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An update on clinical and experimental  glomerulology and the “Cardiovascular Risk and Monitoring in ESRD” survey by Carmine Zoccali, Editor-in-Chief of NDT-Educational
Prof C. Zoccali
Unità di Nefrologia, Dialisi, Trapianto e Ipertensione
OO.RR and CNR Istituto di Biomedicina
Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Clinica e Fisiopatologia delle Malattie Renali e dell'Ipertensione
Reggio Calabria, Italy
   
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Innate immunity stimuli, toll like receptors and renal glomerulonephritis

 

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Transcriptional control mechanism in human glomerular diseases

 

Dr H.-J. Anders
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet
Med. Poliklinik, Klinikum Innenstadt
Munich, Germany

Prof M. Kretzler
Div. Nephrology - Dept. Internal Medicine
Univ. Michigan Medical Center - 1560 MSRB II
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

     
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Investigating alloimmunization in glomerular diseases

 

 
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Countering adma as a new pathway for retarding renal disease progression

Prof P. Ronco
INSERM Unit 702, University Pierre and Marie Curie
Tenon Hospital
Paris, France

Dr S. Ueda
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
Kurume University School of Medicine
Kurume, Japan

    
   
         
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An album of urinary microscopy images in a clinical context Part III

 

Dr G.B. Fogazzi and Dr S. Verdesca
Research Laboratory on Urine, Unità Operativa di Nefrologia
Fondazione IRCCS, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena
Milan, Italy

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Catherine Postic and Jean Girard

Contribution of de novo fatty acid synthesis to hepatic steatosis and

insulin resistance: lessons from genetically engineered mice

J. Clin. Invest. 118(3): 829-838 (2008).

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Warner S. Simonides, Michelle A. Mulcahey, Everaldo M. Redout, Alice Muller,

Marian J. Zuidwijk, Theo J. Visser, Frank W.J.S. Wassen, Alessandra Crescenzi,

  Wagner S. da-Silva, John Harney, Felix B. Engel, Maria-Jesús Obregon, P. Reed
  Larsen, Antonio C. Bianco, Stephen A. Huang
  Hypoxia-inducible factor induces local thyroid hormone inactivation
  during hypoxic-ischemic disease in rats
  J. Clin. Invest. 118(3): 975-983 (2008).
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation selected articles:
   

Paul E. de Jong and Ron T. Gansevoort

Fact or fiction of the epidemic of chronic kidney disease-let us not

squabble about estimated GFR only, but also focus on albuminuria

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1092-1095

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Hassane Izzedine
Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU): a step

forward to understanding an elusive oculorenal syndrome
 

NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2008

 

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1095-1097
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  Maarten J. Postma, Cornelis Boersma, and Ron T. Gansevoort
  Pharmacoeconomics in nephrology: considerations on cost-effectiveness
  of screening for albuminuria
  NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1103-1106
 

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  Richard J. Glassock and Christopher Winearls
  An epidemic of chronic kidney disease: fact or fiction?
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1117-1121
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Josef Coresh, Lesley A. Stevens, and Andrew S. Levey
  Chronic kidney disease is common: What do we do next?
  Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1122-1125
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clinical
Title Journal
Factors predicting the Near-Final Height in Growth Hormone treated Children and Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008
Survival benefit of nephrologic care in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease. Arch Intern Med. 2008; 168(1):55-62.
Endotoxemia is related to systemic inflammation and atherosclerosis in peritoneal dialysis patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Mar; 3(2):431-6.
   
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Polymorphisms associated with cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular events NEJM 2008 Mar 20; 358(12): 1240-9
Pediatric antihypertensive trial failures: analysis of end points and dose range Hypertension. 2008 Apr; 51(4): 834-40
Nighttime blood pressure and nocturnal dipping are associated with daytime urinary sodium excretion in African subjects. Hypertension. 2008 Apr; 51(4):891-8.
Birth weight relates to salt sensitivity of blood pressure in healthy adults. Hypertension. 2008 Apr;51(4):928-32
Low birthweight is associated with narrower arterioles in adults. Hypertension. 2008 Apr;51(4):933-8.
Homocysteine or Renal Impairment. Which Is the Real Cardiovascular Risk Factor? Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Mar 20
   
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Effects of low- and high-flux dialyzers on oxidative stress and insulin resistance. Blood Purif. 2008; 26(2):213-20.
Interleukin-6 is a better predictor of mortality as compared to C-reactive protein, homocysteine, pentosidine and advanced oxidation protein products in hemodialysis patients. Blood Purif. 2008; 26(2):204-10.
Atrial fibrillation and morbidity and mortality in a cohort of long-term hemodialysis patients. AJKD 2008 Feb; 51(2): 255-62.
Interferon treatment in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of treatment efficacy and harms. AJKD 2008 Feb; 51(2): 263-77.
Haemodiafiltration: promise for the future? NDT 2008 Feb; 23(2): 438-43.
The relationship between the flow of arteriovenous fistula and cardiac output in haemodialysis patients. NDT 2008 Jan; 23(1): 282-7.
Glycaemic control and serum intact parathyroid hormone levels in diabetic patients on haemodialysis therapy. NDT 2008 Jan; 23(1): 315-20.
A wearable hemofilter for continuous ambulatory ultrafiltration. KI 2008 Feb; 73(4): 497-502.
     
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Tight blood glucose control is renoprotective in critically ill patients. JASN 2008 Mar; 19(3):571-8.
    
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Collapsing glomerulopathy: many means to a similar end. KI 2008 Mar; 73(6): 669-71.
Resolved: normal glomeruli filter nephrotic levels of albumin. JASN 2008 Mar; 19(3):427-32.
    
epidemiology
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Dialysis Surveillance Report: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)-data summary for 2006. Semin Dial 2008; 21(1):24-28.
     
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Transplant glomerulopathy. AJT 2008 Mar; 8(3): 492-6
Banff 07 classification of renal allograft pathology: updates and future directions. AJT 2008 Apr; 8(4): 753-60.
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cinacalcet in patients with hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation. AJT 2008 Apr; 8(4): 803-10.
Development of proteinuria after switch to sirolimus-based immunosuppression in long-term cardiac transplant patients. AJT 2008 Apr; 8(4): 854-61.
Course and relevance of arteriovenous fistulas after renal transplant biopsies. AJT 2008 Apr; 8(4): 826-31.
Outcome of 234 Pregnancies in 140 Renal Transplant Recipients From Five Middle Eastern Countries. Transplantation. 2008 Mar 27;85(6):840-843.
Influence of Time of Rejection on Long-Term Graft Survival in Renal Transplantation. Transplantation. 2008 Mar 15;85(5):661-666.
   
NephroQUEST project: Quality of Care in End-Stage Renal Disease: the Importance of Comparing “Apples with Apples”
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