Annals ofNephrology

Volume: 5 - Number: 47 - June 15, 2007

Outstanding

MRSA: total war or tolerance?

Blood pressure lowering or selection of antihypertensive agent: which is more important?

Renoprotection of angiotensin receptor blockers: beyond blood pressure lowering

Inflammation and hypertension: the search for a link

Brief Reports

Let MRSA-positive patients live a normal life

Editorial Commentary

MRSA: total war or tolerance?

Blood pressure lowering or selection of antihypertensive agent: which is more important?

Renoprotection of angiotensin receptor blockers: beyond blood pressure lowering

Inflammation and hypertension: the search for a link

Novel anti-inflammatory drugs in hypertension

Editorial reviews

Is it time for spironolactone therapy in dialysis patients?

Does obesity play a role in the pathogenesis of calcific uraemic arteriolopathy?

Original articles: experimental nephrology

Reversal of renal lesions following interruption of nitric oxide synthesis inhibition in transgenic mice

Vitamin D decreases NFB activity by increasing IB levels

Leptospiral membrane proteins stimulate pro-inflammatory chemokines secretion by renal tubule epithelial cells through toll-like receptor 2 and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase

Up-regulation of Cbfa1 and Pit-1 in calcified artery of uraemic rats with severe hyperphosphataemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism

Effect of endothelin receptor antagonist on parathyroid gland growth, PTH values and cell proliferation in azotemic rats

Urinary excretions of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D2 synthase predict the development of proteinuria and renal injury in OLETF rats

Prevalence of renal impairment and its association with cardiovascular risk factors in a general population: results of the Swiss SAPALDIA study

Oxidative stress, inflammation and cardiovascular mortality in haemodialysis—role of seniority and intravenous ferrotherapy: analysis at 4 years of follow-up

Nutritional-inflammation status and resistance to erythropoietin therapy in haemodialysis patients

Association of mineral metabolism with an increase in cellular adhesion molecules: another link to cardiovascular risk in maintenance haemodialysis?

Predictors and outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) calls in a large haemodialysis unit over a seven-year period

Late referral – a major cause of poor outcome in the very elderly dialysis patient