Vol. 1 — January-February 2009

• The 2006 ERA-EDTA Registry annual report: a précis
  

  Vianda S. Stel¹, Anneke Kramer¹, Carmine Zoccali², Kitty J. Jager¹

  (1) ERA–EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
  (2) CNR–IBIM, Clinical Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Renal and Transplantation Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria - Italy

• Stenting of Renal Artery Stenosis in Coronary Artery Disease (RAS-CAD) study: a prospective, randomized trial
  

  Carmelita Marcantoni¹, Luca Zanoli², Stefania Rastelli², Giovanni Tripepi³, Massimo Matalone¹, Domenico Di Landro¹, Salvatore Scandura⁴, Corrado Tamburino⁴, Carmine Zoccali³, Pietro Castellino²

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania - Italy
  (2) Division of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, University of Catania, Catania - Italy
  (3) CNR–IBIM, Clinical Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Renal and Transplantation Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria - Italy
  (4) Division of Cardiology, University of Catania, Catania - Italy

• Myeloma kidney: toward its prevention – with new insights from in vitro and in vivo models of renal injury
  

  Sule Sengul¹, Min Li², Vecihi Batuman²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ibni Sina Hospital, Ankara - Turkey
  (2) Section of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana - USA

• Metabolic syndrome: at the crossroads of cardiorenal risk
  

  Andrea Natali¹, Giacomo Pucci², Beatrice Boldrini¹, Giuseppe Schillaci²

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (2) Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Arteriosclerosis, University of Perugia, Perugia - Italy

• Renal dysfunction and coronary disease: a high-risk combination
  

  Francois Schiele¹

  (1) Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Jean Minjoz, Besançon - France

• Therapeutic tools for dyslipidemia in peritoneal dialysis patients
  

  Roberto Scarpioni¹

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, “Guglielmo da Saliceto” Hospital, Piacenza - Italy

• Beneficial effects of better control of secondary hyperparathyroidism with paricalcitol in chronic dialysis patients
  

  Alfredo Capuano¹, Vittorio Serio¹, Andrea Pota¹, Bruno Memoli¹, Vittorio E. Andreucci¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples - Italy

• Financial implications of pediatric outpatient renal biopsies: a single-center experience
  

  Keith K. Lau¹, Gerre L. Berg¹, Lavjay Butani¹

  (1) Department of Pediatrics, University of California–Davis, Sacramento, California - USA

• Vitamin D insufficiency and treatment with oral vitamin D3 in northern-dwelling patients with chronic kidney disease
  

  Diana Rucker¹, Marcello Tonelli^2,3, Melanie G. Coles⁴, Susan Yoo⁴, Kim Young⁴, Alan W. McMahon⁵

  (1) Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada
  (2) Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta
  (3) Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta and Institute of Health Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada
  (4) Nutrition Services, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada
  (5) Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada

• Rosuvastatin in hemodialysis: short-term effects on lipids and C-reactive protein
  

  Jayme E. Burmeister¹, Diego R. Miltersteiner¹, Bruno M. Campos¹

  (1) Renal Medicine Unit, Medicine School, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil

• Very early serum creatinine as a surrogate marker for graft survival beyond 10 years
  

  Julio Pascual¹, Roberto Marcén¹, Javier Zamora², Ana M. Fernández¹, Francisco J. Burgos³, Juan J. Villafruela¹, Joaquín Ortuño¹

  (1) Nephrology Unit, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid - Spain
  (2) Clinical Biostatistics Unit, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid - Spain
  (3) Urology Unit, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid - Spain

• The epidemiology of adult chronic kidney disease in a population-based study in Iran: prevalence and associated risk fac
  

  Mohammad R. Safarinejad¹

  (1) Urology and Nephrology Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University (MC), Tehran - Iran

• Functional, histological and biochemical consequences of renal lymph disorder in mononephrectomized rats
  

  Taoyan Zhang¹, Gang Liu¹, Mei Sun², Guangju Guan¹, Bin Chen¹, Xuegang Li¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical College of Shandong University, Jinan - China
  (2) Jinan Health School of Shandong Province, Jinan - China

• Effect of glucose degradation products, glucose-containing dialysate and icodextrin on AQP1 and eNOS expression in cultu
  

  Xinghui Lin¹, Alessandro Amore², Elisa Loiacono², Sabrina Balegno², Daniela Manniello², Licia Peruzzi², Roberta Camilla², Valentina Minieri², Valentina Daprà², Jiaqi Qian¹, Rosanna Coppo²

  (1) Renal Division, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai - China
  (2) Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Department, Regina Margherita Hospital, University of Torino, Torino - Italy

• Overexpression of T-bet in T cells accelerates autoimmune glomerulonephritis in mice with a dominant Th1 background
  

  Homare Shimohata¹, Akiko Yamada², Keigyou Yoh³, Kazusa Ishizaki², Naoki Morito³, Kunihiro Yamagata³, Satoru Takahashi²

  (1) Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Doctoral Program in Life System Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki and Pathophysiology of Renal Diseases, Doctoral Program in Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki - Japan
  (2) Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Doctoral Program in Life System Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki - Japan
  (3) Pathophysiology of Renal Diseases, Doctoral Program in Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki - Japan

• Selective binding of integrins from different renal cell types to the NC1 domain of alpha3 and alpha1 chains of type IV
  

  Athanasia S. Aggeli¹, Paraskevi V. Kitsiou¹, Athina K. Tzinia¹, Ariel Boutaud², Billy G. Hudson³, Effie C. Tsilibary¹

  (1) Institute of Biology, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Agia Paraskevi, Athens - Greece
  (2) Phase Biosciences Inc., Durham, North Carolina - USA
  (3) Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee - USA

• EPA and DHA suppress AngII- and arachidonic acid–induced expression of profibrotic genes in human mesangial cells
  

  Giovanna Priante¹, Estella Musacchio², Chiara Valvason³, Bruno Baggio¹

  (1) Nephrology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova - Italy
  (2) Clinica Medica I, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova - Italy
  (3) Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Padova - Italy

• Normothermic perfusion of ischaemic porcine kidneys: an evaluation of ex vivo function and endothelin receptor antagoni
  

  Christopher D. Mann¹, Matthew S. Metcalfe¹, Michael L. Nicholson¹

  (1) Department of Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester - UK

• Genetic variant of C1GalT1 contributes to the susceptibility to IgA nephropathy
  

  Doroti Pirulli¹, Sergio Crovella², Sheila Ulivi², Cristina Zadro², Sara Bertok², Sabina Rendine³, Francesco Scolari⁴, Marina Foramitti⁴, Pietro Ravani⁵, Dario Roccatello⁶, Silvana Savoldi⁷, Giuseppina Cerullo⁸, Salvatore Giovanni Lanzilotta⁸, Luigi Bisceglia⁹, Leopoldo Zelante⁹, Jurgen Floege¹⁰, Epstathios Alexopoulos¹¹, Dimitrios Kirmizis¹¹, Gian Marco Ghiggeri¹², Giovanni Frasc๳, Francesco Paolo Schena⁸, Antonio Amoroso³, European IgAN Consortium

  (1) Genetics Service, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo and Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste - Italyand Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Macromolecular Chemistry (DBBCM), University of Trieste, Trieste - Italy
  (2) Genetics Service, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo and Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste - Italy
  (3) Transplant Immunology Service and Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin - Italy
  (4) Renal Unit, Spedali Civili, Brescia - Italy
  (5) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Istituti Ospitalieri,Cremona - Italy
  (6) Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, Turin - Italy
  (7) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ciriè Hospital, Ciriè - Italy
  (8) Renal Unit, University of Bari, Bari - Italy
  (9) Genetics Unit, IRCCS Casa del Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia - Italy
  (10) Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics, University of Aachen, Aachen - Germany
  (11) Renal Unit, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - Greece
  (12) Renal Unit, Ospedale Gaslini, Genova - Italy
  (13) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona - Italy

• Rituximab in post allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation membranous nephropathy: a case report
  

  Gisella Vischini¹, Laura Cudillo², Michele Ferrannini¹, Nicola Di Daniele¹, Raffaella Cerretti², William Arcese²

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome - Italy
  (2) Oncohematology and Transplantation Department, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome - Italy

• Adult-onset perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive Henoch-Schönlein purpura in diabetic nephropathy
  

  Shyh-Ming Hong¹, Yung-Chang Chen², Swei Hsueh³, Chang-Chyi Jenq¹, Ji-Tseng Fang², Chih-Wei Yang², Ya-Chung Tian²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei - Taiwan
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei - Taiwan and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan - Taiwan
  (3) Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei - Taiwan

• ERRATUM
  

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