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  1. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a growing public health problem. Many risk factors were identified and interventions were applied accordingly, but the incidence of end-stage renal disease continued increasing....

    Authors: Chung-Yen Lu, Yin-Cheng Chen, Yu-Wen Lu, Chih-Hsin Muo and Ray-E Chang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:304
  2. New non-invasive biomarkers are demanded to identify renal damage in various autoimmune-associated kidney diseases. Glomerular podocyte damage mediated by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) plays an important ...

    Authors: Jian Lu, Ze Bo Hu, Pei Pei Chen, Chen Chen Lu, Jia Xiu Zhang, Xue Qi Li, Ben Yin Yuan, Si Jia Huang and Kun Ling Ma
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:303
  3. Chromium is an essential trace metal that reduces oxidative stress and inflammation. In patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), a correlation among chromium exposure, inflammation, and malnutrition...

    Authors: Ching-Wei Hsu, Cheng-Hao Weng, Cheng-Chia Lee, Tzung-Hai Yen and Wen-Hung Huang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:302
  4. Impaired T cell immune function exists in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Dialysis treatment may lead to changes in T cell subsets. In the present study, we aimed to identify alterations of T cell phe...

    Authors: Jiao Xiaoyan, Chen Rongyi, Cao Xuesen, Zou Jianzhou, Ji Jun, Ding Xiaoqiang and Yu Xiaofang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:301
  5. A chronic inflammatory state is a prominent feature in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is a transcription factor that regulates the expression of genes involved in ...

    Authors: Jia-Hwa Yang, Wei-Teing Chen, Meng-Chang Lee, Wen-Hui Fang, Yu-Juei Hsu, Chin-Lin, Hsiang-Cheng Chen, Hsueh-Lu Chang, Chien-Fu Chen, Min-Yu Tu, Chien-Wei Kuo, Yuan-Hau Lin, Po-Jen Hsiao and Sui-Lung Su
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:300
  6. Haemodialysis is capable of prolonging life in patients with end stage renal disease, however this therapy comes with significant negative impact on quality of life. For patients requiring haemodialysis, the n...

    Authors: M. Field, A.Z Khawaja, J. Ellis, T. Nieto, J. Hodson and N. Inston
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:299
  7. Chronic Kidney Disease in certain part of Sri Lanka and increasing burden of CKD in some other countries is a global public health problem. While the underlying causes of majority of cases are unknown, effecti...

    Authors: Nalaka Herath, Rajeewa Dassanayake, Manjula Dissanayake, Chamara Janitha, Kosala Weerakoon, Chalaka Kumarasinghe, Terence Gamini de Silva and Suneth Agampodi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:298
  8. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a well-known immunomodulator, has recently been found to be a promising and safe anti-proteinuric agent for treating IgA nephropathy (IgAN). We aimed to compare the efficacy and safet...

    Authors: Ya-zi Yang, Pei Chen, Li-Jun Liu, Qing-Qing Cai, Su-Fang Shi, Yu-Qing Chen, Ji-Cheng Lv and Hong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:297
  9. Transplant failure requires the consideration of numerous potential causes including rejection, acute tubular necrosis, infection, and recurrence of the original kidney disease. Kidney biopsy is generally requ...

    Authors: Linus A. Völker, Katharina Burkert, Niklas Scholten, Franziska Grundmann, Christine Kurschat, Thomas Benzing, Jürgen Hampl, Jan Ulrich Becker and Roman-Ulrich Müller
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:296
  10. Short-term hemoglobin (Hb) variability related to volume status is observed in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients receiving hemodialysis (HD). Given the lack of studies regarding outcomes according to the d...

    Authors: Soo Ya Bae, Jae Wan Jeon, Seong Hoon Kim, Chung Hee Baek, Jai Won Jang, Won Seok Yang, Soon Bae Kim, Su-Kil Park, Sang Koo Lee and Hyosang Kim
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:295
  11. Although hemodialysis is a highly effective treatment for diffusive clearance of low molecular weight uremic toxins, its effect on circulating extracellular vesicles and submicron particles is less clear. The ...

    Authors: Marcel Ruzicka, Fengxia Xiao, Hussein Abujrad, Yasamin Al-Rewashdy, Vera A. Tang, Marc-André Langlois, Alexander Sorisky, Teik Chye Ooi and Dylan Burger
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:294
  12. Eighty percent of children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome respond well to steroid therapy, but up to 50% of patients with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome exhibit frequently relapsing (FRNS) or steroid...

    Authors: China Nagano, Mayumi Sako, Koichi Kamei, Kenji Ishikura, Hidefumi Nakamura, Koichi Nakanishi, Takashi Omori, Kandai Nozu and Kazumoto Iijima
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:293
  13. Renal proximal tubular sodium and glucose reabsorption are regulated by the sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT2). Changes in this transporter can play a role in hyperglycaemia and reactive oxygen species (ROS)...

    Authors: Humberto Reyes-Pardo, Rocío Bautista, Hilda Vargas-Robles, Amelia Rios, Daniel Sánchez and Bruno Escalante
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:292
  14. Neutrophil gelatinase-assoicated lipocalin (NGAL) appears to be a promising proximal tubular injury biomarker for early prediction of delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplant recipients. However, its ...

    Authors: Ya Mei Li, Yi Li, Lin Yan, Han Wang, Xiao Juan Wu, Jiang Tao Tang, Lan Lan Wang and Yun Ying Shi
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:291
  15. Microparticles (MPs) are biomarkers and mediators of disease through their expression of surface receptors, reflecting activation or stress in their parent cells. Endothelial markers, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, are im...

    Authors: Kristina Lundwall, Josefin Mörtberg, Fariborz Mobarrez, Stefan H. Jacobson, Gun Jörneskog and Jonas Spaak
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:290
  16. Despite significant advances in surgical techniques, immunosuppression protocols, follow up periods and antimicrobial stewardship in modern medicine; post-renal transplantation urinary tract infection remained...

    Authors: Teklehaimanot Kiros, Daniel Asrat, Zeleke Ayenew and Estifanos Tsige
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:289
  17. The reactive hyperemia index (RHI), measured by peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT), is a novel measurement of endothelial function and has been proven to be valuable in cardiovascular risk stratification in s...

    Authors: Lulu Wang, Xiaoqin Huang, Weichun He, Wenjin Liu and Junwei Yang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:288
  18. Many patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) need dialysis at disease onset due to severe kidney injury. Determining whether they can become dialysis independent i...

    Authors: Peng-cheng Xu, Tong Chen, Si-jing Wu, Xia Yang, Shan Gao, Shui-yi Hu, Li Wei and Tie-kun Yan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:287
  19. Readmission within 30 days of hospital discharge is common and costly among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Little is known about long-term outcomes after readmission. We estimated the association bet...

    Authors: Katherine H. Ross, Bernard G. Jaar, Janice P. Lea, Tahsin Masud, Rachel E. Patzer and Laura C. Plantinga
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:285
  20. Disagreements between clinic and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) measurements are well-described in the general population. Though hypertension is frequent in renal transplant recipients, only a few studies add...

    Authors: Eitan Gluskin, Keren Tzukert, Irit Mor-Yosef Levi, Olga Gotsman, Itamar Sagiv, Roy Abel, Aharon Bloch, Dvorah Rubinger, Michal Aharon, Michal Dranitzki Elhalel and Iddo Z. Ben-Dov
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:284
  21. Compensation of contralateral kidney function after living-donor kidney donation is well known, and many predictive factors have been proposed. However, no prediction model has been proposed. This study was pe...

    Authors: Kenji Okumura, Shigeyoshi Yamanaga, Kosuke Tanaka, Kohei Kinoshita, Akari Kaba, Mika Fujii, Masatomo Ogata, Yuji Hidaka, Mariko Toyoda, Soichi Uekihara, Akira Miyata, Akito Inadome and Hiroshi Yokomizo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:283
  22. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major global health problem. We aim to evaluate the epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes of AKI episodes in our single centre.

    Authors: Su Hooi Teo, Kian-Guan Lee, Riece Koniman, Alvin Ren Kwang Tng, Zhong Hong Liew, Thin Thiri Naing, Huihua Li, Ru Yu Tan, Han Khim Tan, Hui Lin Choong, W. Y. Marjorie Foo and Manish Kaushik
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:282
  23. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is common in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis, but is frequently underdiagnosed. The risk factors for PAD are well known within the general population, bu...

    Authors: Radislav R. Ašćerić, Nada B. Dimković, Goran Ž. Trajković, Biljana S. Ristić, Aleksandar N. Janković, Petar S. Durić and Nenad S. Ilijevski
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:281
  24. Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While prednisone is strongly associated with SRC, there are no previous large cohort studies that have evaluated ace inhib...

    Authors: S. M. Gordon, J. B. Hughes, R. Nee, R. S. Stitt, W. T. Bailey, D. J. Little, J. D. Edison and S. W. Olson
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:279
  25. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD) are not well characterized in prostate cancer patients. This study aimed to examine the clinical characteristics and postsurgical outcomes of pat...

    Authors: Chen Ning, Xinyi Hu, Fangming Liu, Jun Lin, Jian Zhang, Zhipeng Wang and Yichen Zhu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:278
  26. Metformin has shown promising results regarding cystogenesis inhibition in preclinical studies with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) models. We designed a prospective, preliminary, single-a...

    Authors: Bogdan Marian Sorohan, Gener Ismail, Andreea Andronesi, Georgia Micu, Bogdan Obrișcă, Roxana Jurubiță, Ioanel Sinescu and Cătălin Baston
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:276
  27. Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal Immunoglobulin (G) deposits (PGNMID) is a rare kind of MGRS with intact monoclonal IgG deposition. Seventy percent of PGNMID patients were negative for M-spike.

    Authors: Xiao-juan Yu, Nan Hu, Su-xia Wang, Fu-de Zhou and Ming-hui Zhao
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:275
  28. In recent years we have witnessed an increase in infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). In our setting, we have observed a dramatic increase in infections caused...

    Authors: Gemma Sanclemente, Marta Bodro, Carlos Cervera, Laura Linares, Frederic Cofán, Francesc Marco, Jordi Bosch, Federico Oppenheimer, Fritz Dieckmann and Asunción Moreno
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:274
  29. Acute kidney injury (AKI) affects approximately 13% of patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, and is a common and important clinical sign of perioperative injury. The aim of our analysis was to identify ...

    Authors: Ivana Dedinská, Peter Mikolajčík, Patra Skálová, Marián Mokáň and Ľudovít Laca
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:272
  30. Monogenic mutations may be a significant cause of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. NUP93 is a gene previously reported to cause isolated steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome.

    Authors: Ibrahim Sandokji, Jonathan Marquez, Weizhen Ji, Cynthia A. Zerillo, Monica Konstantino, Saquib A. Lakhani, Mustafa K. Khokha and Jillian K. Warejko
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:271
  31. Despite well-publicized suggestions to utilize arteriovenous fistulae and grafts to initiate hemodialysis, too many patients in the United States start dialysis via central venous catheters despite their well-...

    Authors: Tanya T. Tang, Murray L. Levin, Shubhada N. Ahya, Khaled Boobes and Muhammad H. Hasan
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:270
  32. The product of the concentrations of urinary tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-7 (urinary [TIMP-2] × [IGFBP-7]) has been suggested as biomarker for early d...

    Authors: Judith Schiefer, Paul Lichtenegger, Gabriela A. Berlakovich, Walter Plöchl, Claus G. Krenn, David M. Baron, Joanna Baron-Stefaniak and Peter Faybik
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:269
  33. Current paradigms of detecting acute kidney injury (AKI) are insensitive and non-specific. Klotho is a pleiotropic protein that is predominantly expressed in renal tubules. In this study, we evaluated the diag...

    Authors: Yingying Qian, Lin Che, Yucheng Yan, Renhua Lu, Mingli Zhu, Song Xue, Zhaohui Ni and Leyi Gu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:268
  34. CKD has been recognized as risk factors for 25(OH) D deficiency, and Low levels of 25(OH) D have been suggested to be a trigger factor of decreased level of Hb. However, there is lack of information about the ...

    Authors: Shiv Kumar Sah and Laxman Prasad Adhikary
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:267
  35. Sclerostin, an antagonist of the Wingless-type mouse mammary tumor virus integration site (Wnt) pathway that regulates bone metabolism, is a potential contributor of chronic kidney disease (CKD)–mineral and bo...

    Authors: Te-Hui Kuo, Wei-Hung Lin, Jo-Yen Chao, An-Bang Wu, Chin-Chung Tseng, Yu-Tzu Chang, Hung-Hsiang Liou and Ming-Cheng Wang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:266
  36. Palliative care has improved the quality of end-of-life (EOL) care and lowered the health care cost of cancer, and these benefits should be extended to patients with other serious illnesses including end-stage...

    Authors: Jui-Kun Chiang, Jean-Shi Chen and Yee-Hsin Kao
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:265
  37. Many older patients approaching end-stage kidney disease have to decide whether to go for dialysis or non-dialytic conservative care (CC). Shared decision-making is recommended to align the treatment plan with...

    Authors: Wouter R. Verberne, Wanda S. Konijn, Karen Prantl, Janneke Dijkers, Margriet T. Roskam, Johannes J. M. van Delden and Willem Jan W. Bos
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:264
  38. IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) often affects multiple organs and tissues, especially the kidneys, and is characterized by interstitial nephritis, obstructive nephropathy, and in rare cases glomerulopathy (incl...

    Authors: Nan-Nan Zhang, Yan-Yun Wang, Ling-Xin Kong, Wan-Zhong Zou and Bao Dong
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:263
  39. There is limited evidence on the relationship between social support and renal outcomes in African Americans. We sought to determine the association of social support with prevalent chronic kidney disease (CKD...

    Authors: Rasheeda K. Hall, Clemontina A. Davenport, Mario Sims, Cathleen Colón-Emeric, Tiffany Washington, Jennifer St. Clair Russell, Jane Pendergast, Nrupen Bhavsar, Julia Scialla, Crystal C. Tyson, Wei Wang, Yuan-I Min, Bessie Young, L. Ebony Boulware and Clarissa J. Diamantidis
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:262
  40. Epidemiologic studies has shown an association of albuminuria and low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with dementia, but the findings are inconsistent. This study examines the association between e...

    Authors: Jessica Mira Gabin, Solfrid Romundstad, Ingvild Saltvedt and Jostein Holmen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:261
  41. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding system is the industry standard tool for billing, disease classification, and epidemiology purposes. However, ICD codes are often not assigned or incor...

    Authors: Kabir Jalal, Edwin J. Anand, Rocco Venuto, Joe Eberle and Pradeep Arora
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:260
  42. Approximately 30% of Persian cats have a c.10063C > A variant in polycystin 1 (PKD1) homolog causing autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The variant is lethal in utero when in the homozygous sta...

    Authors: Yoshihiko Yu, Kate L. Shumway, Jodi S. Matheson, Marie E. Edwards, Timothy L. Kline and Leslie A. Lyons
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:259
  43. Chronic Kidney Disease - Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) is a significant cause of morbidity among haemodialysis patients and is associated with pathological changes in phosphate, calcium and parathyroid h...

    Authors: Zhipeng Zhan, Brendan Smyth, Nigel D. Toussaint, Nicholas A. Gray, Li Zuo, Janak R. de Zoysa, Christopher T. Chan, Chenggang Jin, Anish Scaria, Carmel M. Hawley, Vlado Perkovic, Meg J. Jardine and Ling Zhang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:258
  44. Factors associated with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients are limited. We aim to explore and quantify the associated factors of LVSD among PD patients.

    Authors: Teeranan Angkananard, Jirayut Janma, Thanapath Wannasiri, Piyathida Sangthong and Siribha Changsirikulchai
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:257
  45. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the commonest global cause of glomerulonephritis. Extent of fibrosis, tubular atrophy and glomerulosclerosis predict renal function decline. Extent of renal fibrosis is assessed with ...

    Authors: M. P. Graham-Brown, A. Singh, J. Wormleighton, N. J. Brunskill, G. P. McCann, J. Barratt, J. O. Burton and G. Xu
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:256
  46. In this study, we investigated the association of time-varying serum albumin levels with mortality over a 5-year period in one cohort of patients undergoing long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy.

    Authors: Na Hao, Ben-Chung Cheng, Hong-Tao Yang, Chien-Hsing Wu, Yang-Yang Lei, Mei-Chen Chao, Pei-Ying Wang, Li-Chueh Kuo, Sin-Hua Moi, Cheng-Hong Yang and Jin-Bor Chen
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2019 20:254

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