TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 74, Issue 12 (December (2) 2008)
Obituary |
Journal Club |
Commentaries |
ABC of Epidemiology |
Mini Review |
Original Articles |
Rapid Communication |
The Renal Consult |
Letters to the Editor |
Make Your Diagnosis |
Nephrology Image
In this Issue
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Kidney Int 74: 1499; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.565
See also: Original Article by Deegens et al. See also: Original Article by Schlieper et al. See also: Rapid Communication by Kong et al.Obituary
A tribute to Rainer Friedemann Greger
Florian Lang
Kidney Int 74: 1501-1502; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.566
Journal Club
Top of pageCommentaries
Cardiovascular risk in dialysis patients: an X-ray vision on vascular calcifications
Teresa Adragão and João M Frazão
Kidney Int 74: 1505-1507; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.503
See also: Original Article by Schlieper et al.DRIVE it home: making the case for prospective economic data collection in randomized clinical trials
Eric L Eisenstein
Kidney Int 74: 1507-1509; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.553
See also: Original Article by Pizzi et al.First responders: understanding monocyte-lineage traffic in the acutely injured kidney
Sundararaman Swaminathan and Matthew D Griffin
Kidney Int 74: 1509-1511; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.555
See also: Original Article by Li et al.ABC of Epidemiology
Testing for causality and prognosis: etiological and prognostic models
Giovanni Tripepi, Kitty J Jager, Friedo W Dekker and Carmine Zoccali
Kidney Int 74: 1512-1515; advance online publication, August 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.416
Mini Review
Status of chronic kidney disease prevention programs: International Federation of Kidney Foundation Members 2005/2007
Joanna M Smith, Susan A Mott and Wendy E Hoy , and the Respondents for Member Organizations of the International Federation of Kidney Foundations
Kidney Int 74: 1516-1525; advance online publication, August 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.415
Original Articles
Basic Research
The chemokine receptors CCR2 and CX3CR1 mediate monocyte/macrophage trafficking in kidney ischemia–reperfusion injury
Li Li, Liping Huang, Sun-Sang J Sung, Amy L Vergis, Diane L Rosin, C Edward Rose Jr, Peter I Lobo and Mark D Okusa
Kidney Int 74: 1526-1537; advance online publication, October 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.500
Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
See also: Commentary by Swaminathan & GriffinGenistein protects the kidney from cisplatin-induced injury
Mi Jeong Sung, Duk Hoon Kim, Yu Jin Jung, Kyung Pyo Kang, Ae Sin Lee, Sik Lee, Won Kim, Munkhtugs Davaatseren, Jin-Taek Hwang, Hyun-Jin Kim, Myung Sunny Kim, Dae Young Kwon and Sung Kwang Park
Kidney Int 74: 1538-1547; advance online publication, August 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.409
Parathyroid-specific interaction of the calcium-sensing receptor and G
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Min Pi, Ling Chen, MinZhao Huang, Qiang Luo and L Darryl Quarles
Kidney Int 74: 1548-1556; advance online publication, August 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.411
Effects of the renal medullary pH and ionic environment on vasopressin binding and signaling
Elena A Zalyapin, Richard Bouley, Udo Hasler, Jean-Pierre Vilardaga, Herbert Y Lin, Dennis Brown and Dennis A Ausiello
Kidney Int 74: 1557-1567; advance online publication, August 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.412
Podocyte foot process effacement as a diagnostic tool in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Jeroen K J Deegens, Henry B P M Dijkman, George F Borm, Eric J Steenbergen, José G van den Berg, Jan J Weening and Jack F M Wetzels
Kidney Int 74: 1568-1576; advance online publication, August 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.413
Rapid Communication
Targeted vitamin D receptor expression in juxtaglomerular cells suppresses renin expression independent of parathyroid hormone and calcium
Juan Kong, Guilin Qiao, Zhongyi Zhang, Shu Q Liu and Yan Chun Li
Kidney Int 74: 1577-1581; advance online publication, October 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.452
Original Articles
Clinical Research
Vascular access calcification predicts mortality in hemodialysis patients
Georg Schlieper, Thilo Krüger, Zivka Djuric, Tatjana Damjanovic, Natasa Markovic, Leon J Schurgers, Vincent M Brandenburg, Ralf Westenfeld, Sinisa Dimkovic, Markus Ketteler, Diana C Grootendorst, Friedo W Dekker, Jürgen Floege and Nada Dimkovic
Kidney Int 74: 1582-1587; advance online publication, September 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.458
See also: Commentary by Adragão & FrazãoFerric gluconate treatment provides cost savings in patients with high ferritin and low transferrin saturation
Laura T Pizzi, Thomas J Bunz, Daniel W Coyne, David S Goldfarb and Ajay K Singh
Kidney Int 74: 1588-1595; advance online publication, October 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.489
See also: Commentary by EisensteinPhysician access and early nephrology care in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease
Yongming Zhao, John M Brooks, Michael J Flanigan, Elizabeth A Chrischilles, Jane F Pendergast and Lawrence G Hunsicker
Kidney Int 74: 1596-1602; advance online publication, May 28, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.212
Low circulating CD34+ cell count is associated with poor prognosis in chronic hemodialysis patients
Shoichi Maruyama, Akihiko Taguchi, Shigejiro Iwashima, Takenori Ozaki, Kaoru Yasuda, Akie Kikuchi-Taura, Toshihiro Soma, Hideki Ishii, Toyoaki Murohara, Hiroshi Takahashi, Hirotake Kasuga, Yoshitaka Kumada, Takanobu Toriyama, Yasuhiko Ito, Hirohisa Kawahara, Yukio Yuzawa and Seiichi Matsuo
Kidney Int 74: 1603-1609; advance online publication, October 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.495
Decreased glomerular and tubular expression of ACE2 in patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease
Heather N Reich, Gavin Y Oudit, Josef M Penninger, James W Scholey and Andrew M Herzenberg
Kidney Int 74: 1610-1616; advance online publication, October 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.497
The Renal Consult
Pure red cell aplasia due to follow-on epoetin
Sai Ram Keithi-Reddy, Sadayandi Kandasamy and Ajay K Singh
Kidney Int 74: 1617-1622; advance online publication, June 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.230
Letters to the Editor
Cystatin C: a promising misunderstood biomarker for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury
Michele Ferrannini, Gisella Vischini and Nicola Di Daniele
Kidney Int 74: 1623; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.431
Response to 'Cystatin C: a promising misunderstood biomarker for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury'
Chirag R Parikh and Steven G Coca
Kidney Int 74: 1623-1624; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.435
Dialysis hypotension: don't blame the targets
Elaine M Spalding and Nestor Velasco
Kidney Int 74: 1624; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.433
Response to 'Dialysis hypotension: don't blame the targets'
Andrew Davenport
Kidney Int 74: 1624-1625; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.437
Dietary alkalinization and darusentan for prevention of decline in glomerular filtration rate in rats fed a casein diet
Stephan J L Bakker, Rijk O B Gans and Gerjan Navis
Kidney Int 74: 1625-1626; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.434
Response to 'Dietary alkalinization and darusentan for prevention of decline in glomerular filtration rate in rats fed a casein diet'
Donald E Wesson
Kidney Int 74: 1626-1627; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.439
Does chemical structure of Gd-containing contrast agents contribute to mortality in nephrogenic systemic fibrosis?
Ingrid B Boehm
Kidney Int 74: 1627; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.527
Make Your Diagnosis
The Case | Hypercalcemia, nephrolithiasis, and a leg mass
Szu-Yuan Li, Paul C-H Chen, Ho-Hang Wu and Wu-Chang Yang
Kidney Int 74: 1629-1630; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.469
