Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Searching for novel intercellular signal-transducing molecules in the kidney and their clinical application

Kiyoshi Mori, Masashi Mukoyama, Kazuwa Nakao

(E)-N-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenethyl)]-N-methyl-3-(3-pyridyl)-2-propenamide (TJN-331) inhibits mesangial expansion in experimental IgA nephropathy in ddY mice

Yayoi Saegusa, Chiharu Sadakane, Junichi Koseki, Yoshihiro Hasegawa, Shoichiro Shindo, Shuichi Takeda, Hiroshi Takeda, Tomohisa Hattori

High-calorie diet with moderate protein restriction prevents cachexia and ameliorates oxidative stress, inflammation and proteinuria in experimental chronic kidney disease

Hyun Ju Kim, Nosratola D. Vaziri, Keith Norris, Won Suk An, Yasmir Quiroz, Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe

Increased urinary levels of the leukocyte adhesion molecules ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 in human lupus nephritis with advanced renal histological changes: preliminary findings

Mohamed Ismail Abd-Elkareem, Hegazy Mogahed Al Tamimy, Osama A. Khamis, Salama S. Abdellatif, Mahmoud Rezk Abdelwahed Hussein

Chronic Kidney Disease Japan Cohort study: baseline characteristics and factors associated with causative diseases and renal function

Enyu Imai, Seiichi Matsuo, Hirofumi Makino, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Tadao Akizawa, Kosaku Nitta, Satoshi Iimuro, Yasuo Ohashi, Akira Hishida

Erratum to: Chronic Kidney Disease Japan Cohort study: baseline characteristics and factors associated with causative diseases and renal function

Enyu Imai, Seiichi Matsuo, Hirofumi Makino, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Tadao Akizawa, Kosaku Nitta, Satoshi Iimuro, Yasuo Ohashi, Akira Hishida

Clinical effects of calcium channel blockers and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors on changes in the estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with polycystic kidney disease

Michihiro Mitobe, Takumi Yoshida, Hidekazu Sugiura, Shunji Shiohira, Katsunori Shimada, Kosaku Nitta, Ken Tsuchiya

Th2 cells predominate in idiopathic steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome

Takahiro Kanai, Hirohiko Shiraishi, Takanori Yamagata, Takane Ito, Jun Odaka, Takashi Saito, Jun Aoyagi, Mariko Y. Momoi

Association between cystatin C and inflammation in patients with essential hypertension

Takafumi Okura, Masanori Jotoku, Jun Irita, Daijiro Enomoto, Tomoaki Nagao, Veena Rasika Desilva, Shiho Yamane, Zuowei Pei, Shiho Kojima, Yasuyuki Hamano, Shinichi Mashiba, Mie Kurata, Ken-ichi Miyoshi, Jitsuo Higaki

Three-year extension study of lanthanum carbonate therapy in Japanese hemodialysis patients

Takashi Shigematsu

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with both anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies and myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies

Hitoshi Watanabe, Wataru Kitagawa, Keisuke Suzuki, Masabumi Yoshino, Ryuhei Aoyama, Naoto Miura, Kazuhiro Nishikawa, Hirokazu Imai

Churg–Strauss syndrome with severe granulomatous angiitis and crescentic glomerulonephritis, which developed during therapy with a leukotriene receptor antagonist

Takahiro Kanda, Hitoshi Tanio, Chunmo Wu, Hiroji Nishihara, Fumiaki Nogaki, Takahiko Ono

Discrepancy between cystatin C and creatinine points leading to a diagnosis of postrenal acute kidney injury and its reversibility: three case reports

Nao Fujisawa, Masatomo Yashiro, Hiroyoshi Segawa, Yuko Kadoya, Tadashi Kamata

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with hepatitis B induced type 1 membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Vishwanath Sathyanarayanan, Abdul Razak, Girish Narayan, Mukhyaprana Prabhu, Balasubramanian Ramachandran, Kudva Ranjini, Monappa Vidya, Kusum Joshi

Successful treatment of lipoprotein glomerulopathy in a daughter and a mother using niceritrol

Hiroko Hamatani, Keiju Hiromura, Keiko Kobatake, Hiroaki Yoshida, Satsuki Kobayashi, Naohiro Yoneda, Ken Kayakabe, Takayuki Matsumoto, Takashi Kuroiwa, Kazue Ueki, Yoshihisa Nojima

Long-term preserved renal function of a patient with mass-forming granulomatous interstitial nephritis by biopsy-based steroid therapy

Junji Yamauchi, Yoshifumi Ubara, Tatsuya Suwabe, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Noriko Hayami, Naoto Tominaga, Fumi Takemoto, Kenichi Ohashi, Kenmei Takaichi

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Ju Youn Kim, Min Young Lee, Biro Kim, Cheol Whee Park, Yoon Sik Chang, Sungjin Chung

A case of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in a patient on peritoneal dialysis

Mineaki Kitamura, Akira Furusu, Megumi Hirose, Tomoya Nishino, Yoko Obata, Tadashi Uramatsu, Shigeru Kohno

Mycophenolate mofetil-induced agranulocytosis in a renal transplant recipient

Katsuomi Matsui, Yugo Shibagaki, Hideo Sasaki, Tatsuya Chikaraishi, Takashi Yasuda, Kenjiro Kimura

Renal allograft recipient with co-existing BK virus nephropathy and pulmonary histoplasmosis: report of a case

Alok Sharma, Ruchika Gupta, Arvind Ahuja, Venkateswaran K. Iyer, Mitul Bora, Sanjay K. Agarwal, Amit K. Dinda

Acute kidney injury in a child with MCNS during cyclosporine A and acyclovir treatment

Ivana Pela, Maria Vittoria Micheletti

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