THIS MONTH'S HIGHLIGHTS:

This Month's Highlights

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: A11-A14. [Full Text]  

ASN NEWS:

ASN News

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: A53-A56. [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

Cell and Transport Physiology:

Identification of Functions of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor in Proximal Tubules

Yuji Kamijo, Kazuhiko Hora, Naoki Tanaka, Nobuteru Usuda, Kendo Kiyosawa, Tamie Nakajima, Frank J. Gonzalez, and Toshifumi Aoyama

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1691-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

cDNA Cloning, Functional Characterization, and Tissue Distribution of an Alternatively Spliced Variant of Organic Cation Transporter hOCT2 Predominantly Expressed in the Human Kidney

Yumiko Urakami, Maiko Akazawa, Hideyuki Saito, Masahiro Okuda, and Ken-ichi Inui

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1703-1710. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Role of Organic Anion Transporters in the Tubular Transport of Indoxyl Sulfate and the Induction of its Nephrotoxicity

Atsushi Enomoto, Michio Takeda, Akihiro Tojo, Takashi Sekine, Seok Ho Cha, Suparat Khamdang, Fumio Takayama, Isao Aoyama, Sakurako Nakamura, Hitoshi Endou, and Toshimitsu Niwa

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1711-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hormones, Growth Factors, Cell Signaling, Cell Biology and Structure:

Expression of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 and -2 in Hypoxic and Ischemic Rat Kidneys

Christian Rosenberger, Stefano Mandriota, Jan Steffen Jürgensen, Michael S. Wiesener, Jan H. Hörstrup, Ulrich Frei, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Patrick H. Maxwell, Sebastian Bachmann, and Kai-Uwe Eckardt

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1721-1732. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac and Renal Effects of Standard Versus Rigorous Blood Pressure Control in Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Results of a Seven-Year Prospective Randomized Study

Robert Schrier, Kimberly McFann, Ann Johnson, Arlene Chapman, Charles Edelstein, Godela Brosnahan, Tevfik Ecder, and Lyn Tison

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1733-1739. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Controls Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies—Induced Respiratory Burst in Human Neutrophils

Ralph Kettritz, Mira Choi, Waseem Butt, Madhavi Rane, Susanne Rolle, Friedrich C. Luft, and Jon B. Klein

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1740-1749. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Angiotensin II Stimulates Calcineurin Activity in Proximal Tubule Epithelia through AT-1 Receptor-Mediated Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the PLC-1 Isoform

Janice P. Lea, Shao G. Jin, Brian R. Roberts, Michael S. Shuler, Mario B. Marrero, and James A. Tumlin

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1750-1756. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy in Rats by Prostaglandin E Receptor EP1-Selective Antagonist

Hisashi Makino, Issei Tanaka, Masashi Mukoyama, Akira Sugawara, Kiyoshi Mori, Seiji Muro, Takayoshi Suganami, Kensei Yahata, Rieko Ishibashi, Shuichi Ohuchida, Takayuki Maruyama, Shuh Narumiya, and Kazuwa Nakao

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1757-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Interaction of Endogenous Nephrin and CD2-Associated Protein in Mouse Epithelial M-1 Cell Line

Tuula Palmén, Sanna Lehtonen, Ari Ora, Dontscho Kerjaschki, Corinne Antignac, Eero Lehtonen, and Harry Holthöfer

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1766-1772. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamics, Hypertension, and Vascular Regulation:

Angiotensin Type 2 Receptor Antagonism Confers Renal Protection in a Rat Model of Progressive Renal Injury

Zemin Cao, Fabrice Bonnet, Riccardo Candido, Stefan P. Nesteroff, Wendy C. Burns, Hiroshi Kawachi, Fujio Shimizu, Robert M. Carey, Marc de Gasparo, and Mark E. Cooper

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1773-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impaired Regulation of Renal Oxygen Consumption in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Stephen Adler and Harer Huang

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1788-1794. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Immunology and Pathology:

Peritubular Capillary Regression during the Progression of Experimental Obstructive Nephropathy

Ryuji Ohashi, Akira Shimizu, Yukinari Masuda, Hiroshi Kitamura, Masamichi Ishizaki, Yuichi Sugisaki, and Nobuaki Yamanaka

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1795-1805. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

HIV-1 Nef Induces Proliferation and Anchorage-Independent Growth in Podocytes

Mohammad Husain, G. Luca Gusella, Mary E. Klotman, Irwin H. Gelman, Michael D. Ross, Elissa J. Schwartz, Andrea Cara, and Paul E. Klotman

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1806-1815. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Lesions

Kunihiro Yamagata, Kaori Muro, Jouichi Usui, Masahiro Hagiwara, Hirayasu Kai, Yoh Arakawa, Yoshio Shimizu, Chie Tomida, Kouichi Hirayama, Masaki Kobayashi, and Akio Koyama

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1816-1823. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Molecular Medicine, Genetics and Development:

A Minimal Ksp-Cadherin Promoter Linked to a Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter Gene Exhibits Tissue-Specific Expression in the Developing Kidney and Genitourinary Tract

Xinli Shao, Jane E. Johnson, James A. Richardson, Thomas Hiesberger, and Peter Igarashi

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1824-1836. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Epithelial-Specific Cre/lox Recombination in the Developing Kidney and Genitourinary Tract

Xinli Shao, Stefan Somlo, and Peter Igarashi

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1837-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Association of the P-Glycoprotein Transporter MDR1^C3435T Polymorphism with the Susceptibility to Renal Epithelial Tumors

Michael Siegsmund, Ulrich Brinkmann, Elke Scháffeler, Gregor Weirich, Matthias Schwab, Michel Eichelbaum, Peter Fritz, Oliver Burk, Jochen Decker, Peter Alken, Uwe Rothenpieler, Reinhold Kerb, Sven Hoffmeyer, and Hiltrud Brauch

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1847-1854. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Altered Expression Pattern of Polycystin-2 in Acute and Chronic Renal Tubular Diseases

Nicholas Obermüller, Yiqiang Cai, Bettina Kränzlin, R. Brent Thomson, Norbert Gretz, Wilhelm Kriz, Stefan Somlo, and Ralph Witzgall

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1855-1864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pathophysiology of Renal Disease:

Salt-Sensitivity of Proximal Reabsorption Alters Macula Densa Salt and Explains the Paradoxical Effect of Dietary Salt on Glomerular Filtration Rate in Diabetes Mellitus

Volker Vallon, Dan-Yang Huang, Aihua Deng, Kerstin Richter, Roland C. Blantz, and Scott Thomson

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1865-1871. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impaired Renal Sensory Responses after Renal Ischemia in the Rat

Ming-Chieh Ma, Ho-Shiang Huang, Ming-Shiou Wu, Chiang-Ting Chien, and Chau-Fong Chen

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1872-1883. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Nephrology:

Estimating Total Body Water in Children on the Basis of Height and Weight: A Reevaluation of the Formulas of Mellits and Cheek

Bruce Z. Morgenstern, Douglas W. Mahoney, and Bradley A. Warady

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1884-1888. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Changing Trends in the Survival of Dialysis Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States

Tejinder S. Ahuja, James Grady, and Shilpi Khan

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1889-1893. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Insulin Resistance as an Independent Predictor of Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

Kayo Shinohara, Tetsuo Shoji, Masanori Emoto, Hideki Tahara, Hidenori Koyama, Eiji Ishimura, Takami Miki, Tsutomu Tabata, and Yoshiki Nishizawa

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1894-1900. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Epidemiology and Outcomes:

Familial Risk of Preeclampsia in Newfoundland: A Population-Based Study

Lesa M. Dawson, Patrick S. Parfrey, Donna Hefferton, Elizabeth L. Dicks, M. Jim Cooper, David Young, and Philip A. Marsden

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1901-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Risk Factors for Proteinuria in a Large, Multiracial, Southeast Asian Population

Sylvia Paz B. Ramirez, William McClellan, Friedrich K. Port, and Stephen I-Hong Hsu

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1907-1917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Traditional Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Dialysis Patients Compared with the General Population: The CHOICE Study

J. Craig Longenecker, Josef Coresh, Neil R. Powe, Andrew S. Levey, Nancy E. Fink, Alice Martin, and Michael J. Klag

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1918-1927. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anemia and Renal Insufficiency Are Independent Risk Factors for Death among Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Admitted to Community Hospitals: A Population-Based Study

William M. McClellan, W. Dana Flanders, Robert D. Langston, Claudine Jurkovitz, and Rodney Presley

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1928-1936. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transplantation:

Normalization of Brain Death—Induced Injury to Rat Renal Allografts by Recombinant Soluble P-Selectin Glycoprotein Ligand

Martin Gasser, Ana Maria Waaga, Joana E. Kist-Van Holthe, Susanne M. Lenhard, Igor Laskowski, Gray D. Shaw, Wayne W. Hancock, and Nicholas L. Tilney

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1937-1945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Serum Glomerular Permeability Activity in Patients with Podocin Mutations (NPHS2) and Steroid-ResistantNephrotic Syndrome

Michele Carraro, Gianluca Caridi, Maurizio Bruschi, Mary Artero, Roberta Bertelli, Cristina Zennaro, Luca Musante, Giovanni Candiano, Francesco Perfumo, and Gian Marco Ghiggeri

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1946-1952. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

DISEASE OF THE MONTH:

ANCA-Positive Vasculitis

Lavanya Kamesh, Lorraine Harper, and Caroline O. S. Savage

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1953-1960. [Full Text]  

REVIEWS:

Repuncturing the Renal Biopsy: Strategies for Molecular Diagnosis in Nephrology

Matthias Kretzler, Clemens D. Cohen, Peter Doran, Anna Henger, Stephen Madden, Elisabeth F. Gröne, Peter J. Nelson, Detlef Schlöndorff, and Hermann-Josef Gröne

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1961-1972. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EDITORIALS:

Announcement of NephSAP

Richard J. Glassock and Robert G. Narins

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1973. [Full Text]  

The Breathing Kidney

Leon G. Fine and Jill T. Norman

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1974-1976. [Full Text]  

ANCA Are Pathogenic—Oh Yes They Are!

Ronald J. Falk and J. Charles Jennette

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1977-1979. [Full Text]  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

ANNOUNCEMENTS

J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1980. [Full Text]  

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