Vol. 1 — January-February 2010

• Diabetic kidney disease: act now or pay later
  

  Robert C. Atkins¹, Paul Zimmet², 2010 International Society of Nephrology/ International Federation of Kidney Foundations World Kidney Day Steering Committee, International Diabetes Federation

  (1) School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  (2) Bakeridi Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

• New roles for renal potassium channels
  

  Carsten A. Wagner¹

  (1) Institute of Physiology and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich - Switzerland

• Induction and maintenance therapy in proliferative lupus nephritis
  

  Claudio Ponticelli¹, Richard J. Glassock², Gabriella Moroni³

  (1) Department of Nephrology, IRCCS Istituto Humanitas, Milan, Italy
  (2) UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California - USA
  (3) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy

• Calcium-sensing receptor as a potential modulator of vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease
  

  Axelle Caudrillier¹, Romuald Mentaverri¹, Michel Brazier², Said Kamel³, Ziad A. Massy⁴

  (1) INSERM, ERI-12 (EA 4292), Amiens, France and Medical and Pharmacology Schools, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
  (2) INSERM, ERI-12 (EA 4292), Amiens, France and Medical and Pharmacology Schools, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France and Division of Bone and Endocrine Biology, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
  (3) INSERM, ERI-12 (EA 4292), Amiens, France and Medical and Pharmacology Schools, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France and Division of Biological Biochemistry, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
  (4) INSERM, ERI-12 (EA 4292), Amiens, France and Medical and Pharmacology Schools, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France and Divisions of Clinical Pharmacology and Nephrology, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France

• The primary care physician: nephrology interface for the identification and treatment of chronic kidney disease
  

  Paul E. Stevens¹, Christopher K. Farmer¹, Stein I. Hallan²

  (1) Department of Renal Medicine, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, Canterbury, UK
  (2) 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

• Dialysate potassium and risk of death in chronic hemodialysis patients
  

  Ghassan Al-Ghamdi¹, Brenda Hemmelgarn², Scott Klarenbach³, Braden Manns⁴, Natasha Wiebe¹, Marcello Tonelli⁵, Alberta Kidney Disease Network

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  (4) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canadaand Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  (5) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canadaand Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Changes in physical functional performance and quality of life in hemodialysis patients in Taiwan: a preliminary study
  

  Ru-Lan Hsieh¹, Hsiao-Yuan Huang², Shih-Ching Chen³, Wen-Hsuan Lin⁴, Chia-Wei Wu⁴, Chung-Hsin Chang⁵, Wen-Chung Lee²

  (1) Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwanand Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  (2) Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  (3) Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  (4) Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  (5) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

• Impact of adopting low sodium diet on biomarkers of inflammation and coagulation: a randomised controlled trial
  

  Doug L. Forrester¹, John Britton¹, Sarah A. Lewis¹, Zara Pogson¹, Marilyn Antoniak¹, Sarah J. Pacey², Gemma Purcell³, Andrew W. Fogarty¹

  (1) Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
  (2) Pharmacy, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
  (3) Department of Clinical Chemistry, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK

• Different cardiovascular responses to hemodialysis-induced fluid depletion and blood pressure compliance
  

  Giorgio Graziani¹, Silvia Finazzi¹, Roberto Mangiarotti², Giovanna Como³, Carlo Fedeli¹, Silvia Oldani¹, Alberto Morganti⁴, Salvatore Badalamenti¹

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit EAS, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
  (2) Echocardiography Unit, Istituto Auxologico IRCCS, Milan, Italy
  (3) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS, Milan, Italy
  (4) Internal Medicine Unit, Arterial Hypertension Centre, Ospedale S. Giuseppe, Milan, Italy

• Relationship of fetuin-A with glomerular filtration rate and endothelial dysfunction in moderate-severe chronic kidney d
  

  Santina Cottone¹, Alessandro Palermo², Rosalia Arsena¹, Raffella Riccobene², Marco Guarneri¹, Giuseppe Mulè², Francesca Tornese¹, Chiara Altieri¹, Francesco Vaccaro¹, Antonino Previti¹, Giovanni Cerasola²

  (1) Chair of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular and Renal Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
  (2) Chair of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular and Renal Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

• Evaluation of the specific structures of IgA1 hinge glycopeptide in 30 IgA nephropathy patients by mass spectrometry
  

  Hiroko Odani¹, Koichiro Yamamoto¹, Sachiko Iwayama¹, Hitoo Iwase², Akihiko Takasaki³, Kazuo Takahashi¹, Yoshiro Fujita⁴, Satoshi Sugiyama¹, Yoshiyuki Hiki¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
  (2) Department of Biochemistry, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
  (3) Gifu University of Medical Science, School of Health Science, Seki, Gifu, Japan
  (4) Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Toyota Memorial Hospital, Toyota, Aichi, Japan

• Serum adiponectin and cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease and kidney transplantation
  

  Nihil Chitalia¹, Rickey Bipin Raja¹, Tharindu Bhandara¹, Pradeep Agrawal², Juan Carlos Kaski³, Vivek Jha², Debasish Banerjee¹

  (1) Renal and Transplantation Unit, St. George’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
  (2) Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
  (3) Cardiovascular Biology Research Centre, Division of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St. George’s, University of London, London, UK

• Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for the treatment of glomerulopathies with associated nephrotic syndrome
  

  Gaspare Elios Russo¹, Marco Cavallini¹, Alessia Centi¹, Giannandrea Baliva², Michele Carraro³, Francesco Pugliese¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
  (2) Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
  (3) Department of Dermatology, Istituto Dermatologico dell’Immacolata “IRCCS”, Rome, Italy

• Different protein expression in normal and dysfunctional platelets from uremic patients
  

  María Marques¹, Daniel Sacristán², Petra J. Mateos-Cáceres², José Herrero¹, María J. Arribas¹, Juan J. González-Armengol³, Ana Villegas⁴, Carlos Macaya², Alberto Barrientos¹, Antonio J. López-Farré²

  (1) Nephrology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
  (2) Cardiovascular Research Unit, Cardiology Department of the Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
  (3) Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
  (4) Haematology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

• E-cadherin and claudin-4 expression has circadian rhythm in adult rat kidney
  

  Masafumi Yamato¹, Takahito Ito², Hirotsugu Iwatani¹, Masaya Yamato¹, Enyu Imai¹, Hiromi Rakugi¹

  (1) Department of Geriatrics and Nephrology, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
  (2) Department of Geriatrics and Nephrology, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan and Department of Health and Nutrition Science, Nishikyushu University, Kanzaki-city, Saga, Japan

• Clinical risk analysis with failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) model in a dialysis unit
  

  Giovanna Bonfant¹, Pietro Belfanti¹, Giuseppe Paternoster¹, Danila Gabrielli¹, Alberto M. Gaiter¹, Massimo Manes¹, Andrea Molino¹, Valentina Pellu¹, Clemente Ponzetti², Massimo Farina³, Pier E. Nebiolo¹

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, “U. Parini” Regional Hospital, Aosta Valley Healthcare Organisation, Aosta - Italy
  (2) Aosta Valley Healthcare Organisation, Aosta - Italy
  (3) EmmEffe – Management & Formazione, Milan - Italy

• No regression of renal amyloid mass despite remission of nephrotic syndrome in a patient with TRAPS following etanercept
  

  Ismail Simsek¹, Ayper Kaya², Hakan Erdem¹, Salih Pay¹, Mujdat Yenicesu³, Ayhan Dinc¹

  (1) Division of Rheumatology, Gulhane Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
  (2) Department of Pathology, Gulhane Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Gulhane Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

• Erratum in: "Vascular calcification and QT interval in incident hemodialysis patients" in J Nephrol 2009; 22(6): 694-698
  

  Biagio Raffaele Di Iorio¹, Emanuele Cucciniello¹, Vincenzo Bellizzi¹

  (1) Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Hospital Solofra, Solofra, Avellino - Italy