Annals ofNephrology

Volume: 2 - Number: 8 - January 15, 2004

Outstanding

The Effect of Donor Gender on Graft Survival

Protective effect of renal denervation on normotensive endotoxemia-induced acute renal failure in mice

Role of prostanoids in regulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system by salt intake

Water transport in neonatal and adult rabbit proximal tubules

Acid-base balance

Role of iNOS and eNOS in modulating proximal tubule transport and acid-base balance

Clerance

Rapid microplate method for PAH estimation

Diet

Time course of renal Na-K-ATPase, NHE3, NKCC2, NCC, and ENaC abundance changes with dietary NaCl restriction

Endotoxemia and renal

Protective effect of renal denervation on normotensive endotoxemia-induced acute renal failure in mice

Fibrogenesis

TGF- and CTGF have overlapping and distinct fibrogenic effects on human renal cells

Genetic

Regulation of kidney-specific Ksp-cadherin gene promoter by hepatocyte nuclear factor-2

Hormones, Growth Factors, Cell Signaling, Cell Biology and Structure

SBA-Positive Fibers between the CD Ampulla, Mesenchyme, and Renal Capsule

Ionic channels

Protein kinase G activates inwardly rectifying K+ channel in cultured human proximal tubule cells

Oncology

The electrical resistance breakdown assay determines the role of proteinases in tumor cell invasion

Osmolality

Rate of increase of osmolality determines osmotic tolerance of mouse inner medullary epithelial cells

Oxidative stress

Role of an endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2 in oxidant-induced renal cell death

Phenotypes

SNARE expression and localization in renal epithelial cells suggest mechanism for variability of trafficking phenotypes

Physiology

Urea transporters are distributed in endothelial cells and mediate inhibition of L-arginine transport

Prostanoids

Role of prostanoids in regulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system by salt intake

Reabsortion

rBAT-b0,+AT heterodimer is the main apical reabsorption system for cystine in the kidney

Renal development

Spatial repression of PCNA by p53 during kidney development

Renal medulla

Proliferation and osmotic tolerance of renal inner medullary epithelial cells in vivo and in cell culture

Renal polycystic

The Polycystic Kidney Disease Proteins, Polycystin-1, Polycystin-2, Polaris, and Cystin, Are Co-Localized in Renal Cilia

Signaling

TGF-ß Signaling in Renal Disease

Translacional physiology

Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and the kidney

Translational physiology

The promise of translational physiology

Transplantation

The Effect of Donor Gender on Graft Survival

Xenotransplantation of developing kidneys

Water transport

Water transport in neonatal and adult rabbit proximal tubules

Water y aquoporina

Water permeability of aquaporin-4 is decreased by protein kinase C and dopamine