Vol. 5 — September-October 2013

• Forewarned is forearmed: erythropoietin use in CKD patients with cancer
  

  Samuel J. Kessler¹, Charles L. Bennett^1,2,3,4

  (1) South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina - USA
  (2) Hollings Cancer Center of the Medical University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina - USA
  (3) William Jennings Bryan Veterans Administration Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina - USA
  (4) Arnold School of Public Health of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina - USA

• Proteinuria and VEGF-targeted therapies: 
an underestimated toxicity?
  

  Hassane Izzedine¹, Jean Charles Soria², Bernard Escudier²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris - France
  (2) Department of Oncology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif - France

• The pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy: focus on microRNAs and proteomics
  

  Francesca Conserva¹, Paola Pontrelli¹, Matteo Accetturo¹, Loreto Gesualdo¹

  (1) Renal, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari - Italy

• Potential mechanisms for renal damage in beta-thalassemia
  

  Naji S. Mallat¹, Samir G. Mallat¹, Khaled M. Musallam², Ali T. Taher^1,3

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut - Lebanon
  (2) Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, IRCCS Ca’ Granda Foundation, Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan - Italy
  (3) and Chronic Care Center, Hazmieh - Lebanon

• Erythropoietin use in CKD patients with cancer: to tread with caution?
  

  Shobhana Nayak-Rao¹, Brendan McCormick²

  (1) St. Martha’s Hospital, Bangalore - India
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario - Canada

• Hemodialysis vascular access: everything you always wanted to know about it (but were afraid to ask)
  

  Massimo Torreggiani¹, Maria Lucia Scaramuzzi², Alessandra Manini², Francesca Castoldi², Nicoletta Serpieri², Noemi Maggi², Giuseppe Sileno², Clara Migotto², Vittoria Esposito¹, Francesca Montagna², Ciro Esposito¹

  (1) Unit of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation IRCCS, University of Pavia, Pavia - Italy
  (2) Unit of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Policlinico San Matteo Foundation IRCCS, University of Pavia , Pavia - Italy

• Ultrasound in clinical setting of secondary hyperparathyroidism
  

  Mario Meola^1,2, Ilaria Petrucci^1,2, Adamasco Cupisti³

  (1) S. Anna School of Advanced Studies, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (2) and Nephrology Division, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy
  (3) Nephrology Division, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa - Italy

• Dietary phosphate: what do we know about its toxicity
  

  Nishank Jain^1,2, Essam F. Elsayed^1,2

  (1) VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas - USA
  (2) and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas - USA

• Alterations in tubular epithelial cells in diabetic nephropathy
  

  Samy L. Habib¹

  (1) Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Department, South Texas Veterans Health Care System and Cellular and Structural Biology Department, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX - USA

• Changes of podocyte p130Cas in diabetic conditions
  

  Tae-sun Ha¹, Ji-Young Choi¹, Hye-Young Park¹, Gi-Dong Han²

  (1) Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju - Korea
  (2) Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Natural Resources, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan - Korea

• Na+/Ca2+ exchange inhibitor, KB-R7943, attenuates contrast-induced acute 
kidney injury
  

  Dingwei Yang¹, Dingping Yang², Ruhan Jia², Jin Tan³

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin - PR China
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan - PR China
  (3) Department of Cadre Ward, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin - PR China

• TLR4 signaling induces retinoic acid-inducible gene-I and melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 in mesangial cells
  

  Tadaatsu Imaizumi¹, Tomomi Aizawa-Yashiro², Shojiro Watanabe², Tomoh Matsumiya¹, Hidemi Yoshida¹, Tetsuya Tatsuta³, Fei Xing¹, Pengfei Meng¹, Ryo Hayakari¹, Kazushi Tsuruga², Hiroshi Tanaka^2,4

  (1) Department of Vascular Biology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki - Japan
  (2) Department of Pediatrics, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki - Japan
  (3) Department of Gastroenterology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki - Japan
  (4) and Department of School Health Science, Hirosaki University Faculty of Education, Hirosaki - Japan

• Relationships between glomerular filtration rate and kidney volume in low-birth-weight neonates
  

  Yogavijayan Kandasamy¹, Roger Smith², Ian M.R. Wright², Eugenie R. Lumbers^2,3

  (1) Department of Neonatology, The Townsville Hospital, Douglas, Queensland - Australia
  (2) Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales - Australia
  (3) and School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, Newcastle, New South Wales - Australia

• Anthropometric measures can better predict high blood pressure in adolescents
  

  Teresa Papalia¹, Rosita Greco¹, Danilo Lofaro¹, Agata Mollica¹, Rita Roberti², Renzo Bonofiglio¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza - Italy
  (2) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Provincial Health Service, Cosenza - Italy

• Posttransplant encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis: presentation of cases and review of the literature
  

  Alicja Debska-Slizien¹, Joanna Konopa¹, Beata Januszko-Giergielewicz¹, Zuzanna Wolyniec¹, Wojciech Wolyniec¹, Andrzej Chamienia^1,2, Boleslaw Rutkowski¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University in Gdansk, Gdansk - Poland
  (2) and Department of General Nursing, Medical University in Gdansk, Gdansk - Poland

• Dietary intake of macronutrients and fiber in Mediterranean patients on chronic hemodialysis
  

  Maurizio Bossola¹, Alessandra Leo², Antonella Viola², Giusy Carlomagno², Tania Monteburini³, Stefano Cenerelli⁴, Stefano Santarelli³, Rolando Boggi⁴, Giacinto Miggiano², Carlo Vulpio¹, Cristina Mele², Luigi Tazza¹

  (1) Hemodialysis Service, Department of Surgery, Catholic University, Rome - Italy
  (2) Department of Clinical Nutrition, Catholic University, Rome - Italy
  (3) Division of Nephrology, General Hospital, Jesi - Italy
  (4) Division of Nephrology, General Hospital, Senigallia - Italy

• Screening for transient ischemic attacks in hemodialysis patients
  

  Albert Power¹, Claire Edwards¹, Jan Sawyer¹, Damir Tandaric¹, Dima Dahdaleh², David Taube¹, Neill Duncan¹

  (1) Imperial College Renal and Transplant Center, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London - UK
  (2) National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London - UK

• Assessment of calcium balance in patients on hemodialysis, based on ionized calcium and parathyroid hormone responses
  

  Anneke Bech¹, Louis Reichert¹, Darryl Telting², Hans de Boer¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem - The Netherlands
  (2) Department of Clinical Chemistry, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem - The Netherlands

• Relationship between hemorheology and endothelial dysfunction in renal transplant patients receiving calcineurin inhibit
  

  Hadim Akoglu¹, Nurten Seringec², Tolga Yildirim¹, Rahmi Yilmaz¹, Sercan Okutucu³, Ercan Turkmen¹, Banu Evranos³, Ergun B. Kaya³, Neslihan Dikmenoglu², Mustafa Arici¹, Yunus Erdem¹, Cetin Turgan¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara - Turkey
  (2) Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara - Turkey
  (3) Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara - Turkey

• Aortic intimal sarcoma masquerading as bilateral renal artery stenosis
  

  Supreet Sethi¹, Naga Krishna Pothineni¹, Gaurav Syal¹, Syed Mujtaba Ali¹, Michelle W. Krause¹

  (1) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas - USA

• Fibromuscular dysplasia of renal arteries presenting with bilateral renal infarction in a young man
  

  Carlo Basile¹, Piero Lisi¹, Domenico Chimienti¹, Maurizio Antonelli¹, Andrea Bruno¹, Silvia Giambersio², Maria Teresa Zurlo², Sergio Petronelli²

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Miulli General Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti - Italy
  (2) Interventional Radiology Unit, Miulli General Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti - Italy

• Risk factors for kidney diseases and awareness of blood pressure and proteinuria in general population and in high schoo
  

  Pasquale Esposito¹, Alessandro Balducci², Vittorio E. Andreucci², Local Coordinators

  (1) Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, San Matteo IRCCS Policlinic and University of Pavia, Pavia - Italy
  (2) Fondazione Italiana del Rene Onlus - Italy