Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Satellite Symposium “The Kidney and Hypertension” of The 36th Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS), July 24–25, 2009 Tokyo, Japan

List of Contributors

The kidney and hypertension

Katsumasa Kawahara, Kouju Kamata

Cardiorenal connection in chronic kidney disease

Sadayoshi Ito

Convergence of major physiological stimuli for renin release on the Gs-alpha/cyclic adenosine monophosphate signaling pathway

Soo Mi Kim, Josephine P. Briggs, Jurgen Schnermann

Towards developing new strategies to reduce the adverse side-effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Noritaka Kawada, Toshiki Moriyama, Harumi Kitamura, Ryohei Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Furumatsu, Isao Matsui, Yoshitsugu Takabatake, Yasuyuki Nagasawa, Enyu Imai, Christopher S. Wilcox, Hiromi Rakugi, Yoshitaka Isaka

The roles of V1a vasopressin receptors in blood pressure homeostasis: a review of studies on V1a receptor knockout mice

Yoko Fujiwara, Akito Tanoue, Gozoh Tsujimoto, Taka-aki Koshimizu

Regulation and dysregulation of epithelial Na+ channels

Lawrence G. Palmer, Ankit Patel, Gustavo Frindt

Proteolytic activation of the epithelial sodium channel and therapeutic application of a serine protease inhibitor for the treatment of salt-sensitive hypertension

Kenichiro Kitamura, Kimio Tomita

Renal outer medullary potassium channel knockout models reveal thick ascending limb function and dysfunction

Tong Wang

Effects of cytokines on potassium channels in renal tubular epithelia

Kazuyoshi Nakamura, You Komagiri, Manabu Kubokawa

Claudins and renal salt transport

Shigeaki Muto, Mikio Furuse, Eiji Kusano

The role of the kidney in salt-sensitive hypertension

Francesco Trepiccione, Miriam Zacchia, Giovambattista Capasso

Serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 in the regulation of renal and extrarenal potassium transport

Florian Lang, Volker Vallon

Aldosterone stimulates nuclear factor-kappa B activity and transcription of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and connective tissue growth factor in rat mesangial cells via serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible protein kinase-1

Yoshio Terada, Satoko Ueda, Kazu Hamada, Yoshiko Shimamura, Koji Ogata, Kosuke Inoue, Yoshinori Taniguchi, Toru Kagawa, Taro Horino, Toshihiro Takao

Recent advances in renal urate transport: characterization of candidate transporters indicated by genome-wide association studies

Naohiko Anzai, Promsuk Jutabha, Sirirat Amonpatumrat-Takahashi, Hiroyuki Sakurai

Clinical impact of albuminuria in diabetic nephropathy

Takashi Wada, Miho Shimizu, Tadashi Toyama, Akinori Hara, Shuichi Kaneko, Kengo Furuichi

Treatment strategy based on targeting P-glycoprotein on peripheral lymphocytes in patients with systemic autoimmune disease

Shizuyo Tsujimura, Yoshiya Tanaka

Mechanisms and interventions in peritoneal fibrosis

Yasuhiko Tomino

Scavenger receptor expressions in the kidneys of mice with lipoprotein glomerulopathy

Yoshiro Miyahara, Shinsuke Nishimura, Maho Watanabe, Kenji Ito, Hitoshi Nakashima, Takao Saito

Significance of the duration of nephropathy for achieving clinical remission in patients with IgA nephropathy treated by tonsillectomy and steroid pulse therapy

Norio Ieiri, Osamu Hotta, Toshinobu Sato, Yoshio Taguma

Influence of renin–angiotensin system on serum parathyroid hormone levels in uremic patients

Fumihiko Koiwa, Daisuke Komukai, Makoto Hirose, Ashio Yoshimura, Ryoichi Ando, Toshifumi Sakaguchi, Yasuhiro Komatsu, Toshio Shinoda, Daijo Inaguma, Nobuhiko Joki, Hidemi Nishida, Masato Ikeda, Takashi Shigematsu

Hypervolemic hypernatremia in patients recovering from acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit

Ramin Sam, Peter Hart, Roxanna Haghighat, Todd S. Ing

Relationship between dietary intake and microalbuminuria: findings from the Takahata study

Masahiro Sato, Atsushi Hozawa, Tsuneo Konta, Li Shao, Katsumi Otani, Hiroto Narimatsu, Satoshi Sasaki, Takeo Kato, Isao Kubota, Hidetoshi Yamashita, Takamasa Kayama, Akira Fukao

Accumulation of visceral fat in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Takatomi Yurugi, Satoshi Morimoto, Takayuki Okamoto, Yoshifumi Amari, Yuko Kasuno, Masayoshi Fukui, Fumitaka Nakajima, Mitsushige Nishikawa, Toshiji Iwasaka

Urate nephropathy associated with impaired kinetic properties of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase in a 45-day-old infant

Rashi Singal, Sriram Krishnamurthy, Parameswaran Narayanan, Nachiappa Ganesh Rajesh, Bharat Choudhary, Gabriella Jacomelli, Vanna Micheli

Granulomatous interstitial nephritis associated with atypical drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome induced by carbamazepine

Eriko Eguchi, Keiji Shimazu, Kensuke Nishiguchi, Soushi Yorifuji, Atsuo Tanaka, Takashi Kuwahara

Serial renal biopsy findings in a case of POEMS syndrome with recurrent acute renal failure

Atsuko Y. Higashi, Fumiaki Nogaki, Isoroku Kato, Takahiko Ono, Atsushi Fukatsu

Early occurrence of nephrotic syndrome associated with cord blood stem cell transplantation

Kenichiro Miura, Takashi Sekine, Masaru Takamizawa, Hiroshi Terashima, Ayaka Furuya, Katsuyoshi Koh, Junko Takita, Kohmei Ida, Takashi Igarashi

A potential salvage therapy for refractory renal cyst infection in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Chih-Chao Yang, Feng-Rong Chuang, Jin-Bor Chen, Chien-Te Lee, Chien-Hsing Wu

“Fatal” gas in the kidney

Jsun-Liang Kao, Shih-Ching Tsai, Chih-Chung Shiao