TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 75, Issue 10 (May (2) 2009)
Journal Club |
Commentaries |
Public Forum |
Review |
Original Articles |
The Renal Consult |
Letters to the Editor |
Make Your Diagnosis |
Nephrology Images
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Kidney Int 75: 997; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.122
See also: Original Article by Rule et al. See also: Original Article by Horvat et al. See also: Original Article by Kim et al.Journal Club
Top of pageCommentaries
Estimated glomerular filtration rate: time for a performance review?
Richard J Glassock
Kidney Int 75: 1001-1003; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.38
See also: Original Article by Rule et al. See also: Original Article by Poggio et al.The international realities of live donor kidney transplantation
Francis L Delmonico
Kidney Int 75: 1003-1005; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.23
See also: Original Article by Horvat et al.Angiotensin II type 2 receptor in chronic kidney disease: the good side of angiotensin II?
Karen A Griffin and Anil K Bidani
Kidney Int 75: 1006-1008; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.59
See also: Original Article by Benndorf et al.Public Forum
Dissecting and refining the staging of chronic kidney disease
Christopher G Winearls and Richard J Glassock
Kidney Int 75: 1009-1014; advance online publication, February 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.49
Chronic kidney disease definition and classification: no need for a rush to judgment
Garabed Eknoyan
Kidney Int 75: 1015-1018; advance online publication, March 4, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.53
Review
The kallikrein–kinin system in health and in diseases of the kidney
Masao Kakoki and Oliver Smithies
Kidney Int 75: 1019-1030; advance online publication, February 4, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.647
Original Articles
Basic Research
Mast cells decrease renal fibrosis in unilateral ureteral obstruction
Duk Hoon Kim, Sang-Ok Moon, Yu Jin Jung, Ae Sin Lee, Kyung Pyo Kang, Tae Hwan Lee, Sik Lee, Ok Hee Chai, Chang Ho Song, Kyu Yun Jang, Mi Jeong Sung, Xin Zhang, Sung Kwang Park and Won Kim
Kidney Int 75: 1031-1038; advance online publication, February 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.1
Angiotensin II type 2 receptor deficiency aggravates renal injury and reduces survival in chronic kidney disease in mice
Ralf A Benndorf, Christian Krebs, Birgit Hirsch-Hoffmann, Edzard Schwedhelm, Gabriele Cieslar, Robin Schmidt-Haupt, Oliver M Steinmetz, Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger, Friedrich Thaiss, Munif Haddad, Susanne Fehr, Andreas Heilmann, Udo Helmchen, Lutz Hein, Heimo Ehmke, Rolf A Stahl, Rainer H Böger and Ulrich O Wenzel
Kidney Int 75: 1039-1049; advance online publication, February 11, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.2
See also: Commentary by Griffin & BidaniProtein load impairs factor H binding promoting complement-dependent dysfunction of proximal tubular cells
Simona Buelli, Mauro Abbate, Marina Morigi, Daniela Moioli, Cristina Zanchi, Marina Noris, Carla Zoja, Charles D Pusey, Peter F Zipfel and Giuseppe Remuzzi
Kidney Int 75: 1050-1059; advance online publication, February 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.8
Preventive and therapeutic effects of imatinib in Wistar-Kyoto rats with anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis
Masayuki Iyoda, Takanori Shibata, Mio Kawaguchi, Toshimitsu Yamaoka and Tadao Akizawa
Kidney Int 75: 1060-1070; advance online publication, February 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.43
Clinical Research
For estimating creatinine clearance measuring muscle mass gives better results than those based on demographics
Andrew D Rule, Kent R Bailey, Gary L Schwartz, Sundeep Khosla, John C Lieske and L Joseph Melton III
Kidney Int 75: 1071-1078; advance online publication, January 28, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.698
See also: Commentary by GlassockSee also: Original Article by Poggio et al.Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with glomerular filtration rates in living kidney donors
Emilio D Poggio, Andrew D Rule, Roberto Tanchanco, Susana Arrigain, Robert S Butler, Titte Srinivas, Brian R Stephany, Kathryn H Meyer, Saul Nurko, Richard A Fatica, Daniel A Shoskes, Venkatesh Krishnamurthi, David A Goldfarb, Inderbir Gill and Martin J Schreiber Jr
Kidney Int 75: 1079-1087; advance online publication, February 11, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.11
See also: Commentary by GlassockSee also: Original Article by Rule et al.Global trends in the rates of living kidney donation
Lucy Diane Horvat, Salimah Z Shariff and Amit X Garg for the Donor Nephrectomy Outcomes Research (DONOR) Network
Kidney Int 75: 1088-1098; advance online publication, February 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.20
Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
See also: Commentary by DelmonicoPeritubular capillaries are rarefied in congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type
Anne Kaukinen, Irmeli Lautenschlager, Heikki Helin, Riitta Karikoski and Hannu Jalanko
Kidney Int 75: 1099-1108; advance online publication, February 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.41
The Renal Consult
A case of an acute kidney injury secondary to an implanted aminoglycoside
Ian M Wu, Ethan P Marin, Michael Kashgarian and Ursula C Brewster
Kidney Int 75: 1109-1112; advance online publication, July 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.386
Letters to the Editor
Treatment for hyperkalemia in hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism
Masayuki Tanemoto
Kidney Int 75: 1113; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.669
Response to 'Treatment for hyperkalemia in hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism'
Fumi Takemoto, Kenmei Takaichi and Shunya Uchida
Kidney Int 75: 1113-1114; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.674
About the association between high alkaline phosphatase and risk of death and hospitalization in dialysis patients
Amal Baakrim, Irina Shahapuni, Mervet Rouached and Albert Fournier
Kidney Int 75: 1114; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.673
Response to 'About the association between high alkaline phosphatase and risk of death and hospitalization in dialysis patients'
Friedrich K Port, Margaret J Blayney and Ronald L Pisoni
Kidney Int 75: 1114; doi:10.1038/ki.2008.678
Factors aside from Helicobacter pylori play an important role in the occurrence of peptic ulcer in dialysis patients
Guan-Ying Tseng and Hwai-Jeng Lin
Kidney Int 75: 1114-1115; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.26
Response to 'Factors aside from Helicobacter pylori play an important role in the occurrence of peptic ulcer in dialysis patients'
Mitsushige Sugimoto and Yoshio Yamaoka
Kidney Int 75: 1115; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.27
Is standard GLA gene mutation analysis definitive for the diagnosis of Fabry disease?
Renzo Mignani and Amelia Morrone
Kidney Int 75: 1115-1116; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.28
Response to 'Is standard GLA gene mutation analysis definitive for the diagnosis of Fabry disease?'
Fernando C Fervenza, Roser Torra and Donna J Lager
Kidney Int 75: 1116; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.29
The importance of expert education in enabling informed, activated patients
Andrew F Mooney, Anna Winterbottom and Hilary L Bekker
Kidney Int 75: 1116-1117; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.33
Response to 'The importance of expert education in enabling informed, activated patients'
Frederic O Finkelstein
Kidney Int 75: 1117; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.37
Vascular access calcification may be only an intermediate factor for mortality
Ming-Chih Lin
Kidney Int 75: 1117-1118; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.34
Response to 'Vascular access calcification may be only an intermediate factor for mortality'
Georg Schlieper, Diana C Grootendorst, Friedo W Dekker, Nada Dimkovic and Juergen Floege
Kidney Int 75: 1118; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.40
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) gene and protein expression in diabetic patients without nephropathy
Olusegun L Amao
Kidney Int 75: 1118-1119; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.50
Response to 'Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) gene and protein expression in diabetic patients without nephropathy'
Heather N Reich, Gavin Y Oudit, Josef M Penninger, James W Scholey and Andrew M Herzenberg
Kidney Int 75: 1119; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.47
High-volume peritoneal dialysis in acute kidney injury
Sachin Soni and Sonali Saboo
Kidney Int 75: 1119; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.58
Response to 'Hormone therapy and loss of kidney function'
Sofia B Ahmed, Jianguo Zhang and Brenda R Hemmelgarn
Kidney Int 75: 1119-1120; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.77
Make Your Diagnosis
The Case | A child with metabolic acidosis and growth retardation
Manisha Sahay, Sharmas P Vali and Vani D Ramesh
Kidney Int 75: 1121-1122; doi:10.1038/ki.2009.25
