Vol. 4 — July-August 2006

• Therapy of secondary hyperparathyroidism to date: vitamin D analogs, calcimimetics or both?
  

  Giuseppe Cannella¹, Piergiorgio Messa²

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant, San Martino University Hospital, Genoa - Ital
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, IRCCS, Milan -

• Lymphatic neoangiogenesis in renal transplants: a driving force of chronic rejection?
  

  D. Kerjaschki¹

  (1) Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna - Austria

• Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and its implications for the development of renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis
  

  M.P. Rastaldi¹

  (1) Renal Immunopathology Laboratory, Fondazione DAmico per la Ricerca sulle Malattie Renali, Associazio

• Recent perspectives in the mechanisms and therapy of renal sclerosis
  

  P. Mene'^1,2

  (1) Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, University of Rome 'La Sapienza'
  (2) SantAndre

• The effect of different antihypertensive drugs on cavernous tissue in experimental chronic renal insufficiency
  

  J.E. Toblli¹, I. Stella², O.N. Mazza¹, Leon Ferder², F. Inserra²

  (1) Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Hospital Alemn, Buenos Aires - Argentina
  (2) Instituto de Investigaciones Cardiolgicas (ININCA), Buenos Aires - Argentina

• Renal tubular epithelial expression of the coinhibitory molecule B7-DC (programmed death-1 ligand)
  

  J. Zhang¹, Y. Chen², J. Li³, R. Zhang⁴, Y.. Wu⁵, L. Zou², T. Zhao², X. Zhang², J. Han², A. Chen², Y. Wu²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Xin-Qiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing and Instit
  (2) Institute of Immunology of PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing - P.R. China
  (3) Institute of Immunology of PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing and Department of Rheum
  (4) Department of Nephrology, Xin-Qiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing - P.R. Chi
  (5) Department of Nephrology, South-West Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing - P.R. C

• Inhibition of nuclear factor-kappa B activation reduces glycerol-induced renal injury
  

  T.de J. Soares¹, R.S. Costa², A.P.C. Balbi¹, T.M. Coimbra¹

  (1) Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Pr
  (2) Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Pre

• Postinflammatory glomerular recanalization is established under the accommodation of transformed mesangial cells
  

  M. Otani¹, L. Zhang¹, D. Aoyagi¹, R. Chowdury², H. Shigematsu¹

  (1) Department of Pathology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto - Japan
  (2) Department of Pathology, Schaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, Bogra - Bangladesh

• Microalbuminuria and uric acid in healthy subjects
  

  G. Bellomo¹, P. Berardi¹, P. Saronio¹, C. Verdura¹, A... Esposito², A. Laureti³, S. Venanzi¹, F. Timio¹, M. Timio¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Perugia - Italy
  (2) Department of Transfusion Medicine, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Perugia - Italy
  (3) Department of Clinical Chemistry, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Perugia - Italy

• Mycophenolic acid therapy after cyclophosphamide pulses in progressive IgA nephropathy
  

  F.M. Rasche¹, F. Keller¹, L. von Muller², L.-K. Sailer¹, W. Karges³, D. Czock¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm - Germany
  (2) Institute of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm - Germany
  (3) Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Ulm - Ulm - Ger

• Screening for silent ischemia with coronary artery calcium and nuclear stress testing in nondiabetic patients prior to k
  

  E. Ferramosca¹, A. Di Felice¹, C. Ratti², G. Ligabue³, D. Ibrahim⁴, M.G. Modena⁵, R. Romagnoli³, B. Bagni⁶, A. Albertazzi¹, P. Raggi⁴

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, Ospedale Policlinico and University of M
  (2) Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia - USA and Division of Cardiology, Ospedal
  (3) Institute of Radiology, Ospedale Policlinico and University of Modena, Modena - Italy
  (4) Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia - USA
  (5) Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Policlinico and University of Modena, Modena - Italy
  (6) Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ospedale Policlinico and University of Modena, Modena - Italy

• Influence of diabetes mellitus on diagnostic potential of iodine-123-BMIPP imaging for coronary artery stenosis in hemod
  

  M. Nishimura¹, M. Murase², T. Hashimoto³, H. Kobayashi³, S. Yamazaki³, R. Imai⁴, K. Okino⁵, H. Fujita⁶, N. Inoue⁶, H. Takahashi⁷, T. Ono³

  (1) Cardiovascular Division, Toujinkai Hospital, Kyoto - Japan
  (2) Division of Gastroenterology, Toujinkai Hospital, Kyoto - Japan
  (3) Division of Urology, Toujinkai Hospital, Kyoto - Japan
  (4) Division of Orthopedics, Toujinkai Hospital, Kyoto - Japan
  (5) Division of Surgery, Toujinkai Hospital, Kyoto - Japan
  (6) Department of Interventional Cardiology, Second Kyoto Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto - Japan
  (7) Department of Clinical Sciences and Laboratory Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata - Japan

• Renal registries in the era of guidelines, standards and quality improvement' One view from the UK Renal Registry experi
  

  E.J. Will¹

  (1) Department of Renal Medicine, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds - UK

• Renal diseases: a 27-year renal biopsy study
  

  E. Carvalho¹, M.d.S. Faria², J.P.L. Nunes³, S. Sampaio¹, C. Valbuena⁴

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Hospital Sao Joao, Porto - Portugal
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Hospital Maria Pia, Porto - Portugal
  (3) Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto - Portugal
  (4) Department of Pathology, Hospital Sao Joao, Porto - Portugal

• ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers in IgA nephropathy with mild proteinuria: the ACEARB study
  

  C. Pozzi¹, L. Del Vecchio¹, D. Casartelli¹, P. Pozzoni¹, S. Andrulli¹, A. Amore², L. Peruzzi², R. Coppo², Francesco Locatelli¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, 'A. Manzoni' Hospital, Lecco - Italy
  (2) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, 'Regina Margherita' Hospital, Turin - Italy

• Acute colchicine intoxication during clarithromycin administration in patients with chronic renal failure
  

  I. Akdag¹, A. Ersoy¹, S. Kahvecioglu¹, M. Gullulu¹, K. Dilek¹

  (1) Departments of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa - Turkey

• Renal cancer in a patient with Crohns disease and secondary amyloidosis
  

  G. Efstratiadis¹, G. Tsiaousis¹, M. Leontsini², N. Nikolaidis³, C. Dimitriadis¹, D. Memmos¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Th
  (2) Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki - Greece
  (3) Second Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Hippok

• Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and acute leukemia: report of 2 cases
  

  R. Elsurer¹, B. Afsar¹, H.B. Ozdemir², N.F. Ozdemir¹, S. Sezer¹, M. Haberal³

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Baskent University Hospital, Ankara - Turkey
  (2) Department of Pathology, Baskent University Hospital, Ankara - Turkey
  (3) Department of General Surgery, Baskent University Hospital, Ankara - Turkey

• Autosomal dominant hypocalcemia with mild type 5 Bartter syndrome
  

  G. Vezzoli¹, T. Arcidiacono¹, V. Paloschi¹, A. Terranegra², R. Biasion², G. Weber³, S. Mora³, M.L. Syren⁴, D. Coviello⁵, Daniele Cusi², G. Bianchi¹, L. Soldati²

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita Salute University, Milan - Italy
  (2) Department of Sciences and Biomedical Technologies, Nephrology Section, University of Milan, Milan -
  (3) Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita Salute University, Milan - Italy
  (4) Institute of Pediatrics and Neonatology, University of Milan, Milan - Italy
  (5) Laboratory of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli, Regina Elena, Mila

• Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease coexisting with cystic fibrosis
  

  N. Xu¹, J.F. Glockner², S. Rossetti¹, D. Babovich-Vuksanovic³, P.C. Harris¹, V.E. Torres¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN - USA
  (2) Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN - USA
  (3) Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN - USA

• Delayed diagnosis of porphyria based on manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus and ankylosing spondylitis
  

  C. Korkmaz¹

  (1) Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eskis ehir Osmangazi University Medical F

• Aldosterone-producing adenoma accompanied with renal artery stenosis
  

  M. Tanemoto¹, K. Honkura¹, M. Abe¹, F. Satoh¹, T. Abe¹, S. Ito¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Tohoku University Gr

• A complex case of renal amyloidosis with a rare co-occurrence of 2 mutations in separate hereditary periodic fever v
  

  A. Cigni¹, F. Ledda¹, A.E. Satta¹

  (1) Department of Clinical and Medical Pathology, University of Sassari - Italy