Issue 3/2004
Content (22 Articles)
Role of lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1) in the development of hypertensive organ damage
Katsuyuki Ando, Toshiro Fujita
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin system in chronic renal disease: to do or not to do
Naoyuki Nakao, Hachiro Seno, Hirotake Kasuga, Takanobu Toriyama, Hirohisa Kawahara
Role of mitogen-activated protein kinase in the regulation of transforming growth factor-β-induced fibronectin accumulation in cultured renal interstitial fibroblasts
Hitoe Suzuki, Keiko Uchida, Kosaku Nitta, Hiroshi Nihei
Mesangial cell Fas ligand: upregulation in human lupus nephritis and NF-κB-mediated expression in cultured human mesangial cells
Tomoko Tsukinoki, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Reiko Sunami, Mizuho Kobayashi, Tetsuya Onoda, Yohei Maeshima, Yasushi Yamasaki, Hirofumi Makino
Expression of MMP-9 in mesangial cells and its changes in anti-GBM glomerulonephritis in WKY rats
Tadahide Kuroda, Yutaka Yoshida, Junichi Kamiie, Pavel Kovalenko, Masaaki Nameta, Hidehiko Fujinaka, Eishin Yaoita, Tetsuya Endo, Shunji Ishizuka, Kimimasa Nakabayashi, Akira Yamada, Toshihiko Nagasawa, Tadashi Yamamoto
Suppressive effects of Sairei-to on mesangial proliferation in a rat model of glomerulonephritis
Ning Liu, Toshiaki Makino, Gisho Honda, Eri Muso, Toru Kita, Takahiko Ono
Effect of ureteral obstruction on matrix metalloproteinase-2 in rat renal cortex
Osamu Iimura, Hideaki Takahashi, Takashi Yashiro, Seiji Madoiwa, Youichi Sakata, Yasushi Asano, Eiji Kusano
Nilvadipine attenuates mesangial expansion and glomerular hypertrophy in diabetic db/db mice, a model for type 2 diabetes
Toshiki Moriyama, Kazumasa Oka, Hirotsugu Ueda, Enyu Imai
The effectiveness of steroid therapy for patients with advanced IgA nephropathy and impaired renal function
Takahito Moriyama, Kazuho Honda, Kosaku Nitta, Wako Yumura, Hiroshi Nihei
Clinicopathologic findings relevant to disappearance or relapse of proteinuria following corticosteroid treatment in IgA nephropathy patients with proteinuria of 0.5 to 2.0 g/day
Takayuki Suzuki, Tatsuo Yamamoto, Masaharu Ohura, Yoshihide Fujigaki, Katsuhiko Yonemura, Masato Kimura, Akira Hishida
Prevalence of high fasting plasma glucose and risk of developing end-stage renal disease in screened subjects in Okinawa, Japan
Kunitoshi Iseki, Yoshiharu Ikemiya, Kozen Kinjo, Chiho Iseki, Shuichi Takishita
Reticulocyte hemoglobin content in hemodialysis patients with acute infection
Koji Mitsuiki, Atsumi Harada, Yasuji Miyata
A male patient with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome for 25 years and obesity-associated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Osamu Motoyama, Atsuhiko Muto, Hidetaka Ogiwara, Sonoo Mizuiri, Sadao Kawamura, Kikuo Iitaka
Steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome associated with positive C1q immunofluorescence
Seiji Hashimoto, Yayoi Ogawa, Takashi Ishida, Toshio Mochizuki, Takao Koike, Hidetoshi Sato, Takahiro Ueda
Bisalbuminemia in chronic kidney disease
A. Ahsan Ejaz, Murli Krishna, Andrew Wasiluk, Janice D. Knight
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis
Hiroyuki Takei, Yuichi Komaba, Hiroshi Kitamura, Noriaki Hayama, Hirokazu Osawa, Tetsuya Furukawa, Osamu Hasegawa, Yasuhiko Iino, Yasuo Katayama
Granulomatous interstitial nephritis due to isolated renal sarcoidosis
Ken-ichi Miyoshi, Takafumi Okura, Seiko Manabe, Sanae Watanabe, Tomikazu Fukuoka, Jitsuo Higaki
Adult onset Fanconi syndrome: extensive tubulo-interstitial lesions and glomerulopathy in the early stage of Chinese herbs nephropathy
Itsuro Kazama, Mitsunobu Matsubara, Mari Michimata, Michiko Suzuki, Ryo Hatano, Hiroshi Sato, Sadayoshi Ito
Authors’ response to the Letter to the editor by Y. Urata
Mie Obayashi, Takashi Uzu, Atsushi Yamauchi