Annals ofTransplants

Volume: 9 - Number: 85 - October 15, 2011

Outstanding

Gender is related to alterations of renal endothelial function in type 2 diabetes

A cut-off value of plasma osteoprotegerin level may predict the presence of coronary artery calcifications in chronic kidney disease patients

Setting dialysis start at 6.0 ml/min/1.73 m2 eGFR—a study on safety, quality of life and economic impact

The impact of arteriovenous fistulas on aortic stiffness in patients with chronic kidney disease

Clinical Nephrology

Gender is related to alterations of renal endothelial function in type 2 diabetes

Association and interaction analyses of genetic variants in ADIPOQ, ENPP1, GHSR, PPAR? and TCF7L2 genes for diabetic nephropathy in a Taiwanese population with type 2 diabetes

Non-muscle myosin heavy chain 9 gene MYH9 associations in African Americans with clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus-associated ESRD

Aberrant galactosylation of IgA1 is involved in the genetic susceptibility of Chinese patients with IgA nephropathy

Intracellular calcium homeostasis in patients with early stages of chronic kidney disease: effects of vitamin D3 supplementation

Clinical significance of bone alkaline phosphatase isoforms, including the novel B1x isoform, in mild to moderate chronic kidney disease

A cut-off value of plasma osteoprotegerin level may predict the presence of coronary artery calcifications in chronic kidney disease patients

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) reflects iron status in haemodialysis patients

Exploration of anaemia as a progression factor in African Americans with cardiovascular disease

Referral patterns to renal services: what has changed in the past 4 years?

The clinicopathological implications of endothelial tubuloreticular inclusions found in glomeruli having histopathology of idiopathic membranous nephropathy

Multidisciplinary predialysis education decreases the incidence of dialysis and reduces mortality—a controlled cohort study based on the NKF/DOQI guidelines

Dialysis

Setting dialysis start at 6.0 ml/min/1.73 m2 eGFR—a study on safety, quality of life and economic impact

The impact of arteriovenous fistulas on aortic stiffness in patients with chronic kidney disease

Effect of demographic characteristics and timing of vascular access maturation on patency in Chinese incident haemodialysis patients

Low levels of IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine-A increase mortality risk in patients undergoing haemodialysis

Post-dilution haemodiafiltration and low-flux haemodialysis have dissimilar effects on platelets: a side study of CONTRAST

Associations of VEGF and its receptors sVEGFR-1 and -2 with cardiovascular disease and survival in prevalent haemodialysis patients

Contribution of subcutaneous fat accumulation to insulin resistance and atherosclerosis in haemodialysis patients

Transplantation

CMV findings in the gastrointestinal tract in kidney transplantation patients, patients with end-stage kidney disease and immunocompetent patients