Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Ulla G. Friis, Boye L. Jensen, Finn Jørgensen, Ditte Andreasen, and Ole Skøtt

Electrophysiology of the renin-producing juxtaglomerular cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1287-1290; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh857 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivier Devuyst, Karin Dahan, and Yves Pirson

Tamm–Horsfall protein or uromodulin: new ideas about an old molecule
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1290-1294; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh851 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masafumi Fukagawa and Junichiro J. Kazama

With or without the kidney: the role of FGF23 in CKD
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1295-1298; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh827 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review:

Alain Meyrier

Transjugular renal biopsy. Update on hepato-renal needlework
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1299-1302; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh866 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinions:

Henri Kreis

The question of organ procurement: beyond charity
NDT Advance Access published on May 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1303-1306; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh911 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature:

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Giorgio Soragna, Elisabetta Mezza, Manuel Burdese, Valentina Consiglio, Massimo Gai, Franca Giacchino, and Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni

Living life: mottos and logos on renal transplantation designed by high school students
NDT Advance Access published on May 31, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1307-1310; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh668 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapid Communications:

Anja E. Kruse, Ute Eisenberger, Felix J. Frey, and Markus G. Mohaupt

The calcimimetic cinacalcet normalizes serum calcium in renal transplant patients with persistent hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on June 7, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1311-1314; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh924 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas L. Serra, Albin A. Schwarz, Franziska H. Wick, Hans-Peter Marti, and Rudolf P. Wüthrich

Successful treatment of hypercalcemia with cinacalcet in renal transplant recipients with persistent hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on June 7, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1315-1319; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh925 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Sheldon Chen, Joseph S. Lee, M. C. Iglesias-de la Cruz, Amy Wang, Adriana Izquierdo-Lahuerta, Nisha K. Gandhi, Farhad R. Danesh, Gunter Wolf, and Fuad N. Ziyadeh

Angiotensin II stimulates 3(IV) collagen production in mouse podocytes via TGF-ß and VEGF signalling: implications for diabetic glomerulopathy
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1320-1328; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh837 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Teta, Andrée Tedjani, Michel Burnier, Alan Bevington, Jeremy Brown, and Kevin Harris

Glucose-containing peritoneal dialysis fluids regulate leptin secretion from 3T3-L1 adipocytes
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1329-1335; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh812 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph C. K. Leung, Loretta Y. Y. Chan, Felix F. K. Li, Sydney C. W. Tang, Kwok Wa Chan, Tak Mao Chan, Man Fai Lam, Anders Wieslander, and Kar Neng Lai

Glucose degradation products downregulate ZO-1 expression in human peritoneal mesothelial cells: the role of VEGF
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1336-1349; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh814 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Zareie, An S. De Vriese, Liesbeth H. P. Hekking, Piet M. ter Wee, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Bas A. J. Driesprong, Inge L. Schadee-Eestermans, Robert H. J. Beelen, Norbert Lameire, and Jacob van den Born

Immunopathological changes in a uraemic rat model for peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1350-1361; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh835 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiroetsu Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Tokuriki, Kenichi Saito, Akira Hishida, and Katsushi Suzuki

Glomerular hyperfiltration and hypertrophy in the rat hypoplastic kidney as a model of oligomeganephronic disease
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1362-1369; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh782 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Henley, Matt Colloton, Russell C. Cattley, Edward Shatzen, Dwight A. Towler, David Lacey, and David Martin

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃ but not cinacalcet HCl (Sensipar®/Mimpara®) treatment mediates aortic calcification in a rat model of secondary hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1370-1377; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh834 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nobuaki Eto, Yoko Miyata, Hiroaki Ohno, and Takeyoshi Yamashita

Nicotinamide prevents the development of hyperphosphataemia by suppressing intestinal sodium-dependent phosphate transporter in rats with adenine-induced renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1378-1384; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh781 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jun Fujishiro, Shin-ichi Takeda, Yuichi Takeno, Koichi Takeuchi, Yukiyo Ogata, Masafumi Takahashi, Yoji Hakamata, Takashi Kaneko, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Okada, Keiya Ozawa, Kohei Hashizume, and Eiji Kobayashi

Gene transfer to the rat kidney in vivo and ex vivo using an adenovirus vector: factors influencing transgene expression
NDT Advance Access published on May 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1385-1391; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh783 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ute Eisenberger, Fadi Fakhouri, Philippe Vanhille, Hélène Beaufils, Alfred Mahr, Loic Guillevin, Philippe Lesavre, and Laure-Hélène Noël

ANCA-negative pauci-immune renal vasculitis: histology and outcome
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1392-1399; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh830 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael B. Stokes, Kirk Foster, Glen S. Markowitz, Farhang Ebrahimi, William Hines, Darren Kaufman, Brooke Moore, Daniel Wolde, and Vivette D. D'Agati

Development of glomerulonephritis during anti-TNF- therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1400-1406; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh832 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kamalanathan Sumitra, Viswanathan Pragasam, Ramasamy Sakthivel, Periandavan Kalaiselvi, and Palaninathan Varalakshmi

Beneficial effect of vitamin E supplementation on the biochemical and kinetic properties of Tamm–Horsfall glycoprotein in hypertensive and hyperoxaluric patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1407-1415; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh794 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick D. Brophy, Michael J. G. Somers, Michelle A. Baum, Jordan M. Symons, Nancy McAfee, James D. Fortenberry, Kristine Rogers, Joni Barnett, Douglas Blowey, Cheryl Baker, Timothy E. Bunchman, and Stuart L. Goldstein

Multi-centre evaluation of anticoagulation in patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1416-1421; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh817 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kathy P. Parker, Donald L. Bliwise, James L. Bailey, and David B. Rye

Polysomnographic measures of nocturnal sleep in patients on chronic, intermittent daytime haemodialysis vs those with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1422-1428; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh816 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas W. Storer, Richard Casaburi, Steven Sawelson, and Joel D. Kopple

Endurance exercise training during haemodialysis improves strength, power, fatigability and physical performance in maintenance haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1429-1437; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh784 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brian A. J. Walters and David B. Van Wyck

Benchmarking iron dextran sensitivity: reactions requiring resuscitative medication in incident and prevalent patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1438-1442; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh811 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George R. Bailie, John A. Clark, Christi E. Lane, and Peter L. Lane

Hypersensitivity reactions and deaths associated with intravenous iron preparations
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1443-1449; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh820 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandre Ackad, Gregory T. Simonian, Knight Steel, Christopher Parisi, Sharon Mancini, Claudia Douglas, and Darrell Buckner

A journey in reversing practice patterns: a multidisciplinary experience in implementing DOQI guidelines for vascular access
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1450-1455; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh818 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ryan Holzmacher, Christina Kendziorski, R. Michael Hofman, Jonathan Jaffery, Bryan Becker, and Arjang Djamali

Low serum magnesium is associated with decreased graft survival in patients with chronic cyclosporin nephrotoxicity
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1456-1462; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh831 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunilla Einecke, Manuela Schütz, Ingrid Mai, Lutz Fritsche, Markus Giessing, Petra Glander, Hans-H. Neumayer, and Klemens Budde

Limitations of C₂ monitoring in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1463-1470; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh819 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gwenn E. McLaughlin and Carolyn L. Abitbol

Reversal of oliguric tacrolimus nephrotoxicity in children
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1471-1475; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh785 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Nesrin Besbas, Fatih Ozaltin, Nikola Jeck, Hannsjörg Seyberth, and Michael Ludwig

CLCN5 mutation (R347X) associated with hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis in a Turkish child: an unusual presentation of Dent's disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1476-1479; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh799 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tsuguru Hatta, Shuji Tanda, Tetsuro Kusaba, Keiichi Tamagaki, Hisako Kameyama, Mitsuhiko Okigaki, Keiichi Kanda, Satoshi Numata, Tomoya Inoue, Hitoshi Yaku, Sanae Harada, Kazuo Takeda, and Susumu Sasaki

Sarcoid granulomatous interstitial nephritis and sarcoid abdominal aortic aneurysms
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1480-1482; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh805 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bryce Lund, Steven A. Seifert, and Michael Mayersohn

Efficacy of sustained low-efficiency dialysis in the treatment of salicylate toxicity
NDT Advance Access published on March 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1483-1484; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh796 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ja Hyeon Ku and Hyeon Hoe Kim

Renal failure in a patient with an amputated penis by a dog bite
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1485-1486; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh848 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bassam Alchi, Shinichi Nishi, Seitaro Iguchi, Masaaki Shimotori, Minoru Sakatsume, Mitsuhiro Ueno, Ichiei Narita, Kazuhide Saito, Kota Takahashi, and Fumitake Gejyo

Recurrent light and heavy chain deposition disease after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1487-1491; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh822 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hartmut Campe, Günther F. Hillebrand, Helga Mairhofer, Hans Nitschko, and Gundula Jäger

Undetected chronic hepatitis B virus infection of a vaccinated dialysis patient after liver transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1492-1494; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh823 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Theresa Claus, Roland Schmitt, Christine Stabroth, Friedrich C. Luft, Ralph Kettritz, and C. Michael Gross

Where do we stand with renovascular hypertension?
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1495-1498; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh722 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick B. Mark, Emmanouil Mazonakis, David Shapiro, Richard J. Spooner, and R. Stuart C. Rodger

Pseudohypocalcaemia in an elderly patient with advanced renal failure and renovascular disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1499-1500; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh836 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Yi-Chun Chen, Mei-Chuan Kuo, Hung-Chun Chen, Mon-Quan Liu, and Shang-Jyh Hwang

Chylous ascites and chylothorax due to the existence of transdiaphragmatic shunting in an adult with nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1501-1502; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh791 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hung-Wei Liao, Ke-Hsun Lin, Tso-Hsiao Chen, Chia-Chen Wang, and Yuh-Mou Sue

Penile gangrene in a chronic dialysis patient
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1503-1504; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh789 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Jia-hui Wang, Michael Pazianas, William D. Fraser, Fiona Harris, and John B. Eastwood

Acute renal failure and hypercalcaemia in a man from Guyana: what is the link?
NDT Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1505-1508; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh864 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Mark S. MacGregor, Jillian Campbell, Marion Bain, Chris G. Isles, and Keith Simpson on behalf of the Scottish Renal Registry

Using geographical information systems to plan dialysis facility provision
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1509-1511; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh869 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Landais, Jean Baptiste Richard, and Laurent Toubiana

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1511; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh870 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ihsan Ergün and Kenan Keven

Short-term rosiglitazone treatment in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1511-1512; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh810 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Monica Voytovich, Cathrine Simonsen, Trond Jenssen, Jøran Hjelmesaeth, Anders Åsberg, and Anders Hartmann

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1512; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh815 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Odd Vaage-Nilsen

Revised European Best Practice Guidelines for the management of anaemia in patients with chronic renal failure, part III.2: treatment of anaemia with iron
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1512-1513; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh976 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain C Macdougall, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, and Walter Horl On behalf of the Working Group for the revised EPBG on Anaemia Management

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1513-1514; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh977 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Alessandro Cavarape, Eva Quinkenstein, Stefano Pizzolitto, Giorgio Soardo, and Leonardo Sechi

Henoch–Schönlein purpura in a patient with diabetic nephropathy and vascular complications
NDT Advance Access published on May 17, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1514-1515; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh887 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christoph Sucker, Firuseh Farokhzad, Christine Kurschat, Bernd Grabensee, Marcus Stockschlaeder, Rainer B. Zotz, and Rudiger E. Scharf

High clotting factor activities and enhanced platelet-related haemostasis in a patient with recurrent episodes of thrombotic–thrombocytopenic purpura: additional risk factors for onset and recurrence?
NDT Advance Access published on May 17, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1515-1516; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh886 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc Decupere, Vanessa Ooms, Raymond Oyen, Dirk R. J. Kuypers, and Kathleen Claes

Artifactual hypocalcaemia after intravenous administration of gadodiamide (Omniscan®)
NDT Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1516-1517; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh902 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tim Ulinski, Georges Deschênes, and Albert Bensman

Large-pore haemodialysis membranes: an efficient tool for rapid removal of vancomycin after accidental overdose
NDT Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1517-1518; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh900 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Rose, Robyn G. Karlstadt, and Kelli Walker

Renal failure following bowel cleansing with a sodium phosphate purgative
NDT Advance Access published on May 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1518-1519; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh908 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Basile, Francesco Casucci, and Carlo Lomonte

Timing of first cannulation of arteriovenous fistula: time matters, but there is also something else
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1519-1520; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh847 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

István Wittmann, Péter Degrell, Gergo A. Molnár, Mónika Tamaskó, Károly Kalmár Nagy, Erzsébet Schmidt, Eszter Fehér, László Kalabay, Boglárka Laczy, László Wagner, Zoltán Wagner, and Judit Nagy

Diagnosis and successful management of calciphylaxis in a pancreas–kidney transplant patient
NDT Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1520-1521; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh896 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
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