Vol. 6 — November-December 2006

• The kidney and hypertension: over 70 years of research
  

  V. Campese¹, J. Park¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal

• Cellular and molecular biology of membranous nephropathy
  

  W.G. Couser¹, M. Nangaku²

  (1) Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington - USA
  (2) Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo - Japan

• Adult stem cells and renal repair
  

  B. Bussolati¹, G. Camussi¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin - Italy

• Structural and functional properties of proteasomes purified from the human kidney
  

  S. Baldovino¹, M. Piccinini², A. Anselmino³, C. Ramondetti², M.T. Rinaudo², P. Costanzo¹, L.M. Sena³, D. Roccatello¹

  (1) CMID, Centro Universitario Multidisciplinare di Ricerche di Immunopatologia e Documentazione su Mala
  (2) Biochemistry Division, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, Turin
  (3) Clinical Pathology Division, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin,

• Comparative cytotoxicity of high-osmolar and low-osmolar contrast media on HKCs in vitro
  

  S. Duan¹, X. Zhou¹, F. Liu¹, Y. Peng¹, Y. Chen¹, Y. Pei¹, G. Ling¹, L. Zhou¹, Y. Li¹, Y. Pi¹, K. Tang¹, R. Liu¹, G. Li¹

  (1) Institute of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan - Ch

• Long-term treatment with an ACE inhibitor or an AT1 antagonist avoids hypertension-induced inflammation in the kidney
  

  V. Esteban¹, J. Gallego-Delgado², A. Lazaro², J. Osende³, S. Mezzano⁴, J. Egido², M. Ruiz-Ortega¹

  (1) Laboratory of Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases, Universidad Autonoma, Madrid - Spain
  (2) Renal and Vascular Pathology Laboratory, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz-Universidad Autonoma, Madrid - Spain
  (3) Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario 'Gregorio Maranon', Madrid - Spain
  (4) Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Universidad Austral, Valdivia - Chile

• Paraoxonase gene polymorphism and serum activity in progressive IgA nephropathy
  

  T.J. Kovacs¹, S. Harris², T.K. Vas³, I. Seres⁴, C.D. Short², I.K. Wittmann³, G. Paragh⁴, M.I. Mackness⁵, B. Mackness⁵, P.N. Durrington⁵, J.M. Nagy³, P.E.C Brenchley²

  (1) Second Department of Medicine and Nephrological Centre, University of Pecs, Pecs - Hungary and Manch
  (2) Manchester Institute of Nephrology and Transplantation, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester - UK
  (3) Second Department of Medicine and Nephrological Centre, University of Pecs, Pecs - Hungary
  (4) First Department of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen -
  (5) Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, University of Manchester, Manchester - UK

• Effect of vitamin E therapy on oxidative stress and erythrocyte osmotic fragility in patients on peritoneal dialysis and
  

  A. Uzum¹, O. Toprak², M.K. Gumustas³, S. Ciftci⁴, S. Sen⁵

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir and 2 Department of Medicine
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir - Turkey
  (3) Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul - Turkey
  (4) Department of Biochemistry, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne - Turkey
  (5) 2 Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne - Tur

• Terminal complement complexes in childhood type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
  

  Y. Kobayashi¹, O. Hasegawa², M. Honda³

  (1) Division of Pediatrics, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, Tochigi - Japan
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Nishikubo Hospital, Tokyo - Japan
  (3) Tokyo Metropolitan Hachioji Childrens Hospital, Tokyo - Japan

• Glomerular expression of CTGF, TGF-beta 1 and type IV collagen in diabetic nephropathy
  

  T. Umezono¹, M. Toyoda¹, M. Kato¹, M. Miyauchi¹, M. Kimura¹, M. Maruyama¹, M. Honma¹, M. Yagame¹, D. Suzuki¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University, School of

• Comparison of peritoneal equilibrium test with icodextrin and 2.5% glucose dialysis solutions
  

  J.-C. Hwang¹, H.-Y. Wang¹, C.-T. Wang¹, H.-C. Chen²

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan - Taiwa
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung - T

• Relationship of chronic kidney disease to cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction following coronary stenting
  

  D.M. Charytan¹, R.E. Kuntz¹, A. Chhabra², D.E. Cutlip³

  (1) Departments of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts - USA
  (2) Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts - USA
  (3) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts- USA

• Effect of antitubercular medications on blood pressure control in chronic kidney disease patients with tuberculosis: a p
  

  A.P. Sharma¹, S. Sural², A. Gupta², A.X. Garg³, S. Gulati², R.K. Sharma²

  (1) Department of Pediatrics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Canada
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - India
  (3) Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario and Department of Epidemiolog

• Relationship between arterial hypertension and renal damage in chronic kidney disease: insights from ABPM
  

  E. Paoletti¹, D. Bellino¹, M. Amidone¹, D. Rolla¹, Giuseppe Cannella¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria S. Martino,

• Serial echocardiographic changes in patients on hemodialysis: an evaluation of guideline implementation
  

  Adrian Covic¹, N.G.I. Mardare¹, S. Ardeleanu¹, O. Prisada¹, P. Gusbeth-Tatomir¹, D.J.A. Goldsmith²

  (1) Dialysis and Transplantation Center, 'Dr. C.I. Parhon' University Hospital, Iasi - Romania
  (2) Adult Renal Unit, Guy's Hospital, London - UK

• Analysis of safety and efficacy of pegylated-interferon alpha-2a in hepatitis C virus positive hemodialysis patients: re
  

  Adrian Covic¹, I.-D. Maftei², N.G.I. Mardare², F. Ionita-Radu³, C. Totolici⁴, L. Tuta⁵, O. Golea⁶, M. Covic², C. Volovat², P. Gusbeth-Tatomir², G. Mircescu⁷

  (1) Dialysis Center, 'Dr. C.I. Parhon' University Hospital, Iasi and The Romanian Renal Registry, Bucha
  (2) Dialysis and Transplantation Center, 'Dr. C.I. Parhon' University Hospital, Iasi - Romania
  (3) Dialysis Center, 'Dr. Carol Davila' Nephrology University Hospital, Bucharest - Romania
  (4) Hemodialysis Department, County Hospital, Timisoara - Romania
  (5) Hemodialysis Department, County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Constanta - Romania
  (6) The Romanian Renal Registry, Bucharest and Hemodialysis Department, County Hospital, Timisoara - Rom
  (7) The Romanian Renal Registry, Bucharest and Dialysis Center, 'Dr. Carol Davila' Nephrology University

• Predictive value of cytokine gene polymorphisms for the development of end-stage renal disease
  

  N. Babel¹, L. Gabdrakhmanova², M.H. Hammer¹, C. Schoenemann³, V. Skrypnikov², N. Poliak⁴, D. Volk⁵, P. Reinke¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Campus Virchow Clinic, Charit University Medic
  (2) Interdisciplinary Transplant Research Laboratory, Charit University Medicine, Berlin - Germany
  (3) HLA Laboratory, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charit University Medicine, Berlin - Germany
  (4) Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Childrens Hospital, Houston, Texas - USA
  (5) Institute of Medical Immunology, Charit University Medicine, Berlin - Germany

• Differences in health-related quality of life between elderly and younger patients on hemodialysis
  

  M. Garcia-Mendoza¹, C. Valds¹, T. Ortega¹, P. Rebollo², F. Ortega¹

  (1) Health Outcomes Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Institute 'Reina Sofia' f
  (2) BAP Health Outcomes, Oviedo, Asturias - Spain

• Failure of mycophenolate mofetil therapy in primary refractory nephrotic syndrome
  

  V. Baglio¹, G. Pecci¹, C. Gangemi¹, G. Barresi¹, S. Morabito¹, A. Pierucci¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome - Italy

• Asymptomatic right atrial thrombus in a case of nephrotic syndrome
  

  M. Raj¹, A. Ramakrishnan¹, P. Shenoy¹, V.S. Negi¹, R.P. Swaminathan¹

  (1) Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)

• Proteinuria in 3 sequential pregnancies following a fourth renal transplant
  

  K. Wiles¹, N. Ekbal¹, S. Snowden¹, I. MacPhee¹, D. Banerjee¹

  (1) Renal Medicine and Transplantation, St George's Hospital, London - UK

• Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a patient with Wilsons disease
  

  Z.B. Ozcakar¹, M. Ekim¹, A. Ensari², Z. Kuloglu³, S. Yuksel¹, B. Acar¹, C. Kirsaclioglu³, A. Kansu³, F. Yalcinkaya¹, N. Girgin³

  (1) Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Ankara University Medical School, Ankara - Turkey
  (2) Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical School, Ankara - Turkey
  (3) Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Ankara University Medical School, Ankara - Turkey