Issue 2/2013
Content (21 Articles)
Another role for nephrologists in disaster medicine
Masafumi Fukagawa, Jong-Il Kim, Hideki Fujii
Japan Renal Biopsy Registry and Japan Kidney Disease Registry: Committee Report for 2009 and 2010
Hitoshi Sugiyama, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Hiroshi Sato, Takao Saito, Yukimasa Kohda, Shinichi Nishi, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Hideyasu Kiyomoto, Hiroyuki Iida, Tamaki Sasaki, Makoto Higuchi, Motoshi Hattori, Kazumasa Oka, Shoji Kagami, Tetsuya Kawamura, Tetsuro Takeda, Hiroshi Hataya, Yuichiro Fukasawa, Atsushi Fukatsu, Kunio Morozumi, Norishige Yoshikawa, Akira Shimizu, Hiroshi Kitamura, Yukio Yuzawa, Seiichi Matsuo, Yutaka Kiyohara, Kensuke Joh, Michio Nagata, Takashi Taguchi, Hirofumi Makino
Mechanisms stimulating muscle wasting in chronic kidney disease: the roles of the ubiquitin-proteasome system and myostatin
Sandhya S. Thomas, William E. Mitch
Decreased expression of aquaporin 2 in the collecting duct of mice lacking the vasopressin V1a receptor
Yukiko Yasuoka, Mizuka Kobayashi, Yuichi Sato, Hiroshi Nonoguchi, Akito Tanoue, Hirotsugu Okamoto, Katsumasa Kawahara
Glomerular expression of connexin 40 and connexin 43 in rat experimental glomerulonephritis
Tetsuo Morioka, Shinichi Okada, Masaaki Nameta, Fadia Kamal, Nadia T. Yanakieva-Georgieva, Jian Yao, Ayako Sato, Honglan Piao, Takashi Oite
A nationwide study of mass urine screening tests on Korean school children and implications for chronic kidney disease management
Byoung-Soo Cho, Won-Ho Hahn, Hae Il Cheong, Inseok Lim, Cheol Woo Ko, Su-Young Kim, Dae-Yeol Lee, Tae-Sun Ha, Jin-Soon Suh
Effects of atorvastatin on renal function in patients with dyslipidemia and chronic kidney disease: Rationale and design of the ASsessment of clinical Usefulness in CKD patients with Atorvastatin (ASUCA) trial
Kenji Ueshima, Masato Kasahara, Daisuke Koya, Tetsuya Babazono, Tosiya Sato, Miyuki Imamoto, Shinji Yasuno, Akira Fujimoto, Shiro Tanaka, Genjiro Kimura, Kazuwa Nakao
Comparison of effective impact among tonsillectomy alone, tonsillectomy combined with oral steroid and with steroid pulse therapy on long-term outcome of immunoglobulin A nephropathy
Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Hiki, Shigeru Nakai, Koichiro Yamamoto, Kazuo Takahashi, Shigehisa Koide, Kazutaka Murakami, Makoto Tomita, Midori Hasegawa, Shiro Kawashima, Satoshi Sugiyama, Yukio Yuzawa
Decreased physical function in pre-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease
Koji Hiraki, Takashi Yasuda, Chiharu Hotta, Kazuhiro P. Izawa, Yuji Morio, Satoshi Watanabe, Tsutomu Sakurada, Yugo Shibagaki, Kenjiro Kimura
Angiographic characteristics of coronary arterial segments progressing to myocardial infarction in patients with and without chronic kidney disease
David M. Charytan, Pallav Garg, Manu Varma, Michael S. Garshick, Cathy Jeon, Laura Mauri
The administration of pitavastatin augments creatinine clearance associated with reduction in oxidative stress parameters: acute and early effects
Hirokazu Kakuda, Keizo Kanasaki, Daisuke Koya, Noboru Takekoshi
Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis on the decline: decreased rate from the 1970s to the 2000s in Japan
Tetsuya Kawamura, Joichi Usui, Koji Kaseda, Kenji Takada, Itaru Ebihara, Takashi Ishizu, Tadashi Iitsuka, Kentaro Sakai, Katsumi Takemura, Masaki Kobayashi, Akio Koyama, Katsuyoshi Kanemoto, Ryo Sumazaki, Noriko Uesugi, Masayuki Noguchi, Michio Nagata, Machi Suka, Kunihiro Yamagata
Annual incidence of persistent proteinuria in the general population from Ibaraki annual urinalysis study
Kei Nagai, Chie Saito, Fumiyo Watanabe, Reiko Ohkubo, Chihiro Sato, Tetsuya Kawamura, Kensuke Uchida, Akira Hiwatashi, Hirayasu Kai, Kumiko Ishida, Toshimi Sairenchi, Kunihiro Yamagata
Efficacy of dialysis in peritoneal dialysis: utility of bioimpedance to calculate Kt/V and the search for a target Kt
G. Martínez Fernández, A. Ortega Cerrato, J. Masiá Mondéjar, A. Pérez Rodríguez, F. Llamas Fuentes, C. Gómez Roldán, Juan Pérez-Martínez
Stiffness parameter β as a predictor of the 4-year all-cause mortality of chronic hemodialysis patients
Masayo Sato, Tetsuya Ogawa, Kuniaki Otsuka, Yoshitaka Ando, Kosaku Nitta
Immunogenicity of low-dose MF59-adjuvanted 2009 influenza A/H1N1 vaccine in dialysis patients
Jungmin Son, Soo Bong Lee, Dong Won Lee, Il Young Kim, Su Jin Lee, Sun Min Lee, Sang Heon Song, Eun Young Seong, Ihm Soo Kwak
Heme oxygenase-1 attenuates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of human peritoneal mesothelial cells
Kitae Bang, Jinuk Jeong, Jong Ho Shin, Ju Hyung Kang, Chang Nam Kim, Hye-Jung Yeom, Myeong Ok Yoon, Jaeseok Yang, Curie Ahn, Jong-Ik Hwang, Mee Young Park, Joo-Heon Kim, Kang Wook Lee
Prognostic significance of left ventricular hypertrophy observed at dialysis initiation depends on the pre-dialysis use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents
Terumasa Hayashi, Tomonori Kimura, Keiko Yasuda, Yoshitsugu Obi, Koichi Sasaki, Kenichiro Iio, Kenro Miyasato, Taro Kamimura, Harumi Kitamura, Yoshiharu Tsubakihara, Hiromi Rakugi, Yoshitaka Isaka
Use of the ImmuKnow assay to evaluate the effect of alemtuzumab-depleting induction therapy on cell-mediated immune function after renal transplantation
Hao Zhou, Jian Lin, Shushang Chen, Liqiang Ma, Zhenzhen Qiu, Weidong Chen, Xin’an Zhang, Yi Zhang, Xiuquan Lin
A single daily dose enhances the adherence to immunosuppressive treatment in kidney transplant recipients: a cross-sectional study
Yoshitsugu Obi, Naotsugu Ichimaru, Taigo Kato, Jun-ya Kaimori, Masayoshi Okumi, Koji Yazawa, Hiromi Rakugi, Norio Nonomura, Yoshitaka Isaka, Shiro Takahara
Erratum to: Validation of the equations for estimating daily sodium excretion from spot urine in patients with chronic kidney disease
Enyu Imai, Yoshinari Yasuda, Masaru Horio, Kanako Shibata, Sawako Kato, Yu Mizutani, Junko Imai, Mutsuharu Hayashi, Hideki Kamiya, Yutaka Oiso, Toyoaki Murohara, Shoichi Maruyama, Seiichi Matsuo