This Month's Highlights:

This Month's Highlights

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 909-910. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nephrology beyond JASN:

Cast Nephropathy in Myeloma—Does PACAP38, a New Member of the Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Family, Open a Therapeutic Window?: Potential Protective Action of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activiating Polypeptide (PACAP38) on In Vitro and In Vivo Models of Myeloma Kidney Injury. Blood 107: 661–668, 2006

A. Arimura, M. Li, V. Batuman, W.F. Clark, A.K. Stewart, G.A. Rock, M. Sternbach, D.M. Sutton, B.J. Barrett, A.P. Heidenheim, A.X. Garg, D.N. Churchill, and the Canadian Apheresis Group, L. Langouche, I. Vanhorebeek, D. Vlasselaers, S. Vander Perre, P.J. Wouters, K. Skogstrand, T.K. Hansen, and G. Van den Berghe

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 911-919. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Lithium, Cyclic AMP Signaling, A-Kinase Anchoring Proteins, and Aquaporin-2

Daniel G. Bichet

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 920-922. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Rise of Prevalence and the Fall of Mortality of Patients with Acute Renal Failure: What the Analysis of Two Databases Does and Does Not Tell Us

Norbert Lameire, Wim Van Biesen, and Raymond Vanholder

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 923-925. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Presidential Address:

American Society of Nephrology Presidential Address 2005

Tomas Berl

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 926-931. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Angiogenesis and Endothelial Cell Repair in Renal Disease and Allograft Rejection

Marlies E.J. Reinders, Ton J. Rabelink, and David M. Briscoe

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 932-942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Endothelin System and Its Antagonism in Chronic Kidney Disease

Neeraj Dhaun, Jane Goddard, and DavidJ. Webb

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 943-955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cell and Transport Physiology:

Chloride/Bicarbonate Exchanger SLC26A7 Is Localized in Endosomes in Medullary Collecting Duct Cells and Is Targeted to the Basolateral Membrane in Hypertonicity and Potassium Depletion

Jie Xu, Roger T. Worrell, Hong C. Li, Sharon L. Barone, Snezana Petrovic, Hassane Amlal, and Manoocher Soleimani

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 956-967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Activation of Epithelial Sodium Channels by Mouse Channel Activating Proteases (mCAP) Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes Requires Catalytic Activity of mCAP3 and mCAP2 but not mCAP1

Ditte Andreasen, Grégoire Vuagniaux, Nicole Fowler-Jaeger, Edith Hummler, and Bernard C. Rossier

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 968-976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cell Biology:

Cyclooxygenase-2 Rescues Rat Mesangial Cells from Apoptosis Induced by Adriamycin via Upregulation of Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 (P-Glycoprotein)

Bradley Miller, Vimal A. Patel, and Andrey Sorokin

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 977-985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C-Peptide Signals via G_i to Protect against TNF-–Mediated Apoptosis of Opossum Kidney Proximal Tubular Cells

Nawal M. Al-Rasheed, Gary B. Willars, and Nigel J. Brunskill

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 986-995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Role of Ubiquitin-Like Protein FAT10 in Epithelial Apoptosis in Renal Disease

Michael J. Ross, Matthew S. Wosnitzer, Michael D. Ross, Benedetta Granelli, G. Luca Gusella, Mohammad Husain, Lewis Kaufman, Matthew Vasievich, Vivette D. D’Agati, Patricia D. Wilson, Mary E. Klotman, and Paul E. Klotman

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 996-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Development:

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor–EGF Receptor Cross-Talk Regulates Ureteric Bud Branching Morphogenesis

Ihor V. Yosypiv, Mercedes Schroeder, and Samir S. El-Dahr

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1005-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Loss of Polycystin-1 in Human Cyst-Lining Epithelia Leads to Ciliary Dysfunction

Surya M. Nauli, Sandro Rossetti, Robert J. Kolb, Francis J. Alenghat, Mark B. Consugar, Peter C. Harris, Donald E. Ingber, Mahmoud Loghman-Adham, and Jing Zhou

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1015-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xenobiotic Kidney Organogenesis from Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Using a Growing Rodent Embryo

Takashi Yokoo, Akira Fukui, Toya Ohashi, Yoichi Miyazaki, Yasunori Utsunomiya, Tetsuya Kawamura, Tatsuo Hosoya, Masataka Okabe, and Eiji Kobayashi

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1026-1034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Mineral Metabolism and Bone Disease:

The Epithelial Mg²⁺ Channel Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 6 Is Regulated by Dietary Mg²⁺ Content and Estrogens

Wouter M. Tiel Groenestege, Joost G. Hoenderop, Lambertus van den Heuvel, Nine Knoers, and René J. Bindels

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1035-1043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Immunology and Pathology:

Inducible Co-Stimulatory Molecule Ligand Is Protective during the Induction and Effector Phases of Crescentic Glomerulonephritis

Dragana Odobasic, A. Richard Kitching, Timothy J. Semple, and Stephen R. Holdsworth

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1044-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pathophysiology of Renal Disease and Progression:

Antagonism of PDGF-D by Human Antibody CR002 Prevents Renal Scarring in Experimental Glomerulonephritis

Tammo Ostendorf, Song Rong, Peter Boor, Stefanie Wiedemann, Uta Kunter, Ulrike Haubold, Claudia R.C. van Roeyen, Frank Eitner, Hiroshi Kawachi, Gary Starling, Enrique Alvarez, Glennda Smithson, and Jürgen Floege

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1054-1062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Development of Lithium-Induced Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus Is Dissociated from Adenylyl Cyclase Activity

Yuedan Li, Stephen Shaw, Erik-Jan Kamsteeg, Alain Vandewalle, and Peter M.T. Deen

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1063-1072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heme Oxygenase-2 Deficiency Contributes to Diabetes-Mediated Increase in Superoxide Anion and Renal Dysfunction

Alvin I. Goodman, Praveen N. Chander, Rita Rezzani, Michal L. Schwartzman, Raymond F. Regan, Luigi Rodella, Saadet Turkseven, Elias A. Lianos, Phyllis A. Dennery, and Nader G. Abraham

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1073-1081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diabetic Endothelin B Receptor–Deficient Rats Develop Severe Hypertension and Progressive Renal Failure

Thiemo Pfab, Christa Thöne-Reineke, Franziska Theilig, Ines Lange, Henning Witt, Christiane Maser-Gluth, Michael Bader, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Patricia Ruiz, Sebastian Bachmann, Masashi Yanagisawa, and Berthold Hocher

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1082-1089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Therapeutic Approach for Diabetic Nephropathy Using Gene Delivery of Translocase of Inner Mitochondrial Membrane 44 by Reducing Mitochondrial Superoxide Production

Yanling Zhang, Jun Wada, Izumi Hashimoto, Jun Eguchi, Akihiro Yasuhara, Yashpal S. Kanwar, Kenichi Shikata, and Hirofumi Makino

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1090-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Transplantation:

Therapeutic Strategy with a Membrane-Localizing Complement Regulator to Increase the Number of Usable Donor Organs after Prolonged Cold Storage

Hetal Patel, Richard A.G. Smith, Steven H. Sacks, and Wuding Zhou

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1102-1111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Disease of the Month:

Hemodialysis Vascular Access Dysfunction: A Cellular and Molecular Viewpoint

Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, Vikas P. Sukhatme, and Alfred K. Cheung

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1112-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Nephrology:

Symmetrical Dimethylarginine: A New Combined Parameter for Renal Function and Extent of Coronary Artery Disease

Stefanie M. Bode-Böger, Fortunato Scalera, Jan T. Kielstein, Jens Martens-Lobenhoffer, Günter Breithardt, Manfred Fobker, and Holger Reinecke

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1128-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Incidence and Mortality of Acute Renal Failure in Medicare Beneficiaries, 1992 to 2001

Jay L. Xue, Frank Daniels, Robert A. Star, Paul L. Kimmel, Paul W. Eggers, Bruce A. Molitoris, Jonathan Himmelfarb, and Allan J. Collins

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1135-1142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Declining Mortality in Patients with Acute Renal Failure, 1988 to 2002

Sushrut S. Waikar, Gary C. Curhan, Ron Wald, Ellen P. McCarthy, and Glenn M. Chertow

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1143-1150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Initial Treatment of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome in Children: Prednisone versus Prednisone Plus Cyclosporine A: A Prospective, Randomized Trial

Peter F. Hoyer, Johannes Brodehl on behalf of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pädiatrische Nephrologie (APN)

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1151-1157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Human Genetics:

A Locus for Renal Malformations Including Vesico-Ureteric Reflux on Chromosome 13q33–34

Kalyani R. Vats, Chandra Ishwad, Ish Singla, Ashutosh Vats, Robert Ferrell, Demetrius Ellis, Michael Moritz, Urvashi Surti, Parul Jayakar, Donald R. Frederick, and Abhay N. Vats

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1158-1167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology and Outcomes:

Relationship between Hepatitis C and Chronic Kidney Disease: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Judith I. Tsui, Eric Vittinghoff, Michael G. Shlipak, and Ann M. O’Hare

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1168-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Dialysis:

Cardiac Rehabilitation and Survival of Dialysis Patients after Coronary Bypass

Nancy G. Kutner, Rebecca Zhang, Yijian Huang, and Charles A. Herzog

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1175-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Associations between Changes in Hemoglobin and Administered Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent and Survival in Hemodialysis Patients

Deborah L. Regidor, Joel D. Kopple, Csaba P. Kovesdy, Ryan D. Kilpatrick, Charles J. McAllister, Jason Aronovitz, Sander Greenland, and Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1181-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Immunology and Pathology:

O-Glycosylation of Serum IgD in IgA Nephropathy

Alice C. Smith, Jacob F. de Wolff, Karen Molyneux, John Feehally, and Jonathan Barratt

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1192-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcements:

Announcements

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1200. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Errata

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 1201-1203. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ASN News:

ASN News

J Am Soc Nephrol 17: A21-A22. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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