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- 1From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground Previous studies have demonstrated Aboriginals are less likely to receive a renal transplant in comparison to Caucasians however whether this applies to the entire population or specific subsets remains...
- 2From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground Kidney involvement in non-Hodgkin lymphoma is well recognized and glomerulonephritis, when present, has been commonly reported to be associated with a membranoproliferative pattern. Case presentation We...
- 3From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground Despite a confirmed association between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), there is no study on patients presenting with nephrotic syndrome (NS). To investigate the frequency of...
- 4From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Yu-Jen Su1 , Shang-Chih Liao1 , Ben-Chung Cheng1 , Jyh-Chang Hwang2 and Jin-Bor Chen1 Background Chronic inflammation remains an important adverse effect in patients undergoing dialysis. Several markers...
- 5From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jelena Klawitter1,2 , Iram Zafar2 , Jost Klawitter1 , Alexander T Pennington1 , Jacek Klepacki1 , Berenice Y Gitomer2 , Robert W Schrier2 , Uwe Christians1 and Charles L Edelstein2 Background Autosomal...
- 6From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Amir Gal-Oz1 , Yehuda G Wolf2 , Galia Rosen3 , Haggai Sharon1 , Idit F Schwartz1 and Gil Chernin1,4 Background Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has gained widespread acceptance as the procedure of...
- 7From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Hai-Ying Kong1 , Fen Chen2 , Yong He2 , Lin-Jiao Wu3 , Li-Qing Wang1 , Sheng-Mei Zhu1 and Shu-Sen Zheng2 Background AKI is one of the most common complications after LT, especially in the early...
- 8From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Benjamin Kearns1 , Hugh Gallagher2 and Simon de Lusignan3 Background Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is largely asymptomatic [1]. Early identification affords opportunities to prevent and delay disease...
- 9From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Xiaoxia Liu1 , Yu Wu2 , Yuan Yang3 , Jue Wang4 , Ye Tao1 , Ping Fu1 and Zhangxue Hu1 Background Lupus is a prototypic autoimmune disease and pathogenesis involves genetic predisposition and...
- 10From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Thomas Larsen1,2 , Frank H Mose1,2 , Jesper N Bech1,2 and Erling B Pedersen1,2 Background Vitamin D receptor activators (VDRAs) have been used in the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism in...
- 11From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Zhenfeng Zheng1 , Huilan Shi2 , Junya Jia1 , Dong Li1 and Shan Lin1 Background Mineral and bone disorders (MBD) are early and common complications of CKD, and progress as glomerular filtration rate...
- 12From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Aline C Hemke1,2 , Martin BA Heemskerk1 , Merel van Diepen3 , Willem Weimar4 , Friedo W Dekker3 and Andries J Hoitsma1,2,5 Background In the Netherlands, in recent years approximately 2000 new patients...
- 13From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Bilirubin (BIL) has been recognized as an endogenous antioxidant that shows a protective effect for cardiorenal diseases. We investigated whether administration of BIL had a protective effect on...
- 14From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome is characterized by neurological symptoms resulting from cerebral edema, which occurs as a consequence of hemodialysis. Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome most often occurs...
- 15From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Placental growth factor (PlGF), pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE), extracellular newly identified receptor for RAGE binding...
- 16From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Malnutrition affects 1/3 of hemodialysis patients and associates with a higher risk of morbidity and mortality. Serum albumin is a marker of nutrition and inflammation, and predicts mortality, particularly...
- 17From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The purpose of this study was to determine whether AMPK influences the survival of primary cultures of mouse proximal tubular (MPT) cells subjected to metabolic stress. Previous studies, using an...
- 18From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground A considerable proportion of IgAN patients present with histological vasculitic/crescentic lesions in glomeruli, indicating activation of vascular inflammation. Using sVCAM-1, a well-proven marker for...
- 19From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground It has been shown that nanomaterials (NMs) are able to translocate to secondary tissues one of the important being the kidneys. Oxidative stress has been implicated as a possible mechanism for NM toxicity,...
- 20From: BMC Nephrology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Cheng Wang1 , Jun Zhang1 , Cui-Cui Li1 , Wen-Yu Gong1 , Xun Liu1 , Zeng-Chun Ye1 , Hui Peng1 and Tan-Qi Lou1 Background The rising prevalence and associated morbidity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has...