Annals ofNephrology

Volume: 3 - Number: 20 - February 15, 2005

Outstanding

Aquaporin Expression in Normal Human Kidney and in Renal Disease

How to Manage the Renal Patient with Coronary Heart Disease: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Opinion-Based Medicine

Hypertension and Progression of Chronic Renal Insufficiency in Children: A Report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS)

Role of the Endothelin-1 Gene Locus for Renal Impairment in the General Nondiabetic Population

Cellular Biology

Protein Overload Induces Fractalkine Upregulation in Proximal Tubular Cells through Nuclear Factor B– and p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase–Dependent Pathways

Clinical Nephrology

A Comparison of Prediction Equations for Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate in Adults without Kidney Disease

Aquaporin Expression in Normal Human Kidney and in Renal Disease

Urinary Excretion of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

Dialysis

Improved Acidosis Correction and Recovery of Mesothelial Cell Mass with Neutral-pH Bicarbonate Dialysis Solution among Children Undergoing Automated Peritoneal Dialysis

Impairment of Transendothelial Leukocyte Migration by Iron Complexes

Regular Monitoring of Access Flow Compared with Monitoring of Venous Pressure Fails to Improve Graft Survival

Protocolized Anemia Management with Erythropoietin in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Epidemiology, Results and Health Services

Prospective Study of Neuropeptide Y as an Adverse Cardiovascular Risk Factor in End-Stage Renal Disease

Hypertension and Progression of Chronic Renal Insufficiency in Children: A Report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS)

Risk Factors for Incident Stroke among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

Genetics and development

WNK1, a Gene within a Novel Blood Pressure Control Pathway, Tissue-Specifically Generates Radically Different Isoforms with and without a Kinase Domain

Hemodynamics and vascular regulation

Adenosine Induces Vasoconstriction through Gi-Dependent Activation of Phospholipase C in Isolated Perfused Afferent Arterioles of Mice

Chronic Renal Failure Accelerates Atherogenesis in Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice

Human genetics

Role of the Endothelin-1 Gene Locus for Renal Impairment in the General Nondiabetic Population

X-Linked Alport Syndrome: Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Girls and Women Belonging to 195 Families: A "European Community Alport Syndrome Concerted Action" Study

Immunology and Pathology

Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase: Its Role and Regulation in Macula Densa Cells

Evaluation of a Thick and Thin Section Method for Estimation of Podocyte Number, Glomerular Volume, and Glomerular Volume Per Podocyte in Rat Kidney with Wilms’ Tumor-1 Protein Used as a Podocyte Nuclear Marker

Transgenic Overexpression of GATA-3 in T Lymphocytes Improves Autoimmune Glomerulonephritis in Mice with a BXSB/MpJ-Yaa Genetic Background

CCR2 Signaling Contributes to Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Kidney

Excessive Matrix Accumulation in the Kidneys of MRL/lpr Lupus Mice Is Dependent on Complement Activation

Month Disease

How to Manage the Renal Patient with Coronary Heart Disease: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Opinion-Based Medicine

Pathophysiology of renal disease and progression

Protection of Wistar Furth Rats from Chronic Renal Disease Is Associated with Maintained Renal Nitric Oxide Synthase

Identification of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as a Novel Early Urinary Biomarker for Ischemic Renal Injury

Obstructive Uropathy in Mice and Humans: Potential Role for PDGF-D in the Progression of Tubulointerstitial Injury