Vol. 3 — May-June 2009

• Methodological considerations for observational studies of acute kidney injury using existing data sources
  

  Matthew James¹, Neesh Pannu²

  (1) Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta - Canada
  (2) Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada

• Renin, prorenin and the kidney: a new chapter in an old saga
  

  Atsuhiro Ichihara¹, Mariyo Sakoda², Asako Kurauchi-Mito², Yuki Kaneshiro², Hiroshi Itoh²

  (1) Departments of Anti-Aging Medicine & Endocrinology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo - Japan
  (2) Departments of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo - Japan

• Xenobiotic kidney organogenesis: a new avenue for renal transplantation
  

  Takashi Yokoo¹, Tetsuya Kawamura,²

  (1) Project Laboratory for Kidney Regeneration, Institute of DNA Medicine, Tokyo - Japan
  (2) Division of Kidney and Hypertension, Department ofMedicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo ,Japan

• Sleep disturbances and sleep apnea in patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis
  

  Sidney C.W. Tang¹, Kar Neng Lai²

  (1) Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong,Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong - China
  (2) Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong - China

• There is a choice for immunosuppressive drug nephrotoxicity: is it time to change?
  

  Giovanni Stallone¹, Barbara Infante¹, Loreto Gesualdo¹

  (1) Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, University of Foggia, Foggia - Italy

• Contrast-induced nephropathy and its prevention: what do we really know from evidence-based findings?
  

  Donald Reddan¹, Maurice Laville², Vesna D. Garovic³

  (1) University College Galway, Merlin Park Hospital,Galway - Ireland
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Edouard-Herriot Hospital,Claude-Bernard University, Lyon - France
  (3) Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota - USA

• Evolution of protein-bound uraemic solutes during predilution haemofiltration
  

  Natalie Meert¹, Charles Beerenhout², Eva Schepers¹, Griet Glorieux¹, Jeroen Kooman³, Raymond Vanholder¹

  (1) Renal Division, University Hospital Gent, Gent - Belgium
  (2) Internal Medicine, Maxima Medical Center, Veldhoven - The Netherlands
  (3) Internal Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht - The Netherlands

• Clinical features of hemodialysis patients with intimal versus medial vascular calcifications
  

  Tatjana Damjanovic¹, Sivka Djuric¹, Georg Schlieper², Natasa Markovic³, Sinisa Dimkovic⁴, Zoran Radojicic⁵, Thilo Krüger⁶, Jurgen Floege⁶, Nada Dimkovic¹

  (1) Clinical Department for Nephrology and Dialysis, Zvezdara University Medical Center, Belgrade - Serbia
  (2) Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, RWTH, University of Aachen - Germany
  (3) Clinical Department for Cardiology, Zvezdara University Medical Center, Belgrade - Serbia
  (4) Clinical Department for Cardiology, Zvezdara UniversityMedical Center, Belgrade - Serbia
  (5) Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Institute for Statistics,Belgrade - Serbia
  (6) Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology,RWTH, University of Aachen - Germany

• Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in hemodialysis patients
  

  Rita L. McGill¹, Robert W.W. Biederman², Roger T. Getts¹, Shawn M. Hazlett¹, Sandeep B. Sharma¹, Jonathan Duran¹, Dana E. Brandys¹, Joshua C. Sysak¹, Kalathil K. Sureshkumar¹, S.E. Sandroni¹, R.J. Marcus¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Allegheny General Hospital, West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - USA
  (2) Division of Cardiology, Allegheny General Hospital,West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania - USA

• Decreased GFR estimated by MDRD or Cockcroft-Gault equation predicts incident CVD: the Strong Heart Study
  

  Nawar Shara¹, Helaine E. Resnick², Li Lu³, Jiaqiong Xu⁴, Suma Vupputuri⁵, Barbara V. Howard⁶, Jason G. Umans¹

  (1) Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Outcomes,and Data Management, MedStar Research Institute,Hyattsville, Maryland and Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC - USA
  (2) Department of Research, American Association of Homesand Services for the Aging, Washington, DC - USA
  (3) Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Data Management, MedStar Research Institute, Hyattsville, Maryland - USA
  (4) Department of Public Health, The Methodist Hospital,Houston, Texas - USA
  (5) Department of Epidemiology, University of North CarolinaKidney Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina - USA
  (6) Department of Field Studies, MedStar Research InstituteHyattsville, Maryland - USA

• Occult HBV infection in hemodialysis setting is marked by presence of isolated antibodies to HBcAg and HCV
  

  Mariantonietta Di Stefano¹, Anna Volpe², Giovanni Stallone³, Luciano Tartaglia³, Rosa Prato⁴, Domenico Martinelli⁴, Giuseppe Pastore², Loreto Gesualdo⁵, Jose Ramon Fiore⁶

  (1) Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, University of Foggia,Foggia - Italy
  (2) Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Bari,Bari - Italy
  (3) Division of Nephrology, University of Foggia,Foggia - Italy
  (4) Hygiene Section, Department of Clinical and OccupationalSciences, University of Foggia, Foggia - Italy
  (5) Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, University of Foggia,Foggia and Division of Nephrology, University of Foggia,Foggia - Italy
  (6) Department of Clinical and Occupational Sciences,University of Foggia, Foggia - Italy

• Fractional urinary excretion of IgG is the most powerful predictor of renoprotection by ACE inhibitors in IgA nephropath
  

  Claudio Bazzi¹, Virginia Rizza², Maria Paparella³, Daniela Casellato³, Pietro Napodano³, Giulia Olivieri², Giuseppe D'Amico¹

  (1) Fondazione D’Amico per la Ricerca sulle Malattie Renali,Milan - Italy
  (2) Biochemical Laboratory, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital,Milan - Italy
  (3) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, San Carlo BorromeoHospital, Milan - Italy

• Storage at -80°C decreases the concentration of HPLC-detected urinary albumin: possible mechanisms and implications
  

  Lajos Marko'¹, Judith Cseh¹, Tamas Koszegi², Zoltan Szabo'³, Gergo A. Molnar¹, Marton Mohas¹, Nora Szigeti¹, István Wittmann¹

  (1) Second Department of Medicine and Nephrology Center,University of Pécs, Faculty of Medicine, Pécs - Hungary
  (2) Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pécs,Faculty of Medicine, Pécs - Hungary
  (3) Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry,University of Pécs, Faculty of Medicine, Pécs - Hungary

• BMP-7 counteracts TGF-beta1-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human renal proximal tubular epithelial cell
  

  Yanfang Xu¹, Jianxin Wan¹, Dewen Jiang¹, Xiaonan Wu²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital,Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou - PR China
  (2) School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University,Fuzhou - PR China

• Multicystic nephroma: a rare entity
  

  Smriti Agnihotri¹, Nilima Jeebun¹, Poonam Ramputty²

  (1) Department of Pathology, SSR Medical College,Belle Rive - Mauritius
  (2) Central Laboratory, Victoria Hospital, Quatre Bornes -Mauritius

• Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: one more extrarenal manifestation of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseas
  

  Carlo Basile¹, Katya Lucarelli², Tommaso Langialonga²

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

• Myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis with diffuse tubulointerstitial nephritis
  

  Daisuke Son¹, Hiroko Kanda², Akihiro Yamaguchi², Kimito Kawabata², Takahisa Kawakami¹, Kanae Kubo², Mana Higashihara³, Jun Shimizu³, Hiroshi Uozaki⁴, Shigeru Kuramochi⁵, Yoshikata Misaki², Fujio Takeuchi², Kazuhiko Yamamoto²

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology,University of Tokyo, Tokyo - Japan
  (2) Department of Allergy and Rheumatology,University of Tokyo, Tokyo - Japan
  (3) Department of Neurology, University of Tokyo,Tokyo - Japan
  (4) Department of Pathology, University of Tokyo,Tokyo - Japan
  (5) Department of Pathology, National Tokyo Medical Center,Tokyo - Japan

• Erratum in J Nephrol 2009: 224-231 “Antiproteinuric effect of olmesartan in patients with IgA nephropathy” by Tomino Y,
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