Protective effects of Huang Qi ...
Huang Qi Huai (HQH) granules, a mixture of Chinese herbs, contains trametes robiniophila murr, wolfberry fruit, and Polygonatum. We investigated the ...
Clinical outcomes in children w ...
Henoch.Schonlein purpura (HSP) is one of the most common causes of systemic vasculitis in children. The incidence of HSP nephritis (HSPN) among HSP ...
Effect of diet, enalapril, or l ...
Proteinuria is the main indicator of renal disease progression in many chronic conditions. There is currently little information available on the ef ...
Kidney and urinary tract develo ...
Development of the mammalian urogenital system requires a balance between survival and programmed cell death. Pro-survival molecules are crucial in ...
Variable renal phenotype in a f ...
Recent advances in the genetics of glomerular diseases have identified several causative genes of nephrotic syndrome and/or glomerular proteinuria. ...
Novel mutations in steroid-resi ...
Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (NS) remains one of the most intractable causes of end-stage renal disease in the first two decades of life. Se ...
Expression and function of the ...
Polyomavirus enhancer activator 3 (Pea3), belonging to the PEA3 subfamily of Ets transcription factors, is essential for certain organogenesis in ma ...
Quality of life of pediatric pa ...
The interest in quality of life (QoL) studies has increased as they are useful instruments to evaluate and compare medical care delivery and the imp ...
Liver fibrosis in recessive mul ...
Cystic renal diseases are characterized by intrarenal cysts of different size and number. Further important diagnostic criteria include, e.g., liver ...
Long-term follow-up after cyclo ...
Cyclophosphamide (CP) has been used for over 40 years in patients with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) presenting frequent relapses or s ...
Clinical course and outcome of ...
We conducted a retrospective study on children with primary nephrotic syndrome (NS) to evaluate the clinical course and outcome of children with ste ...
Novel multidrug therapy for chi ...
An effective treatment for children with refractory nephrotic syndrome (NS), especially in those with cyclosporine (CsA)-resistant or CsA-intolerant ...
Kidney repair and stem cells: a ...
Over the last decade, stem cells have been the topic of much debate and investigation for their regenerative potential in the case of renal injury. ...
Usefulness of skin immunofluore ...
Lupus nephritis (LN) may represent a diagnostic problem, particularly in pediatric patients that present with typical histological lesions but do no ...
Antioxidant status of children ...
The production of free radicals can cause renal injury and play an important role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Markers of r ...
Markers of childhood lupus neph ...
Current treatment regimens for childhood lupus nephritis (LN) are associated with significant side-effects and toxicity in vulnerable phases of grow ...
KIM-1 and NGAL: new markers of ...
Congenital obstructive nephropathy is the primary cause of chronic renal failure in children. Rapid diagnosis and initiation of the treatment are vi ...
Rituximab for refractory cases ...
Rituximab has been used over the last decade as a rescue therapy for refractory cases of nephrotic syndrome (NS). Here we report the use of rituxima ...
Henoch-Schِnlein purpura nephri ...
Nephritis develops in 18–81% of Henoch- Schِnlein purpura patients, and the long-term outcomes of this nephritis show great variation. A nephrotic s ...
Assessment of long-term renal c ...
We assessed the long-term renal complications in a regional cohort of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) children born in 2002–2004. The study group, ...
Urinary MMP-9/NGAL complex in c ...
The matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) are shown to increase in an inflammatory situation. Bas ...
Uncharted waters: nephrogenesis ...
The major functions of the vertebrate kidney are the removal of metabolic waste and the balance of salt and water. These roles are fulfilled by neph ...
A 25-year experience with pedia ...
Anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease, which is extremely uncommon in children, is characterized by rapidly progressive glomeruloneph ...
Additive effect of PPAR-م agoni ...
Our recent in vitro study demonstrated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-م (PPAR.م) agonist potentiated the anti-inflammatory effect of ang ...
Cyclosporin A therapy for Henoc ...
To evaluate the therapeutic role of cyclosporin A (CyA) for the treatment of Henoch–Schِnlein nephritis (HSN), 29 patients (18 boys, 11 girls) with ...