Moreau, Karine Desseix, Aurélie Germain, Christine Merville, Pierre Couzi, Lionel Thiébaut, Rodolphe Chauveau, Philippe
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BackgroundWeight gain (mainly gain of fat mass) occurs quickly after successful kidney transplantation and is associated with metabolic complications (alterations of glycaemic control, hyperlipidaemia). Determinants of weight gain are multifactorial and are mainly related to the transplant procedure itself (glucocorticoid use, increased appetite). ...
Zhao, Yi Yang, Ziyi Xu, Weifeng Ji, Zhigang Dong, Jie
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BackgroundRenal tumors during pregnancy are rare and the treatment requires evaluation of both the patient and the fetus. No consensus or guidelines has been proposed or verified in this field. We successfully managed three renal tumor cases during pregnancy and reviewed the relative literature.Case presentationIn the first renal cell carcinoma cas...
Bergin, Peter Leggett, Aoife Cardwell, Chris R. Woodside, Jayne V. Thakkinstian, Ammarin Maxwell, Alexander P. McKay, Gareth J.
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BackgroundHaemodialysis (HD) patients tend to have higher levels of oxidative stress (OS), associated with increased morbidity and premature mortality, compared to the general population. Levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), a biomarker of OS, are reduced by the antioxidant properties of vitamin E (VE) but outcomes from randomised control trials of VE ...
Chu, Chang Elitok, Saban Zeng, Shufei Xiong, Yingquan Hocher, Carl-Friedrich Hasan, Ahmed A. Krämer, Bernhard K. Hocher, Berthold
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BackgroundIncreased fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a risk factor for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and progression of chronic kidney disease. Limited data exist comparing the association of either c-terminal FGF23 (cFGF23) or intact FGF23 (iFGF23) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with overall (all-cause) graft loss.MethodsWe cond...
Iwasaki, Takahide Fujimori, Akira Nakanishi, Takeshi Okada, Shioko Hanawa, Nobuto Hasuike, Yukiko Kuragano, Takahiro
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BackgroundDecreased erythropoietin levels and impaired iron metabolism due to excessive hepcidin levels are responsible for renal anaemia in patients undergoing haemodialysis. Recently, erythroferrone (ERFE) has been identified as a factor that regulates hepcidin. In addition, fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), which has been recognized as a phos...
Rasmussen, Sebastian Roed Nielsen, Rikke Vibeke Møgelvang, Rasmus Ostrowski, Sisse Rye Ravn, Hanne Berg
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BackgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) represents a serious complication following cardiac surgery. Adverse outcome after cardiac surgery has been observed in the presence of elevated levels of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) and high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP). The aim of study was (i) to investigate the rela...
Arad, Mansour Goli, Rasoul Parizad, Naser Vahabzadeh, Davoud Baghaei, Rahim
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BackgroundEnd-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is the final and permanent stage of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Hemodialysis (HD) is the most common treatment for CKD. To have desirable therapeutic outcomes, patients have to adhere to a specific therapeutic regimen that reduces the hospitalization rate and side-effects of HD. The present study aimed to ...
Watanabe-Kusunoki, Kanako Kato, Masaru Oki, Yotaro Shimizu, Tetsuo Kusunoki, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Shota Furukawa, Shin Kitakawa, Hirohiko Sakai, Kiyoshi
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BackgroundBehçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic inflammatory vasculitis with both autoimmune and autoinflammatory properties. Renal involvement in BD and its spontaneous remission have been rare. We herein describe a case of parallel disease activity of BD with entero and renal involvements, followed by a spontaneous remission without corticosteroid ...
Alshami, Alanoud Al Attas, Rabab Azzam, Ahmad Mohammed, Amani Al-Quhaidan, Norah
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BackgroundThe seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection has been studied in immunocompetent children. However, data in the pediatric kidney transplant population (PKT) are lacking.MethodsUsing two commercial immunoassays that measured IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and IgG against the nucleocapsid (N) protein, we screened 72 PKT recip...
Jang, Ha Nee Jung, Sehyun Lee, Seunghye Chang, Se-Ho Lee, Tae Won Bae, Eunjin Park, Dong Jun
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BackgroundThe Japanese chaff flower, Achyranthes japonica, is used as complementary medicine to control degenerative arthritis. Although commonly used in South Korea, there has been no report of side effects. We report the first case of acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) that occurred in a woman who ingested A. japonica extract for 4 months.Case pr...
