TABLE OF CONTENTS: Volume 18, Issue 11, November 2007

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Pathophysiology of the Renal Biopsy

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UP FRONT MATTERS

Editorials

Interferon- $beta$ : A Novel Way to Treat Nephrotic Syndrome?
Andrew J. Rees and Renate Kain J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2797-2798. [Full Text] [PDF]

Aquaporin 1, Urea Transporters, and Renal Vascular Bundles
Thomas L. Pallone J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2798-2800. [Full Text] [PDF]

The Wages of Thin
Clifford E. Kashtan J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2800-2802. [Full Text] [PDF]

Occasional Observations

Chronic Kidney Disease—The Promise and the Perils
William G. Couser J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2803-2805. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Commentary

Quantitative Appraisal of Treatment Options for IgA Nephropathy
Francis W. Ballardie J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2806-2809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Review

Antimicrobial Peptides, Innate Immunity, and the Normally Sterile Urinary Tract
Michael Zasloff J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2810-2816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Articles

Role of Environmental Toxins in Endemic (Balkan) Nephropathy
Arthur P. Grollman and Bojan Jelakovic J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2817-2823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

2006 Homer W. Smith Lecture: Taming T Cells
Terry B. Strom J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2824-2832. [Full Text] [PDF]

Frontiers in Nephrology: Viewing the Kidney through the Heart—Endothelial Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease
Michael S. Goligorsky J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2833-2835. [Full Text] [PDF]

Frontiers in Nephrology: Early Atherosclerosis—A View Beyond the Lumen
Mario Gossl, Lilach O. Lerman, and Amir Lerman J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2836-2842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frontiers in Nephrology: The Evolving Therapeutic Applications of Endothelial Progenitor Cells
Jörn Tongers and Douglas W. Losordo J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2843-2852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frontiers in Nephrology: Genomic Approaches to Understanding the Molecular Basis of Atherosclerosis
Euan A. Ashley, Joshua M. Spin, Raymond Tabibiazar, and Thomas Quertermous J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2853-2862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frontiers in Nephrology: Targeting Inflammation Using Novel Nitric Oxide Donors
Gordon Letts and Joseph Loscalzo J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2863-2869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pathophysiology of the Renal Biopsy

Acute Renal Failure and Myalgia in a Transplant Patient
Behzad Najafian, Donald B. Franklin, and Agnes B. Fogo J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2870-2874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

BASIC RESEARCH

Interferon- $beta$ Reduces Proteinuria in Experimental Glomerulonephritis
Simon C. Satchell, Olena Buchatska, Sarah B. Khan, Gurjeet Bhangal, Candida H. Tasman, Moin A. Saleem, Darren P. Baker, Roy R. Lobb, Jennifer Smith, H. Terence Cook, Peter W. Mathieson, and Charles D. Pusey J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2875-2884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Glomerular Endothelial Glycocalyx Constitutes a Barrier to Protein Permeability
Anurag Singh, Simon C. Satchell, Chris R. Neal, Edward A. McKenzie, John E. Tooke, and Peter W. Mathieson J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2885-2893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Renal L-Type Fatty Acid–Binding Protein in Acute Ischemic Injury
Tokunori Yamamoto, Eisei Noiri, Yoshinari Ono, Kent Doi, Kousuke Negishi, Atsuko Kamijo, Kenjiro Kimura, Toshiro Fujita, Tsuneo Kinukawa, Hideki Taniguchi, Kazuo Nakamura, Momokazu Goto, Naoshi Shinozaki, Shinichi Ohshima, and Takeshi Sugaya J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2894-2902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mitogenic Signaling via Platelet-Derived Growth Factor $beta$ in Metanephric Mesenchymal Cells
Brent Wagner, Jill M. Ricono, Yves Gorin, Karen Block, Mazen Arar, Dan Riley, Goutam Ghosh Choudhury, and Hanna E. Abboud J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2903-2911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Viscosity of Contrast Media Perturbs Renal Hemodynamics
Erdmann Seeliger, Bert Flemming, Thomas Wronski, Mechthild Ladwig, Karen Arakelyan, Michael Godes, Martin Möckel, and Pontus B. Persson J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2912-2920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Sustains Stem Cell–Mediated Renal Repair
Barbara Imberti, Marina Morigi, Susanna Tomasoni, Cinzia Rota, Daniela Corna, Lorena Longaretti, Daniela Rottoli, Federica Valsecchi, Ariela Benigni, Jun Wang, Mauro Abbate, Carla Zoja, and Giuseppe Remuzzi J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2921-2928. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Importance of Donor- and Recipient-Derived Selectins in Cardiac Allograft Rejection
Atsushi Izawa, Takuya Ueno, Mollie Jurewicz, Toshiro Ito, Katsunori Tanaka, Masafumi Takahashi, Uichi Ikeda, Olga Sobolev, Paolo Fiorina, Rex Neal Smith, Richard O. Hynes, and Reza Abdi J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2929-2936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Aquaporin-1 Is not Expressed in Descending Thin Limbs of Short-Loop Nephrons
Xiao-Yue Zhai, Robert A. Fenton, Arne Andreasen, Jesper Skovhus Thomsen, and Erik I. Christensen J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2937-2944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Diabetic Nephropathy Is Associated with Oxidative Stress and Decreased Renal Nitric Oxide Production
Sharma Prabhakar, Joel Starnes, Shuping Shi, Betty Lonis, and Ruc Tran J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2945-2952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Survival among Aboriginal People
Song Gao, Braden J. Manns, Bruce F. Culleton, Marcello Tonelli, Hude Quan, Lynden Crowshoe, William A. Ghali, Lawrence W. Svenson, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn for the Alberta Kidney Disease Network J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2953-2959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Significance of Frailty among Dialysis Patients
Kirsten L. Johansen, Glenn M. Chertow, Chengshi Jin, and Nancy G. Kutner J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2960-2967. [Full Text] [PDF]

Racial Differences in End-Stage Renal Disease Rates in HIV Infection versus Diabetes
Andy I. Choi, Rudolph A. Rodriguez, Peter Bacchetti, Daniel Bertenthal, Paul A. Volberding, and Ann M. O'Hare J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2968-2974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Exercise in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients Induces Transcriptional Changes in Genes Favoring Anabolic Muscle
Joel D. Kopple, Huiyuan Wang, Richard Casaburi, Mario Fournier, Michael I. Lewis, Wayne Taylor, and Thomas W. Storer J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2975-2986. [Full Text] [PDF]

NPHS2 Variation in Sporadic Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Louise M. McKenzie, Sher L. Hendrickson, William A. Briggs, Richard A. Dart, Stephen M. Korbet, Michelle H. Mokrzycki, Paul L. Kimmel, Tejinder S. Ahuja, Jeffrey S. Berns, Eric E. Simon, Michael C. Smith, Howard Trachtman, Donna M. Michel, Jeffrey R. Schelling, Monique Cho, Yu C. Zhou, Elizabeth Binns-Roemer, Gregory D. Kirk, Jeffrey B. Kopp, and Cheryl A. Winkler J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2987-2995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mineral Metabolism and Vascular Damage in Children on Dialysis
Rukshana C. Shroff, Ann E. Donald, Melanie P. Hiorns, Alan Watson, Sally Feather, David Milford, Elizabeth A. Ellins, Clare Storry, Deborah Ridout, John Deanfield, and Lesley Rees J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2996-3003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

COL4A3/COL4A4 Mutations Producing Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and Renal Failure in Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy
Konstantinos Voskarides, Loukas Damianou, Vassos Neocleous, Ioanna Zouvani, Stalo Christodoulidou, Valsamakis Hadjiconstantinou, Kyriacos Ioannou, Yiannis Athanasiou, Charalampos Patsias, Efstathios Alexopoulos, Alkis Pierides, Kyriacos Kyriacou, and Constantinos Deltas J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 3004-3016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]