Annals ofNephrology

Volume: 2 - Number: 13 - July 15, 2004

Outstanding

Physiology of the renal medullary microcirculation

Pharmacokinetics of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases Compared Renal Transplant Recipients

Renal Transplantation: Can We Reduce Calcineurin Inhibitor/Stop Steroids? Evidence Based on Protocol Biopsy Findings

Serial Estimates of Serum Permeability Activity and Clinical Correlates in Patients with Native Kidney Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

Articles

Osmolality and solute composition are strong regulators of AQP2 expression in renal principal cells

Pharmacokinetics of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases Compared Renal Transplant Recipients

PPAR Agonists Protect Mesangial Cells from Interleukin 1-Induced Intracellular Lipid Accumulation by Activating the ABCA1 Cholesterol Efflux Pathway

Renal Transplantation: Can We Reduce Calcineurin Inhibitor/Stop Steroids? Evidence Based on Protocol Biopsy Findings

Responses of proximal tubule sodium transporters to acute injury-induced hypertension

Reversibility of chronic cyclosporine nephropathy in rats after withdrawal of cyclosporine

Serial Estimates of Serum Permeability Activity and Clinical Correlates in Patients with Native Kidney Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

TGF-1–Mediated Inhibition of HK-2 Cell Migration

Upregulation of Na+ transporter abundances in response to chronic thiazide or loop diuretic treatment in rats

Urinary Concentrating Defect in Hypothyroid Rats: Role of Sodium, Potassium, 2-Chloride Co-Transporter, and Aquaporins

Cell and transport physiology

Silencing of TonEBP/NFAT5 Transcriptional Activator by RNA Interference

TGF- signal transduction and mesangial cell fibrogenesis

Urinary tumor necrosis factor contributes to sodium retention and renal hypertrophy during diabetes

Clinical Nephrology

OFD1, the Gene Mutated in Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome Type 1, Is Expressed in the Metanephros and in Human Embryonic Renal Mesenchymal Cells

Platelet-activating factor and solute transport processes in the kidney

PTH Pulsatility but Not Calcium Sensitivity Is Restored after Total Parathyroidectomy with Heterotopic Autotransplantation

Substrate-dependent regulation of MAO-A in rat mesangial cells: involvement of dopamine D2-like receptors

Dialysis

RhBG and RhCG, the Putative Ammonia Transporters, Are Expressed in the Same Cells in the Distal Nephron

Editorial

Physiology of the renal medullary microcirculation

Therapeutic Role of TGF-–Neutralizing Antibody in Mouse Cyclosporin A Nephropathy: Morphologic Improvement Associated with Functional Preservation

Epidemiology, Results and Health Services

Prognostic Value of Myocardial Perfusion Studies in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Assessed for Kidney or Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis

Hormones, growth factors, cell signaling, cell biology and structure

Prevention and Treatment of Acute Renal Failure in Sepsis

Primary Vesicoureteric Reflux as a Predictor of Renal Damage in Children Hospitalized with Urinary Tract Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Protocol Core Needle Biopsy and Histologic Chronic Allograft Damage Index (CADI) as Surrogate End Point for Long-Term Graft Survival in Multicenter Studies

The Calcimimetic AMG 073 as a Potential Treatment for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism of End-Stage Renal Disease

The Lack of Cyclin Kinase Inhibitor p27Kip1 Ameliorates Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy

Invited review

Podocyte Differentiation and Glomerulogenesis

The Apolipoprotein E Knockout Mouse: A Model Documenting Accelerated Atherogenesis In Uremia

Mineral metabolism and osteology

Regulation of the apical Cl-/HCO-3 exchanger pendrin in rat cortical collecting duct in metabolic acidosis

Molecular medicine, genetics and development

Neutralization of Western diet inhibits bone resorption independently of K intake and reduces cortisol secretion in humans

Molecular, Genetic Medicine and Development

p27Kip1: The "Rosebud" of Diabetic Nephropathy?

Month Disease

Production of the Novel Mesangial Autocrine Growth Factors GDNF and IL-10 Is Regulated by the Immunomodulator AS101

Physiopathology in Renal Diseases

The Thiazide-Sensitive Na-Cl Cotransporter and Human Disease: Reemergence of an Old Player

Transfection of CYP4A1 cDNA increases vascular reactivity in renal interlobar arteries

Review

Pressure Natriuresis in AT2 Receptor–Deficient Mice with L-NAME Hypertension

Transplantation

Regulation of human organic cation transporter hOCT2 by PKA, PI3K, and calmodulin-dependent kinases

Restriction of Dietary Glycotoxins Reduces Excessive Advanced Glycation End Products in Renal Failure Patients