001655
The mechanisms of uremic serum-induced expression of bone matrix proteins in bovine vascular smooth muscle cells
N X Chen, D Duan, K D O'Neill, G O Wolisi, J J Koczman, R LaClair and S M Moe
Kidney Int 70: 1046-1053; advance online publication, July 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001663
FSGS-associated 
-actinin-4 (K256E) impairs cytoskeletal dynamics in podocytes
J-L R Michaud, K M Chaisson, R J Parks and C R J Kennedy
Kidney Int 70: 1054-1061; advance online publication, July 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001665
Abnormal development of glomerular endothelial and mesangial cells in mice with targeted disruption of the lama3 gene
C K Abrass, A K Berfield, M C Ryan, W G Carter and K M Hansen
Kidney Int 70: 1062-1071; advance online publication, July 19, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001706
D1 dopamine receptor hyperphosphorylation in renal proximal tubules in hypertension
P Yu, L D Asico, Y Luo, P Andrews, G M Eisner, U Hopfer, R A Felder and P A Jose
Kidney Int 70: 1072-1079; advance online publication, July 19, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001708
Angiotensin type 1 and type 2 receptor blockade in chronic allograft nephropathy
J Lutz, K Risch, S Liu, B Antus, C Schmaderer, M Roos, N Ouyang, M Lehmann and U Heemann
Kidney Int 70: 1080-1088; advance online publication, July 19, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001709
Staphylococcus aureus induces caspase-independent cell death in human peritoneal mesothelial cells
B Haslinger-Löffler, B Wagner, M Brück, K Strangfeld, M Grundmeier, U Fischer, W Völker, G Peters, K Schulze-Osthoff and B Sinha
Kidney Int 70: 1089-1098; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001710
Role of EP2 and EP4 receptor-selective agonists of prostaglandin E2 in acute and chronic kidney failure
S Vukicevic, P Simic, F Borovecki, L Grgurevic, D Rogic, I Orlic, W A Grasser, D D Thompson and V M Paralkar
Kidney Int 70: 1099-1106; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001715
Clinical Research
The dangers of rationing dialysis treatment: The dilemma facing a developing country
M R Moosa and M Kidd
Kidney Int 70: 1107-1114; advance online publication, August 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001750
See also: Commentary by Dirks & LevinPresentation and role of transplantation in adult patients with type 1 primary hyperoxaluria and the I244T AGXT mutation: Single-center experience
V Lorenzo, A Alvarez, A Torres, V Torregrosa, D Hernández and E Salido
Kidney Int 70: 1115-1119; advance online publication, August 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001758
See also: Commentary by Beck & HoppeMortality after acute renal failure: Models for prognostic stratification and risk adjustment
G M Chertow, S H Soroko, E P Paganini, K C Cho, J Himmelfarb, T A Ikizler and R L Mehta
Kidney Int 70: 1120-1126; advance online publication, July 19, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001579
Renal expression of CD44 correlates with acute renal allograft rejection
K M A Rouschop, J J T H Roelofs, M Sylva, A T Rowshani, I J M ten Berge, J J Weening and S Florquin
Kidney Int 70: 1127-1134; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001711
Clinical epidemiology of pneumonia in hemodialysis patients: the USRDS waves 1, 3, and 4 study
Y Slinin, R N Foley and A J Collins
Kidney Int 70: 1135-1141; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001714
Risk factors for de novo acute cardiac events in patients initiating hemodialysis with no previous cardiac symptom
H Hase, T Tsunoda, Y Tanaka, Y Takahashi, Y Imamura, H Ishikawa, Y Inishi and N Joki
Kidney Int 70: 1142-1148; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001726
The use of contrast media in deceased kidney donors does not affect initial graft function or graft survival
C Vigneau, J-P Fulgencio, A Godier, Y Chalem, S El Metaoua, E Rondeau, P Tuppin and F Bonnet
Kidney Int 70: 1149-1154; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001727
Alterations of uromodulin biology: a common denominator of the genetically heterogeneous FJHN/MCKD syndrome
P Vylet'al, M Kublová, M Kalbá
ová, K Hoda
ová, V Bare
ová, B Stib
rková, J Sikora, H Hlková, J 
ivný, J Majewski, A Simmonds, J-P Fryns, G Venkat-Raman, M Elleder and S Kmoch
Kidney Int 70: 1155-1169; advance online publication, August 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001728
Mesangial hypercellularity predicts antiproteinuric response to dual blockade of RAS in primary glomerulonephritis
R Minutolo, M M Balletta, F Catapano, P Chiodini, G Tirino, P Zamboli, G Fuiano, D Russo, P Marotta, C Iodice, G Conte and L De Nicola
Kidney Int 70: 1170-1176; advance online publication, August 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001732
Impaired basal NO activity in patients with glomerular disease and the influence of oxidative stress
T G Schäufele, M P Schlaich, C Delles, A U Klingbeil, E H Fleischmann and R E Schmieder
Kidney Int 70: 1177-1181; advance online publication, August 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001745
The Renal Consult
Hematuria in a patient with class IV lupus nephritis
B V Mittal, S Pendse, H G Rennke and A K Singh
Kidney Int 70: 1182-1186; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001730
Letters to the Editor
Therapy with lamivudine and steroids in a patient with acute hepatitis B and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
V Di Marco, S De Lisi, M Li Vecchi, S Maringhini and F Barbaria
Kidney Int 70: 1187-1188; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001668
Is i.v. iron really superior in CKD patients not on dialysis?
R Agarwal
Kidney Int 70: 1188; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000425
Response to Is i.v. iron really superior in CKD patients not on dialysis?
D B Van Wyck
Kidney Int 70: 1188-1189; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001529
Corrigenda
25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 suppresses PTH synthesis and secretion by bovine parathyroid cells FREE
Kidney Int 70: 1190; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001822
Characterization of neointima lesions associated with arteriovenous fistulas in a mouse model FREE
Kidney Int 70: 1190; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001823
