Vol. 1 — January-February 2008

• The third World Kidney Day: looking back and thinking forward
  

  S.V. Shah¹, J. Feehally², On behalf of the MASTERPLAN Study Group

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  (2) The John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester - UK

• Lessons for dialysis investigators from the Steno-2 Study
  

  P.A. McFarlane^1,2

  (1) Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto
  (2) and Keenan Research

• News from the cyst: insights into polycystic kidney disease
  

  Carsten A. Wagner¹

  (1) Institute of Physiology and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zu

• Screening for chronic kidney disease: who, how and when
  

  Francesca Tentori¹

  (1) Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan - USA

• The MAURO study: Multiple Intervention and Audit in Renal Diseases to Optimize Care
  

  Carmine Zoccali¹, D. Leonardis¹, G. Enia¹, M. Postorino¹, F. Mallamaci¹, On behalf of the MAURO study working group

  (1) CNR-IBIM, National Research Council-Institute of Biomedicine - Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopatho

• Brachial arterial pressure to assess cardiovascular structural damage: an overview and lessons from clinical trials
  

  G.M. London¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Manhs Hospital, Fleury-Mrogis - France

• Update on Fabry disease: kidney involvement, renal progression and enzyme replacement therapy
  

  C. Wanner¹, F. Breunig¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, Wrzburg - Germany

• Effect of simvastatin on plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine concentration in patients with chronic kidney disease
  

  Vincenzo Panichi¹, E. Mantuano¹, S. Paoletti¹, S. Santi¹, G. Manca Rizza¹, S. Cutrupi², P. Pizzini², B. Spoto², Giovanni Tripepi², Carmine Zoccali²

  (1) Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (2) CNR-IBIM, National Research Council-Institute of Biomedicine - Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopatho

• Heart rate variability is decreased in chronic kidney disease but may improve with hemoglobin normalization
  

  H. Furuland¹, T. Linde¹, A. Englund², B. Wikstrm¹

  (1) Department of Medical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala - Sweden
  (2) Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, rebro - Sweden

• TGF-beta1 and CTGF mRNAs are correlated with urinary protein level in IgA nephropathy
  

  S. Nonaka Takahashi¹, T. Fujita¹, T. Takahashi², Y. Wada¹, Y. Fuke¹, A. Satomura¹, K.. Matsumoto¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicin
  (2) Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo - Japan

• Hepatocyte growth factor prevents peritoneal fibrosis in an animal model of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis
  

  T. Matsuoka¹, Y. Maeda², K. Matsuo¹, Y. Naiki¹, Y. Tamai³, M. Sakaguchi³, H. Hasegawa³, M. Funauchi¹, A. Kanamaru²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka - Japan
  (2) Department of Hematology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka - Japan
  (3) Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Sakai Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka - Ja

• Transforming laboratory data to improve medical care for patients with chronic kidney disease
  

  S.-C. Liao¹, M.-F. Yang², I.-N. Lee³

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medi
  (2) Center for Disease Control, Kaohsiung, Taiwan - ROC
  (3) Faculty of Medical Information Management, College of Health Science, Kaohsiung Medical University,

• Associations between calcineurin inhibitors and arterial compliance in kidney transplant recipients
  

  G. Wystrychowski¹, J. Chudek², E. Zukowska-Szczechowska¹, Andrzej Wiecek², W. Grzeszczak¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Nephrology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze -
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katow

• Amiloride-sensitive and amiloride-insensitive kaliuresis in advanced chronic kidney disease
  

  Nesmo Levy Yeyati¹, A. Fellet², C. Arranz², A.M. Balaszczuk², H. J. Adrogu³

  (1) Renal Section, Hospital de Clinicas, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Argentina
  (2) Department of Physiology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Ai
  (3) Renal Division, Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas - USA

• Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and proxies of cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis: a prospective cohort study
  

  L. Vernaglione¹, C. Cristofano¹, S. Chimienti¹

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, M. Giannuzzi Hospital, Manduria, Taranto - Italy

• General practitioners' serum creatinine recording styles
  

  F. Del Zotti¹, E. Vison², D. Massignani², C. Abaterusso³, A. Lupo³, G. Gambaro³

  (1) General Practitioner, Verona - Italy
  (2) General Practitioner, Valdagno, Vicenza - Italy
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Department of Biomedical and Surgical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona

• Clinicopathological and genetic characteristics in Chinese patients with lipoprotein glomerulopathy
  

  B. Zhang¹, Z.-H. Liu², C.-H. Zeng², J.-M. Zheng², H.-P. Chen², L.-S. Li²

  (1) Research Institute of Nephrology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing and Department of Nephrology, First Affi
  (2) Research Institute of Nephrology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing - China

• Similarities between N-glycan glycoform of tonsillar IgA1 and that of aberrant IgA1 abundant in IgA nephropathy patient
  

  N. Iwanami¹, H. Iwase², N. Takahashi^3,4, K. Kato^3,4, A. Itoh⁵, T.. Takatani⁶, S. Makita², Y. Kobayashi⁶, M. Okamoto⁵, S.. Nakamura¹, Y. Hiki⁷, M. Ishii¹

  (1) Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University, Sagamihara - Japan
  (2) Department of Biochemistry, Kitasato University, Sagamihara - Japan
  (3) Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya
  (4) Crest, JST, Kawaguchi an
  (5) Department of Otolaryngology, Kitasato University, Sagamihara - Japan
  (6) Renal Division, Akebono Hospital, Machida - Japan
  (7) Department of Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake - Japan

• The use of enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium in the treatment of relapsing and steroid-dependent minimal change diseas
  

  Y-P. Siu¹, M.K.-H. Tong¹, K.T. Leung¹, T.H. Kwan¹, T.C. Au¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong - China