Vol. 3 — May-June 2013

• Ultrafiltration in acute decompensated heart failure: friend or foe for the kidney?
  

  Giuseppe Regolisti¹, Enrico Fiaccadori¹

  (1) Acute and Chronic Renal Failure Unit, Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Parma University Medical School, Parma - Italy

• Treatment of membranous nephropathy 
in patients with renal insufficiency: what regimen to choose?
  

  Claudio Ponticelli¹, Richard J. Glassock²

  (1) Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan - Italy
  (2) David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California - USA

• Proteomics imaging and the kidney
  

  Fulvio Magni¹, Maciej Lalowski², Veronica Mainini¹, Martina Marchetti-Deschmann³, Clizia Chinello¹, Andrea Urbani^4,5, Marc Baumann²

  (1) Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza - Italy
  (2) Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki - Finland
  (3) Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna - Austria
  (4) IRCCS-Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome - Italy
  (5) and Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Rome - Italy

• The danger control concept in kidney disease: mesangial cells
  

  Adriana Migliorini¹, Rainer Ebid², Christina Rebecca Scherbaum², Hans-Joachim Anders²

  (1) Nephrologisches Zentrum, Medizinische Klinik und ?Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität, München - ?Germany
  (2) Nephrologisches Zentrum, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität, München - Germany

• Bisphosphonate therapy in renal osteodystrophy – a review
  

  Raoul Bergner¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine A, Ludwigshafen General Hospital, Ludwigshafen am Rhein - Germany

• An update on calcium metabolism alterations and cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic kidney disease: questions,
  

  Vincenzo Savica^1,2, Guido Bellinghieri¹, Paolo Monardo³, Ugo Muraca⁴, Domenico Santoro¹

  (1) Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, University of Messina, Messina - Italy
  (2) and Dialysis Unit, Papardo Hospital, Messina - Italy
  (3) Dialysis Unit, Papardo Hospital, Messina - Italy
  (4) Department of Biochemistry, Physiological Science and Nutrition, University of Messina, Messina - Italy

• Recognizing purple bag syndrome at first look
  

  Caterina Canavese¹, Andrea Airoldi¹, Marco Quaglia¹, Maria Cristina Barbè¹, Maddalena Brustia², Matteo Vidali³, Marco Bagnati³, Stefano Andreone⁴, Tjibbo Corrà⁵, Calogera Sciarrabba⁶, Giorgio Bellomo³, Piero Stratta¹

  (1) Nephrology and Transplantation Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, and International Research Centre Autoimmune Disease (IRCAD), Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara - Italy
  (2) Dialysis and Nephrology Unit, Maggiore Hospital, Novara - Italy
  (3) Section of Biochemistry, Department of Medical Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara - Italy
  (4) Pathology Clinic, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Maggiore Hospital, Novara - Italy
  (5) Physiatric Unit, Health Clinic, Veruno, Novara - Italy
  (6) General Practitioner, Novara - Italy

• Mycoplasma penetrans infection is a potential cause of immunoglobulin A nephropathy: a new animal model
  

  Xue Jiang¹, Yin-Qiu Lv², Jian-Na Zhang², Yan-Ling Shi², Fei-Fei Xu²

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Hangzhou Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, Hangzhou, ZheJiang Province - PR China
  (2) Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of WenZhou Medical College, Wenzhou, ZheJiang Province - PR China

• Diagnostic value of cystatin C and glomerular filtration rate formulae in Chinese nonelderly and elderly populations
  

  Xiaohua Pei¹, Lihua Bao², Zhaoqiang Xu², Chengjing Yan³, Juan He¹, Bei Zhu¹, Jianqing Wu⁴, Weihong Zhao¹

  (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu - PR China
  (2) Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu - PR China
  (3) Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu - PR China
  (4) Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu - PR China

• Determinants and survival implications of low bone mineral density in end-stage renal disease patients
  

  Sun-Hee Park^1,2, Ting Jia¹, Abdul Rashid Qureshi¹, Peter Bárány¹, Olof Heimbürger¹, Tobias E. Larsson¹, Jonas Axelsson¹, Peter Stenvinkel¹, Bengt Lindholm¹

  (1) Divisions of Baxter Novum and Renal Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden
  (2) and Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu - South Korea

• Relationship between exercise test recovery indices and psychological and quality-of-life status in hemodialysis patient
  

  Anastasia P. Samara¹, Evangelia Kouidi¹, Stavroula Ouzouni¹, Stylianos Vasileiou², Athanasios Sioulis², Asterios Deligiannis¹

  (1) Sports Medicine Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - Greece
  (2) Internal Medicine Clinic A - Renal Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - Greece

• Changes in levels of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9, pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A in patients with various n
  

  Oskar Zakiyanov^1,2, Marta Kalousová³, Markéta Kratochvilová^1,2, Vítezslav Kríha⁴, Tomáš Zima³, Vladimír Tesar¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague - Czech Republic
  (2) and Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague - Czech Republic
  (3) Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague - Czech Republic
  (4) Department of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague - Czech Republic

• Albumin upregulates eNOS mRNA through ETRA/B in human proximal tubular epithelial cells
  

  Panagiotis Kotsantis¹, Athanasios Papadimitropoulos¹, Anastasios Drakopoulos², John G. Vlachojannis², Panagiotis Katsoris¹

  (1) Department of Biology, University of Patras, Patras - Greece
  (2) Department of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Patras University Hospital, Patras - Greece

• Effect of losartan on the glomerular protein expression profile of type 2 diabetic KKAy mice
  

  Qiu-Ling Fan¹, Gang Yang¹, Xiao-Dan Liu¹, Jian-Fei Ma¹, Jiang-Min Feng¹, Yi Jiang¹, Li-Ning Wang¹

  (1) Department of Nephrology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang - China

• Recombinant human erythropoietin attenuates renal tubulointerstitial injury in murine adriamycin-induced nephropathy
  

  Yuka Nakazawa¹, Tomoya Nishino², Yoko Obata^2,3, Masayuki Nakazawa¹, Akira Furusu², Katsushige Abe⁴, Masanobu Miyazaki⁵, Takehiko Koji⁶, Shigeru Kohno²

  (1) Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki - Japan
  (2) Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
  (3) and Medical Education Development Center, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki - Japan
  (4) Jinikai Hospital, Oita - Japan
  (5) Miyazaki Clinic, Nagasaki - Japan
  (6) Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki - Japan

• Treatment of adriamycin-induced nephropathy with erythropoietin and G-CSF
  

  Luis Gustavo Modelli de Andrade¹, Rosa Marlene Viero², Maria Fernanda Cordeiro de Carvalho¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine - UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Sao Paulo - Brazil
  (2) Department of Pathology - UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Serum phosphate varies with degree of proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome and is associated with elevated pulse wave veloc
  

  Donal J. Sexton¹, Sinead M. Kinsella¹, Joseph A. Eustace^1,2

  (1) Department of Nephrology, Cardiac-Renal Center, Cork University Hospital, Cork - Ireland
  (2) and Health Research Board, University College Cork Clinical Research Facility, Cork - Ireland

• Effects of hemodialysis and vitamin E supplementation on low-density lipoprotein oxidizability in end-stage renal failur
  

  Simona Baldi¹, Maurizio Innocenti², Silvia Frascerra¹, Monica Nannipieri¹, Alberto Lippi³, Paolo Rindi³, Ele Ferrannini¹

  (1) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa School of Medicine, Pisa - Italy
  (2) Division of Nephrology, Cisanello Hospital, Pisa - Italy
  (3) Division of Nephrology, Cisanello Hospital, Pisa, Italy

• Vitamin E–coated polysulfone membrane improved red blood cell antioxidant status in hemodialysis patients
  

  Anne-Sophie Bargnoux¹, Jean-Paul Cristol¹, Isabelle Jaussent², Lotfi Chalabi³, Pierre Bories⁴, Jean-Jacques Dion⁵, Patrick Henri⁶, Martine Delage⁷, Anne-Marie Dupuy⁷, Stéphanie Badiou¹, Bernard Canaud^8,3,9,10, Marion Morena^7,8,10

  (1) Biochemistry Laboratory, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier - France and Mixed Research Unit UMR 204 Nutripass, University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier - France
  (2) National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), U1061, Montpellier - France
  (3) Association pour l’Installation à Domicile des Epurations Rénales (AIDER), Montpellier - France
  (4) Department of Nephrology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse - France
  (5) Department of Nephrology, Manchester Hospital, Charleville-Mézières - France
  (6) Department of Nephrology, Caen University Hospital, Caen - France
  (7) Biochemistry Laboratory, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier - France
  (8) Mixed Research Unit UMR 204 Nutripass, University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier - France
  (9) Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Intensive Care, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier - France
  (10) and Dialysis Research and Training Institute, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier - France

• Treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy with combination of low-dose tacrolimus and corticosteroids
  

  Liyu He¹, Youming Peng¹, Hong Liu¹, Yinghong Liu¹, Shuguang Yuan¹, Fuyou Liu¹, Danyi Yang¹, Huanhuan Liu¹, Xian Chen¹, Jing Shao¹, Min Fu¹

  (1) Nephrology Department, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Lab of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification in Hunan, Changsha, Hunan - PR China

• Hospital-acquired acute kidney injury in Chinese very elderly persons
  

  Jing Wen¹, Qingli Cheng¹, Jiahui Zhao¹, Qiang Ma¹, Ting Song², Sheng Liu¹, Xiaodan Wang¹, Meihua Li¹, Xiaoying Zhang¹

  (1) Department of Geriatric Nephrology, Institute of Gerontology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing - China
  (2) Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan - China

• Microalbuminuria is more consistent in the presence of cardiovascular risk factors
  

  Arjan van der Tol¹, Wim Van Biesen¹, Guy De Groote², Paul Verbeke³, Frans Vermeiren³, Kathleen Eeckhaut³, Raymond Vanholder¹

  (1) Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent - Belgium
  (2) CRI Laboratory, Ghent - Belgium
  (3) Occupational Health Care Adhesia, Ghent - Belgium

• Effects of prednisone on biomarkers of 
tubular damage induced by radiocontrast 
in interventional cardiology
  

  Flavio Ribichini¹, Alessia Gambaro¹, Michele Pighi¹, Gabriele Pesarini¹, Pietro Manuel Ferraro², Cecilia Zuppi³, Silvia Baroni³, Romina Penitente³, Valeria Ferrero¹, Corrado Vassanelli¹

  (1) Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona - Italy
  (2) Renal Program, Columbus-Gemelli University Hospital, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome - Italy
  (3) Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Gemelli University Hospital, Catholic University, Rome - Italy

• It is never too late for a genetic disease: 
a case of a 79-year-old man with persistent hypokalemia
  

  Gianmaria Brambilla¹, Mario Perotti¹, Silvia Perra¹, Raffaella Dell’Oro¹, Guido Grassi¹, Angela Ida Pincelli¹

  (1) Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza - Italy