Vol. 2 — March-April 2010

• Evaluation of glomerular filtration rate and of albuminuria/proteinuria
  

  Massimo Cirillo¹

  (1) Interdepartmental Center of Clinical Research, Unit of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples - Italy

• mTOR inhibitor/proliferation signal inhibitors: entering or leaving the field?
  

  Lionel Rostaing^1,2, Nassim Kamar^1,3

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Organ Transplantation, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse
  (2) and INSERM U563, IFR 30, CHU Purpan, Toulouse - France
  (3) and INSERM U858/I2MR, Equipe 10, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse - France

• Kidney repair using stem cells: myth or reality as a therapeutic option?
  

  Hirotsugu Iwatani¹, Enyu Imai¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka - Japan

• Screening for chronic kidney disease: which strategy?
  

  Stein I. Hallan¹, Paul Stevens²

  (1) Department of Renal Medicine, St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway and Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
  (2) Department of Renal Medicine, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, East Kent Hospitals University Trust, Canterbury - UK

• Can prognostic factors assist therapeutic decisions in idiopathic membranous nephropathy?
  

  Claudio Ponticelli¹, Patrizia Passerini²

  (1) Division of Nephrology, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan - Italy
  (2) Division of Nephrology, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Milan, Milan – Italy

• Patient-based continuum of care in nephrology: why read Thomas Addis’ “Glomerular Nephritis” in 2010?
  

  Giorgina B. Piccoli¹

  (1) Unit of Nephrology, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, San Luigi University Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Torino - Italy

• Evaluation of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic renal failure
  

  Carolina P. Andrade¹, Maria Carolina N. Cruz¹, Milton Urrutia¹, Otávio Pereira¹, Sérgio A. Draibe¹, Luiz A. Nogueira-Martins², Ricardo Sesso¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo - Brazil
  (2) Department of Psychiatry, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo - Brazil

• Renal resistance index is a marker of future renal dysfunction in patients with essential hypertension
  

  Takafumi Okura¹, Mie Kurata¹, Jun Irita¹, Daijiro Enomoto¹, Masanori Jotoku¹, Tomoaki Nagao¹, Mitsuko Koresawa¹, Shiho Kojima², Yasuyuki Hamano², Shinichi Mashiba², Ken-ichi Miyoshi¹, Jitsuo Higaki¹

  (1) Department of Integrated Medicine and Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon City, Ehime - Japan
  (2) Department of Research and Development, Ikagaku Co. Ltd., Hazukashi, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto - Japan

• Ventricular function and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease patients with angiographic coronary artery diseas
  

  I-Wen Wu^1,2, Ming-Jui Hung^3,2, Yung-Chang Chen^4,2, Heng-Jung Hsu^1,2, Wen-Jin Cherng^4,2, Chee-Jen Chang^5,2, Mai-Szu Wu^1,2

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
  (2) and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei - Taiwan
  (3) Department of Cardiology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
  (4) Division of Critical Care Nephrology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
  (5) Biostatistical Center for Clinical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei

• Pulse pressure and progression of chronic kidney disease
  

  Nishkanta Arulkumaran¹, Ramaswamy Diwakar¹, Zaheer Tahir¹, Maha Mohamed¹, Juan Carlos Kaski², Debasish Banerjee¹

  (1) Renal and Transplantation Unit, St. George’s Hospital NHS Trust, Tooting, London - UK
  (2) Cardiovascular Biology Research Centre, Division of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St. George’s, University of London, London, UK

• Association between malnutrition, integrin expression and impaired granulocyte adhesion in chronically hemodialyzed pati
  

  Carla Corradi-Perini^1,2, Miguel C. Riella³, Rosana I.S.I. Cattaneo⁴, Almeriane M. Weffort-Santos^1,5

  (1) Pharmaceutical Sciences Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba - Brazil
  (2) and Biological and Health Sciences Center, Faculty of Nutrition, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba - Brazil
  (3) Biological and Health Sciences Center, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba - Brazil
  (4) Immunogenetics Unit, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba - Brazil
  (5) and Department of Medical Pathology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba - Brazil

• Decreased CD4+CD25+ cells and increased dimeric IgA-producing cells in tonsils in IgA nephropathy
  

  Hongdong Huang^1,2, Youming Peng¹, Hong Liu¹, Xinming Yang³, Fuyou Liu¹

  (1) Hunan Key Laboratory of Nephrology and Hemoperfusion, Division of Nephrology, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province - PR China
  (2) andDivision of Nephrology, Hunan Normal University, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital of China, Changsha - PR China
  (3) Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province - PR China

• Vitamin D treatment in hemodialysis patients with low serum levels of parathyroid hormone: which is the best choice?
  

  Carlo Lomonte¹, Francesco Casucci¹, Pasquale Libutti¹, Nicola Losurdo¹, Annalisa Teutonico¹, Carlo Basile¹

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

• Sodium bicarbonate in preventing contrast nephropathy in patients at risk for volume overload: a randomized controlled t
  

  Ali Vasheghani-Farahani¹, Gelareh Sadigh¹, Seyed Ebrahim Kassaian¹, Seyed Mohammad Reza Khatami², Akbar Fotouhi³, Seyed Amirhossein Razavi¹, Mohammad Ali Mansournia³, Ali Kazemisaeid¹, Abbas Soleimani¹, Hamid Reza Pourhosseini¹, Mohammad Alidoosti¹, Ali Mohammad Hajizeinali¹, Kianoush Hoseini¹, Ebrahim Nematipour¹

  (1) Department of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Iran
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Iran
  (3) Department of Epidemiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Iran

• Screening for kidney disease on World Kidney Day in Jalisco, Mexico
  

  Guillermo Garcia-Garcia¹, Isela Marquez-Magaña¹, Karina Renoirte-Lopez¹, Gustavo Perez-Cortes², M. Luisa Salazar Gutierrez², Scott Klarenbach³, Anita Lloyd³, Marcello Tonelli³

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde”, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center, Guadalajara, Jalisco - Mexico
  (2) Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Dr. Juan I. Menchaca”, Guadalajara, Jalisco - Mexico
  (3) Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton - Canada

• New mutation in female patient with renal variant of Fabry disease and HIV
  

  Miguel Ángel Solis¹, Belén Pascual¹, Marta Boscá², Verónica Ramos¹, Carmen Carda³, Carlos Monteagudo³, Isidro Torregrosa¹, Salvador Pons¹, Alfonso Miguel¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia - Spain
  (2) Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia - Spain
  (3) Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia - Spain