Vol. 2 — March-April 2012

• Genetic studies in chronic kidney disease: basic concepts
  

  Louise Nordfors^1,2,3, Karin Luttropp^1,4, Juan Jesus Carrero^1,2,5,6, Anna Witasp⁵, Peter Stenvinkel⁵, Bengt Lindholm⁵, Martin Schalling^1,4

  (1) Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden
  (2) Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden
  (3) and Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden
  (4) and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden
  (5) Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden
  (6) and Center for Gender Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden

• The mechanisms of acute transplant rejection revisited
  

  Claudio Ponticelli¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Humanitas Institute, Rozzano, Milan - Italy

• Why home hemodialysis? A systematic “marketing” analysis
  

  Giorgina Barbara Piccoli¹, Martina Ferraresi¹, Valentina Consiglio¹, Stefania Scognamiglio¹, Maria Chiara Deagostini¹, Olga Randone¹, Federica Neve Vigotti¹, Pasquale Mario Calderale²

  (1) SS Nephrology, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, San Luigi University Hospital, Turin - Italy
  (2) Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin - Italy

• Neurological complications of hemodialysis: state of the art
  

  Maurizio Gallieni¹, Antonio Granata¹, Maria Antonietta Rizzo^1,2, Fabio Frediani³, Barbara Ravasi¹, Daniele Cusi⁴

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan - Italy
  (2) and School of Nephrology, DMCO Polo San Paolo, University of Milan School of Medicine, Milan - Italy
  (3) Neurology and Stroke Unit, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan - Italy
  (4) School of Nephrology, DMCO Polo San Paolo, University of Milan School of Medicine, Milan - Italy

• A killer on the road: circulating CD4+CD28null T cells as cardiovascular risk factor in ESRD patients
  

  Michiel G.H. Betjes¹, Ruud W.J. Meijers¹, Lucia E.A. de Wit¹, Nicolle H.R. Litjens¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - The Netherlands

• Cost comparison of online haemodiafiltration with high-flux haemodialysis
  

  Thomas Oates¹, Jennifer Cross¹, Andrew Davenport¹

  (1) Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital, University College London Medical School, London - UK

• Long-term effects of methylprednisolone pulses and mycophenolate mofetil in IgA nephropathy patients at risk of progress
  

  Dario Roccatello¹, Daniela Rossi¹, Fabio Marletto¹, Carla Naretto¹, Savino Sciascia¹, Simone Baldovino¹, Doloretta Piras¹, Osvaldo Giachino¹

  (1) Center for Immunopathology and Rare Diseases (CMID). Department of Rare, Immunologic, Haematologic and Immunohaematologic Diseases. San G. Bosco Hospital and University of Turin, Turin - Italy

• Incident isolated 1,25(OH)2D3 deficiency is more common than 25(OH)D deficiency in CKD
  

  Adeera Levin¹, Melina Le Barbier¹, Lee Er¹, Dennis Andress², Mhairi K. Sigrist³, Ognjenka Djurdjev¹

  (1) BC Provincial Renal Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia - Canada and Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia - Canada
  (2) Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois - USA
  (3) BC Provincial Renal Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia - Canada

• Cardiac valve calcification is a marker of vascular disease in prevalent hemodialysis patients
  

  Antonio Bellasi¹, Emiliana Ferramosca¹, Carlo Ratti², Geoffrey Block³, Paolo Raggi⁴

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna - Italy
  (2) Division of Cardiology, St. Maria Bianca Hospital, Mirandola - Italy
  (3) Denver Nephrology, Denver, Colorado - USA
  (4) Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia - ?USA

• Association of chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease in 1,010 consecutive patients undergoing coronary angi
  

  Hong Liu¹, Lei Yan¹, Gen-Shan Ma², Li-Ping Zhang¹, Min Gao¹, Yan-Li Wang¹, Shuo-Peng Wang¹, Bi-Cheng Liu¹

  (1) Institute of Nephrology, Zhong Da Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing - PR China
  (2) Cardiology Division, Zhong Da Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing - PR China

• Nrf2 and Sp family synergistically enhance the expression of ion transporters in potassium-depleted conditions
  

  Chang Bae Lee¹, Yeon Sang Lee², Ji Youn Lee³, Song Eun Lee³, Kyu Youn Ahn⁴

  (1) Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation, Chonnam National University, Gwangju - Korea
  (2) Department of Anatomy, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju - Korea
  (3) Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation, Chonnam National University, Gwangju - Korea and Department of Anatomy, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju - Korea
  (4) Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation, Chonnam National University, Gwangju - Korea and Department of Anatomy, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju - Korea and Center for Biomedical Human Resources at Chonnam National University, Gwangju - Korea and Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Science, Gwangju - Korea

• Expression of transcription factor Snai1 and tubulointerstitial fibrosis in progressive nephropathy
  

  Keiko Ohnuki¹, Tomoya Umezono¹, Makiko Abe¹, Takako Kobayashi¹, Mayuko Kato¹, Masaaki Miyauchi¹, Naoyuki Yamamoto¹, Moritsugu Kimura¹, Masao Toyoda¹, Daisuke Suzuki¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Isehara, Kanagawa - Japan

• Renal histology in the elderly: indications and outcomes
  

  Catherine M. Brown¹, Lieneke Scheven¹, Patrick O’Kelly¹, Anthony M. Dorman², John J. Walshe¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin - Ireland
  (2) Department of Pathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin - Ireland

• Graft loss risk in renal transplant recipients with metabolic syndrome: subgroup analyses of the ALERT trial
  

  Inga Soveri^1,2, Sadollah Abedini³, Hallvard Holdaas³, Alan Jardine⁴, Niclas Eriksson⁵, Bengt Fellström^1,2

  (1) Department of Medical Sciences
  (2) Uppsala University, Uppsala - Sweden
  (3) Rikshospitalet, Oslo - Norway
  (4) Department of Nephrology, General Infirmary, Glasgow - UK
  (5) Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala - Sweden Rikshospitalet, Oslo - Norway

• Increased apoptosis and expression of FasL, Bax and caspase-3 in human lupus nephritis class II and IV
  

  Ji-Hong Cui¹, Qing Qiao², Ying Guo¹, Ya-Qing Zhang¹, Hong Cheng¹, Fu-Rong He³, Jing Zhang¹

  (1) Department of Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi - PR China
  (2) Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi - PR China
  (3) Department of Cancer, No. 451 Hospital of PLA, Xi’an, Shaanxi - PR China

• The systemic capillary leak syndrome: a scarcely known nephrological entity
  

  Annalisa Teutonico¹, Domenico Chimienti¹, Maurizio Antonelli¹, Andrea Bruno¹, Pasquale Libutti¹, Piero Lisi¹, Carlo Basile¹

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

• Letter to the Editor: Comment on the article: “Cost comparison of online haemodiafiltration with high-flux haemodialysis
  

  Vincenzo Panichi¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Versilia Hospital, Lido Camaiore, Lucca, Italy

• Erratum in: “A comparative study of 2 new phosphate binders (sevelamer and lanthanum carbonate) in routine clinical prac
  

  María Dolores Arenas¹, Pablo Rebollo², Tamara Malek¹, Analia Moledous¹, Teresa Gil¹, Fernando Alvarez-Ude³, Ana Morales¹, Eva Cotilla¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, Alicante - Spain
  (2) BAP Health Outomes, Oviedo - Spain
  (3) Department of Nephrology, Hospital General Segovia, Segovia - Spain