Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Sebastien Faure, Céline Delaloy, Valérie Leprivey, Juliette Hadchouel, David G. Warnock, Xavier Jeunemaitre, and Jean-Michel Achard

WNK kinases, distal tubular ion handling and hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2463-2467; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg426 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pascal Houillier and Michel Paillard

Calcium-sensing receptor and renal cation handling
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2467-2470; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg420 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunter Wolf

After all those fat years: renal consequences of obesity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2471-2474; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg427 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anette Melk

Senescence of renal cells: molecular basis and clinical implications
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2474-2478; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg322 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Todd F. Griffith, Donal N. Reddan, Preston S. Klassen, and William F. Owen

Left ventricular hypertrophy: a surrogate end point or correlate of cardiovascular events in kidney disease?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2479-2482; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg332 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Goffin, Jean-Pierre Cosyns, Françoise Pirson, and Olivier Devuyst

Icodextrin-associated peritonitis: what conclusions thus far?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2482-2485; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg368 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comments:

Michael L. Moritz and J. Carlos Ayus

The pathophysiology and treatment of hyponatraemic encephalopathy: an update
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2486-2491; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg394 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Child-Adult Interface:

Rachel Middleton, Mark Bradbury, Nicholas Webb, Donal O'Donoghue, and William Van’t Hoff

Cystinosis. A clinicopathological conference. ‘From toddlers to twenties and beyond’ Adult-Paediatric Nephrology Interface Meeting, Manchester 2001
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2492-2495; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg445 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Martin Steinmetz, Gert Gabriëls, Truc Van Le, Hans-Jürgen Piechota, Karl Heinz Rahn, and Eberhard Schlatter

Vasoactivity of diadenosine polyphosphates in human small renal resistance arteries
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2496-2504; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg405 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yung-Ming Chen, Mi-I Hu-Tsai, Shuei-Liong Lin, Tun-Jun Tsai, and Bor-Shen Hsieh

Expression of CX3CL1/fractalkine by mesangial cells in vitro and in acute anti-Thy1 glomerulonephritis in rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2505-2514; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg457 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hirokazu Okada, Yusuke Watanabe, Tsutomu Inoue, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Kanno, Goshi Shiota, Toshikazu Nakamura, Takeshi Sugaya, Akiyoshi Fukamizu, and Hiromichi Suzuki

Transgene-derived hepatocyte growth factor attenuates reactive renal fibrosis in aristolochic acid nephrotoxicity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2515-2523; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg440 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bart Smeets, Henry B. P. M. Dijkman, Nathalie A. J. M. te Loeke, Jacco P. H. F. van Son, Eric J. Steenbergen, Karel J. M. Assmann, Jack F. M. Wetzels, and Patricia J. T. A. Groenen

Podocyte changes upon induction of albuminuria in Thy-1.1 transgenic mice
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2524-2533; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg438 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daina Lasaitiene, Yun Chen, Gregor Guron, Niels Marcussen, Andrzej Tarkowski, Esbjorn Telemo, and Peter Friberg

Perturbed medullary tubulogenesis in neonatal rat exposed to renin–angiotensin system inhibition
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2534-2541; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg447 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert J. Nijveldt, Tom Teerlink, Coen van Guldener, Hubert A. Prins, Antonie A. van Lambalgen, Coen D. A. Stehouwer, Jan A. Rauwerda, and Paul A. M. van Leeuwen

Handling of asymmetrical dimethylarginine and symmetrical dimethylarginine by the rat kidney under basal conditions and during endotoxaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2542-2550; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg452 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hong Gong, Weidong Wang, Tae-Hwan Kwon, Thomas Jonassen, Jørgen Frøkiaer, and Søren Nielsen

Reduced renal expression of AQP2, p-AQP2 and AQP3 in haemorrhagic shock-induced acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2551-2559; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg377 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pasi Jolma, Peeter Kööbi, Jarkko Kalliovalkama, Heikki Saha, Meng Fan, Jarkko Jokihaara, Eeva Moilanen, Ilkka Tikkanen, and Ilkka Pörsti

Treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism by high calcium diet is associated with enhanced resistance artery relaxation in experimental renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2560-2569; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg374 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanislao Morgera, Michael Haase, Jens Rocktäschel, Torsten Böhler, Christian von Heymann, Ortrud Vargas-Hein, Dietmar Krausch, Heidrun Zuckermann-Becker, Joachim M. Müller, Wolfgang J. Kox, and Hans H. Neumayer

High permeability haemofiltration improves peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferation in septic patients with acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2570-2576; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg435 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marta Kalousová, Sylvie Sulková, Lenka Fialová, Jirina Soukupová, Ivan Matous Malbohan, Pavel Spacek, Martin Braun, Ludmila Mikulíková, Magdaléna Fortová, Magdaléna Horejsí, Vladimír Tesar, and Tomás Zima

Glycoxidation and inflammation in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2577-2581; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg404 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ewa Majewska, Zbigniew Baj, Zofia Sulowska, Jacek Rysz, and Marek Luciak

Effects of uraemia and haemodialysis on neutrophil apoptosis and expression of apoptosis-related proteins
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2582-2588; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg441 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marco E. van Teijlingen, Menso J. Nubé, Piet M. ter Wee, Michiel H. van Wijhe, Piet Borgdorff, and Geert-Jan Tangelder

Haemodialysis-induced pulmonary granulocyte sequestration in rabbits is organ specific
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2589-2595; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg378 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

An S. De Vriese, Michel Langlois, Dirk Bernard, Inge Geerolf, Lut Stevens, Johan R. Boelaert, Mario Schurgers, and Ervé Matthys

Effect of dialyser membrane pore size on plasma homocysteine levels in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2596-2600; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg437 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

András Tislér, Katalin Akócsi, Béla Borbás, László Fazakas, Sándor Ferenczi, Sándor Görögh, Imre Kulcsár, Lajos Nagy, József Sámik, János Szegedi, Eszter Tóth, Gyula Wágner, and István Kiss

The effect of frequent or occasional dialysis-associated hypotension on survival of patients on maintenance haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2601-2605; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg450 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roberto Minutolo, Luca De Nicola, Vincenzo Bellizzi, Carmela Iodice, Roberto Rubino, Filippo Aucella, Carmine Stallone, Felice Nappi, Ferdinando Avella, Eleonora Maione, Giuseppe Conte, and Biagio R. Di Iorio

Intra- and post-dialytic changes of haemoglobin concentrations in non-anaemic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2606-2612; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg387 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Senji Okuno, Eiji Ishimura, Kayoko Kitatani, Hidenori Chou, Kyoko Nagasue, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Tsuyoshi Izumotani, Tomoyuki Yamakawa, Yasuo Imanishi, Tetsuo Shoji, Masaaki Inaba, and Yoshiki Nishizawa

Relationship between parathyroid gland size and responsiveness to maxacalcitol therapy in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2613-2621; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg451 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter de Jonge, G. Maarten-Friso Ruinemans, Frits J. Huyse, and Piet M. ter Wee

A simple risk score predicts poor quality of life and non-survival at 1 year follow-up in dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2622-2628; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg453 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Zareie, Liesbeth H. P. Hekking, Angelique G. A. Welten, Bas A. J. Driesprong, Inge L. Schadee-Eestermans, Dirk Faict, Anne Leyssens, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Robert H. J. Beelen, Piet M. ter Wee, and Jacob van den Born

Contribution of lactate buffer, glucose and glucose degradation products to peritoneal injury in vivo
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2629-2637; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg356 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luis Fernando Arias, Susana Hernández, Dolores Prats, Ana Sanchez-Fructoso, María Márques, Teresa Alvarez, Alberto Barrientos, and Julia Blanco

Epstein–Barr virus latency in kidney specimens from transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2638-2643; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg430 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Zeier, Jolanta Perz, Reinhold P. Linke, Ugo Donini, Rüdiger Waldherr, Konrad Andrassy, Anthony D. Ho, and Hartmut Goldschmidt

No regression of renal AL amyloid in monoclonal gammopathy after successful autologous blood stem cell transplantation and significant clinical improvement
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2644-2647; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg436 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Siebels, Jannis Theodorakis, Nikolaus Schmeller, Stefan Corvin, Nouhad Mistry-Burchardi, Guenther Hillebrand, Dominic Frimberger, Oliver Reich, Walter Land, and Alfons Hofstetter

Risks and complications in 160 living kidney donors who underwent nephroureterectomy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2648-2654; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg482 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael E. Brier, Prasun C. Ray, and Jon B. Klein

Prediction of delayed renal allograft function using an artificial neural network
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2655-2659; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg439 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Patrick F. K. Yong, Sally M. A. Hamour, and Aine Burns

Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy in a patient with systemic sclerosis/systemic lupus erythematosus overlap syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2660-2662; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg347 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Murat Sezer, Yilmaz Nisanci, Onal Ozsaruhan, Ayhan Olcay, and Tevfik Ecder

Stenting for bilateral renal artery occlusion: a report of two cases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2663-2664; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg384 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Kan, Ian Jenkins, Gopala Rangan, Andrew Woodroffe, Helen Rhodes, and David Joyce

Continuous haemodiafiltration compared with intermittent haemodialysis in the treatment of methanol poisoning
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2665-2667; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg432 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gareth Jones, Edward Kingdon, Paul Sweny, and Andrew Davenport

Tumoral calcinosis and calciphylaxis presenting in a dialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2668-2670; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg367 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Raimund Senf, Jan S. Jürgensen, Ulf Teichgräber, Dieter Kampf, and Ralf Schindler

Ruptured arterial aneurysm of the kidney in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2671-2673; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg380 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Olga Napolova, Stacey Urbach, Mogamat Razeen Davids, and Mitchell L. Halperin

Assessing the degree of extracellular fluid volume contraction in a patient with a severe degree of hyperglycaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2674-2677; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg419 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Jean-Sébastien Hulot, Hélène Beaufils, and Lucile Mercadal

Spontaneous renal CT-scan hyperdensity of an HIV-associated nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2678; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg479 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Evert J. Dorhout Mees

Searching for the stone of wisdom
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2679; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg424 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas A. Hoenich and Nathan W. Levin

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2679-2680; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg425 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael K. Almond

Aciclovir and valaciclovir neurotoxicity in patients with renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2680; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg466 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anders Helldén and Lars Ståhle

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2680-2681; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg467 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luc A. E. Turmel-Rodrigues and Pierre Bourquelot

Prospective evaluation of failure modes in autogenous radiocephalic access for haemodialysis: good diagnostic tools are necessary for effective multimodal treatments and autogenous elbow fistulas must not be ignored
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2681; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg411 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Tordoir

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2681-2682; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg412 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Panduranga S. Rao, Dinkar Kaw, and Shobha Ratnam

Use of methylene blue for diagnosis of leak in CAPD patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2682; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg461 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kay Herbrig and Doreen Reimann

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2682-2683; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg462 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Ladislava Grcevska, Gordana Petrusevska, Momir Polenakovic, and Sonja Dzikova

Proximal tubular cells: potential role in macrophage migration and crescent formation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2684-2685; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg416 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Svjetlana Cala

Croatia is not spared from diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2685-2686; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg495 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ane Nunes, Israel Roisenberg, Edson Picolli, Raimar Weber, Fabíola Satler, Fabiane Grasselli, Fernanda Wainberg, Fernando Bohn, and Elvino Barros

Adult polycystic kidney disease in patients on haemodialysis in the south of Brazil
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2686-2687; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg402 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivera Marsenic, Amira Peco-Antic, Vojislav Perisic, Verica Virijevic, Divna Kruscic, and Mirjana Kostic

Upper gastrointestinal lesions in children on chronic haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2687-2688; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg468 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amit Kumar Ghosh

Assessment of severity of illness in end-stage renal disease patients: need for multi-disciplinary effort
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2688; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg449 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans-Dietrich Polaschegg and Klaus Sodemann

Risks related to catheter locking solutions containing concentrated citrate
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2688-2690; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg481 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanley Shaldon and Karl Martin Koch

Hydrophobic PF5070: dialysis repair and sudden death in dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2690; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg480 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivier Mat, Camelia Rossi, Renaud Beauwens, Françoise Moenens, Fabienne Mestrez, Marie-Carmen Muniz, and Michel Dhaene

Peritonitis due to Lactococcus cremoris in an automated peritoneal dialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2690-2691; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg460 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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