Annals ofNephrology

Volume: 3 - Number: 24 - July 15, 2005

Outstanding

The SOD Mimetic Tempol Ameliorates Glomerular Injury and Reduces Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activity in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats

Anti-Erythropoietin Antibodies and Pure Red Cell Aplasia

Randomized Trial of Folic Acid for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in End-Stage Renal Disease

The Classification of Glomerulonephritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Revisited

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Basic Transplantation

Chronic Renal Allograft Dysfunction: The Role of T Cell–Mediated Tubular Epithelial to Mesenchymal Cell Transition

Cell and transport physiology

Function and Localization of Urate Transporter 1 in Mouse Kidney

Acute and Chronic Regulation of Thick Ascending Limb Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase by Statins

Cellular Biology

Activation of the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription Signaling Pathway in Renal Proximal Tubular Cells by Albumin

Exogenous PDGF-D Is a Potent Mesangial Cell Mitogen and Causes a Severe Mesangial Proliferative Glomerulopathy

Clinical Nephrology

The Value of N-Acetylcysteine in the Prevention of Radiocontrast Agent-Induced Nephropathy Seems Questionable

CLINICAL SCIENCE: Disease of the Month

Anti-Erythropoietin Antibodies and Pure Red Cell Aplasia

Dialysis

The Relationship Between Systemic and Whole-Body Hematocrit Is Not Constant during Ultrafiltration on Hemodialysis

Increased Plasma S-Nitrosothiol Concentrations Predict Cardiovascular Outcomes among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Study

Vascular Access and All-Cause Mortality: A Propensity Score Analysis

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Albumin versus Saline for the Treatment of Intradialytic Hypotension

Epidemiology and Outcomes

The Number, Quality, and Coverage of Randomized Controlled Trials in Nephrology

Randomized Trial of Folic Acid for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in End-Stage Renal Disease

A Low, Rather than a High, Total Plasma Homocysteine Is an Indicator of Poor Outcome in Hemodialysis Patients

Effect of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection on the Outcome of Critically Ill Patients with Acute Renal Failure Treated with Renal Replacement Therapy

Epidemiology, Results and Health Services

Postoperative Mortality after Nontraumatic Lower Extremity Amputation in Patients with Renal Insufficiency

Analysis of the Relationship between Norepinephrine and Asymmetric Dimethyl Arginine Levels among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

Genetics and development

Rescue of Defective Branching Nephrogenesis in Renal-Coloboma Syndrome by the Caspase Inhibitor, Z-VAD-fmk

Hemodynamics and vascular regulation

The SOD Mimetic Tempol Ameliorates Glomerular Injury and Reduces Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activity in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats

2-Adrenoceptor Activation Attenuates Endotoxin-Induced Acute Renal Failure

Human renal pathology

Chymase-like Angiotensin II–Generating Activity in End-Stage Human Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

Immunology and Pathology

p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation and Cell Localization in Human Glomerulonephritis: Correlation with Renal Injury

Chemokine Receptor CCR1 But Not CCR5 Mediates Leukocyte Recruitment and Subsequent Renal Fibrosis after Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction

Pathophysiology of Renal Disease and Progression

Beneficial Effects of Estrogens on Indices of Renal Damage in Uninephrectomized SHRsp Rats

Successful Treatment of an Adynamic Bone Disorder with Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 in a Renal Ablation Model

The Role of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation in Renal Fibrosis

Paracetamol-Induced Renal Tubular Injury: A Role for ER Stress

Review

N-Acetylcysteine In The Prevention Of Radiocontrast-Induced Nephropathy

SPECIAL FEATURE

The Classification of Glomerulonephritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Revisited