Vol. 5 — September-October 2008

• The research to health policy cycle: a tool for better management of chronic noncommunicable diseases
  

  . Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration

• How much is blood pressure in the general population determined by rare mutations in renal salt-transporting proteins?
  

  Carsten A. Wagner¹

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

• Lipid disorders in chronic kidney disease: reverse epidemiology and therapeutic approach
  

  Michal Chmielewski¹, Juan Jesus Carrero², Louise Nordfors³, Bengt Lindholm², Peter Stenvinkel⁴

  (1) Division of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm - Sweden and Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk - Poland
  (2) Division of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm - Sweden
  (3) Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden
  (4) Division of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm and Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden

• Nutritional support in acute kidney injury
  

  Enrico Fiaccadori¹, Elisabetta Parenti¹, Umberto Maggiore¹

  (1) Department of Clinical Medicine, Nephrology and Prevention Science, University of Parma, Parma – Italy

• The long-term prognosis of acute kidney injury: acute renal failure as a cause of chronic kidney disease
  

  Carlo Basile¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Miulli General Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti - Italy

• Preeclampsia and cardiovascular risk: general characteristics, counseling and follow-up
  

  Michele Buemi¹, Davide Bolignano¹, Antonio Barilla¹, Lorena Nostro¹, Eleonora Crasci¹, Susanna Campo¹, Giuseppe Coppolino¹, Rosario D'Anna²

  (1) Chair of Nephrology, University of Messina, Messina - Italy
  (2) Department of Gynecology, University of Messina, Messina - Italy

• Balkan endemic nephropathy: a still unsolved puzzle
  

  Adalbert Schiller¹, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir², Nikola Pavlovic³, Dusan Ferluga⁴, Goce Spasovski⁵, Adrian Covic⁶

  (1) Nephrology Clinic, County Hospital and “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara - Romania
  (2) Nephrology Clinic, Parhon University Hospital, Iasi - Romania
  (3) Institute of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Faculty of Medicine, Nis - Serbia
  (4) Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana - Slovenia
  (5) Department of Nephrology, University Clinical Center Skopje, Skopje – Macedonia
  (6) Nephrology Clinic, 'Dr. C. I. Parhon' University Hospital, Iasi - Romania

• Renin-angiotensin system blockade and contrast-induced renal toxicity
  

  Patrick Saudan¹, Hajo Muller², Eric Feraille¹, Pierre-Yves Martin¹, François Mach¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva - Switzerland
  (2) Division of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva – Switzerland

• Parenchymal injury in remnant-kidney model may be linked to apoptosis of renal cells mediated by nitric oxide
  

  Zbigniew Hruby¹, Maciej Rosinski², Bronislaw Tyran³

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw and Department of Nephrology, Voivodship Specialty Hospital, Center for Research and Development, Wroclaw - Poland
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Regional Pediatric Hospital, Wroclaw - Poland
  (3) Department of Nephrology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw - Poland

• Short-term and long-term outcome of hemolytic uremic syndrome in Iranian children
  

  Hasan Otukesh, Rozita Hoseini, Pedram Golnari, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Daniel Zamanfar, Nakissa Hooman, Ali Tabarroki

• Heart rate as independent prognostic factor for mortality in normotensive hemodialysed patients
  

  Gennaro Cice¹, Attilio Di Benedetto², Antonello D'Andrea¹, Salvatore D'Isa¹, Paola De Gregorio¹, Daniele Marcelli³, Emanuele Gatti³, Raffaele Calabrò¹

  (1) Department of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy
  (2) NephroCare Italy, Naples - Italy
  (3) Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg - Germany

• Tacrolimus rescue therapy in resistant or relapsing cases of primary glomerulonephritis
  

  Hakki Arikan¹, Mehmet Koc¹, Fulya Cakalagaoglu², Zehra Eren¹, Mark S. Segal³, Serhan Tuglular¹, Cetin Ozener¹, Emel Akoglu¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Marmara Medical School, Istanbul - Turkey
  (2) Department of Pathology, Marmara Medical School, Istanbul - Turkey
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida – USA

• Effects of grape seed proanthocyanidins extracts on AGEs and expression of bone morphogenetic protein-7 in diabetic rats
  

  Xianhua Li¹, Ling Xu², Haiqing Gao², Baoying Li², Mei Cheng²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Qi Lu Hospital of Shangdong University, Jinan - PR Chi
  (2) Department of Geriatrics, Qi Lu Hospital of Shangdong University, Jinan - PR China

• HLA class I typing in Egyptian childhood minimal change nephrotic syndrome
  

  Ahmed Farouk Donia¹, Amani Moustafa Ismail², Fatma El-Husseini Moustafa³

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura - Egypt
  (2) Department of Immunology, Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura - Egypt
  (3) Department of Pathology, Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura – Egypt

• Effects of exercise training on exercise aerobic capacity and quality of life in hemodialysis patients
  

  Alessandro Capitanini¹, Adamasco Cupisti², Nicola Mochi³, Duccio Rossini⁴, Aldo Lupi¹, Giampaolo Michelotti¹, Arturo Rossi¹

  (1) Nephrology Unit, Pescia Hospital, Pescia - Italy
  (2) Nephrology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (3) Division of Sports Medicine, ASL 3, Pistoia - Italy
  (4) Division of Cardiology, Civil Hospital of Pescia, Pescia - Italy

• Association of plasma adiponectin and cardiovascular risk profiles in nondiabetic uremic patients on peritoneal dialysis
  

  Yu-Tzu Tsao¹, Yu-Juei Hsu¹, Nien-Feng Chu², Ching-Huang Lai², Jiann-Shiun Chiu¹, Shih-Hua Lin¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan - ROC
  (2) Departments of Community Medicine and Public Health, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan – ROC

• Endostatin, an antiangiogenic protein, is expressed in the unilateral ureteral obstruction mice model
  

  Thiago T. Maciel¹, Enia L. Coutinho¹, Debora Soares¹, Edurardo Achar¹, Nestor Schor¹, Maria H. Bellini²

  (1) Nephrology Division, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo - Brazil
  (2) Nephrology Division, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo and Centro de Química e Meio Ambiente, IPEN/CNEN-SP, São Paulo - Brazil

• Association of obesity with inflammation in occult chronic kidney disease
  

  Nuket Bavbek¹, Bunyamin Isik², Ayse Kargili³, Ebru Uz¹, Burak Uz⁴, Mehmet Kanbay¹, Faruk Turgut¹, Feridun Karakurt³, Ali Akcay¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Fatih University Medical School, Ankara - Turkey
  (2) Department of Family Medicine, Fatih University Medical School, Ankara - Turkey
  (3) Department of Endocrinology, Fatih University Medical School, Ankara - Turkey
  (4) Department of Internal Medicine, Fatih University Medical School, Ankara – Turkey

• Role of phytate and osteopontin in the mechanism of soft tissue calcification
  

  Felix Grases¹, Rafael M. Prieto², Pilar Sanchis³, Carles Saus⁴, Teresa De Francisco³

  (1) Laboratory of Renal Lithiasis Research, University Institute of Health Sciences Research (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, Palma of Mallorca and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid - Spain
  (2) Laboratory of Renal Lithiasis Research, University Institute of Health Sciences Research (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, Palma of Mallorca and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid - Spain
  (3) Laboratory of Renal Lithiasis Research, University Institute of Health Sciences Research (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, Palma of Mallorca - Spain
  (4) University Hospital Son Dureta, Palma of Mallorca - Spain

• Early detection of patients at high risk for acute kidney injury during disasters: development of a scoring system based
  

  Iraj Najafi¹, Wim Van Biesen², Ali Sharifi³, Mostafa Hoseini⁴, Farin Rashid Farokhi⁵, Houshang Sanadgol⁶, Raymond Vanholder²

  (1) Urology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Department of Nephrology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran and Shafa CAPD Research Center, Tehran - Iran
  (2) Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Ghent - Belgium
  (3) Shafa CAPD Research Center, Tehran - Iran
  (4) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Iran
  (5) Department of Nephrology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman - Iran
  (6) Department of Nephrology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan – Iran

• Hydration and N-acetylcysteine in acute renal failure caused by iodinated contrast medium: an experiment with rats
  

  Carolina F. Pinto¹, Mirian Watanabe¹, Maria de Fatina F. Vattimo¹

  (1) School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo - Brazil

• Continuous renal replacement therapy combined with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in advanced cardiac failure patie
  

  Chan-Yu Lin¹, Yung-Chang Chen¹, Feng-Chun Tsai², Ya-Chung Tian¹, Chang-Chyi Jenq¹, Chung-Chi Huang³, Ji-Tseng Fang¹, Chih-Wei Yang¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan - ROC
  (2) Section of Cardiac Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Respiratory Care Department, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Chia-Yi, Taiwan - ROC
  (3) Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan - ROC

• Delay of renal progression in methylmalonic acidemia using angiotensin II inhibition: a case report
  

  Tae-sun Ha¹, Jin-Seok Lee¹, Eun-Jeong Hong¹

  (1) Department of Pediatrics, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Chungbuk - Korea