Vol. 3 — May-June 2011

• Obituary of Prof. Rosanna Gusmano, MD
  

  Enrico Verrina¹, Marco Prunotto²

  (1) Renal Child Foundation, Nephrology Department, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova - Italy
  (2) Renal Child Foundation, Nephrology Department, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova - Italy and Clinical Pathology Department, University of Geneva, Geneva - Switzerland

• Propensity score methods and their application in nephrology research
  

  Lianne Barnieh¹, Matthew T. James¹, Jianguo Zhang¹, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn²

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

• Telmisartan in incipient and overt diabetic renal disease
  

  Roland E. Schmieder¹, George Bakris², Matthew R. Weir³

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen - Germany
  (2) Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois - USA
  (3) School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland - USA

• The Remission Clinic approach to halt the progression of kidney disease
  

  The Remission Clinic Task Force¹, Clinical Research Center “Aldo e Cele Daccò”²

  (1) Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research and Unit of Nephrology, Bergamo - Italy and Azienda Ospedaliera «Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo», Bergamo - Italy
  (2) Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research and Unit of Nephrology, Bergamo - Italy

• Pregnancy in chronic kidney disease: need for a common language
  

  Giorgina B. Piccoli¹, Anne Conijn², Rossella Attini², Marilisa Biolcati², Carlotta Bossotti², Valentina Consiglio¹, Maria Chiara Deagostini¹, Tullia Todros²

  (1) SS Nephrology, Biological and Clinical Sciences, University San Luigi, Orbassano - Italy
  (2) Maternal-Fetal Unit, University of Turin, Turin - Italy

• Home sphygmomanometers: what should a nephrologist know?
  

  Tekin Akpolat¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Ondokuz Mayis UniversitySchool of Medicine, Samsun - Turkey

• Sirolimus damages podocytes in rats with protein overload nephropathy
  

  Yong Cai¹, Yan Chen¹, Shaoling Zheng¹, Bicheng Chen¹, Yirong Yang¹, Peng Xia¹

  (1) Department of Renal Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou - PR China

• Peripheral artery calcifications evaluated by histology correlate to those detected by CT: relationships with fetuin-A a
  

  Giorgio Coen¹, Paolo De Paolis², Paola Ballanti³, Andrea Pierantozzi⁴, Stefania Pisanò⁴, Daniela Sardella⁵, Daniela Mantella⁶, Luigi Pellegrino⁷, Giuliana Silvestrini³, Massimo Iappelli⁶, Salvatore Di Giulio⁶

  (1) 1 Nephrology and Hypertension Unit, Ospedale Israelitico, Rome - Italy
  (2) 2 Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Forlanini - San Camillo Hospital, Rome - Italy
  (3) 3 Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome - Italy
  (4) 1 Nephrology and Hypertension Unit, Ospedale Israelitico,[AUTHORS: please give English translation of this institution’s name.] Rome - Italy
  (5) 1 Nephrology and Hypertension Unit, Ospedale Israelitico,[AUTHORS: please give English translation of this institution’s name.] Rome – Italy
  (6) 2 Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Forlanini-San Camillo Hospital, Rome - Italy
  (7) 4 Department of Radiology, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome - Italy

• Kidney function and mortality in different cardiovascular diseases: relationship with age, sex, diabetes and hypertensio
  

  Attilio Losito^1,2, Loretta Pittavini³, Carla Ferri^1,2, Luigi De Angelis³

  (1) Nephrology, Dialysis &
  (2) Transplant Unit, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia - Italy
  (3) Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia - Italy

• Interstitial fluid obtained from kidney biopsy as new source of renal biomarkers
  

  Riccardo Magistroni¹, Marco Cantù², Giulia Ligabue¹, Mario Masellis³, Enzo Spisni⁴, Luciana Furci¹, Valentina Lupo¹, Filippo Genovese², Fabrizio Cavazzini¹, Alberto Albertazzi¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena - Italy
  (2) Proteomic Core Facility, University of Bologna, Bologna - Italy
  (3) Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario - Canada
  (4) Unit of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Department of Experimental Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna - Italy

• Influence of switching connection ports of double-lumen permanent tunnelled catheters on total solute removal during dia
  

  Wim Van Biesen¹, Jill Vanmassenhove¹, Koen Van Canneyt², Raymond Vanholder¹, Sunny Eloot¹

  (1) Renal Division, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent - Belgium
  (2) BioMMeda, IBiTech, Ghent University, Ghent - Belgium

• Nephrology fellows show consistent use of, and improved knowledge from, a nephrologist-programmed teaching instrument
  

  Tejas Desai¹, Darina Stankeyeva², Arlene Chapman², James Bailey²

  (1) 1 Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, East Carolina University - Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina - USA
  (2) 2 Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia - USA

• Mitochondrial DNA copy number correlates with oxidative stress and predicts mortality in nondiabetic hemodialysis patien
  

  Yi-Chun Wang¹, Wen-Chin Lee¹, Shang-Chih Liao¹, Lung-Chih Lee¹, Yu-Jen Su¹, Chien-Te Lee¹, Jin-Bor Chen¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien - Taiwan

• A novel angiogenesis inhibitor, sunitinib malate, in encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis
  

  Devrim Bozkurt¹, Banu Sarsik², Ender Hur¹, Muhittin Ertilav¹, Burcak Karaca³, Ozge Timur⁴, Selahattin Bicak⁴, Fehmi Akcicek¹, Soner Duman⁴

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir - Turkey
  (2) Department of Pathology, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir - Turkey
  (3) Department of Oncology, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir - Turkey
  (4) Department of Internal Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir - Turkey

• Non-adherence in patients on chronic hemodialysis: an international comparison study
  

  Christiane Kugler¹, Ilona Maeding², Cynthia L. Russell³

  (1) 1 Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, ?Hannover - Germany
  (2) 1 Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany
  (3) 2 Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri - USA

• Ionic contrast media induced more apoptosis in diabetic kidney than nonionic contrast media
  

  Hsiang-Chun Lee¹, Jan-Gowth Chang², Hsueh-Wei Yen^1,3, I-Hsin Liu¹, Wen-Ter Lai^1,3, Sheng-Hsiung Sheu^1,3

  (1) Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung - Taiwan
  (2) Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung - Taiwan
  (3) and College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung - Taiwan

• Lipoprotein glomerulopathy: first report of 2 not consanguineous Italian men from the same town
  

  Antonio Pasquariello¹, Giovanna Pasquariello¹, Maurizio Innocenti², Francesca Minnei³, Niccola Funel³, Paolo Lorusso⁴, Giuliano Barsotti⁴

  (1) Departmental Section of Native Kidney Histopathology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa - Italy
  (2) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit 1, Azienda Ospedialiero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa - Italy
  (3) Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (4) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit 2, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa - Italy

• Women and the sciences
  

  Carmelita Marcantoni¹, Santina Castellino², Teresa Cicchetti³, Stefania Rastelli⁴, Francesca Mallamaci⁴

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania - Italy
  (2) Division of Nephrology, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina, Messina - Italy
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Azienda sanitaria provinciale, Rossano, Cosenza - Italy
  (4) Division of Nephrology, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria - Italy