English Journal

Renoprotective effects of anti-TGF-β antibody and antihypertensive therapies in Dahl S rats.

Murphy SR, Dahly-Vernon AJ, Dunn KM, Chen CC, Ledbetter SR, Williams JM, Roman RJ.SourceDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39211, USA.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology.Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol.2012 Jul 1;303(1):R57-69. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00263.2011. Epub 2012 Apr 25.
This study examined the effects of anti-TGF-β antibody (1D11) therapy in Dahl S (S) rats fed a 4% NaCl diet. Baseline renal expression of TGF-β1 and the degree of injury were lower in female than male S rats maintained on a 0.4% NaCl diet. 4% NaCl diet increased mean arterial pressure (MAP), prote
PMID 22538513

Renal interstitial hyaluronan: functional aspects during normal and pathological conditions.

Stridh S, Palm F, Hansell P.SourceDept. of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala Univ., Biomedical Center, PO Box 571, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology.Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol.2012 Jun;302(11):R1235-49. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00332.2011. Epub 2012 Apr 18.
The glycosaminoglycan (GAG) hyaluronan (HA) is recognized as an important structural component of the extracellular matrix, but it also interacts with cells during embryonic development, wound healing, inflammation, and cancer; i.e., important features in normal and pathological conditions. The spec
PMID 22513743

Meyyappan RM, Rajaraman T, Senthil D.SourceDepartment of Urology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.
Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of India.Indian J Urol.2012 Apr;28(2):202-3. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.98467.
The number of patients living with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is increasing in our country and demand for renal grafts is ever increasing. Cadaver renal transplantation is being established as a viable supplement to live transplantation. We present a case where a mass lesion was encountered in t
PMID 22919140

Japanese Journal

敦川浩之,井内裕満,小山内裕昭,山口聡,橋本博,金子茂男,八竹直
日本泌尿器科學會雜誌 91(1), 37-40, 2000-01-20
症例は76歳の女性,高血圧,狭心症にて通院中,超音波検査で左腎腫瘤を指摘され当科に紹介された。その腫瘤は長径2cm大で,CTでは腎実質に比べややhigh densityでわずかに造影されていた。MRIではT1,T2ともに低信号,血管造影では乏血管性であった。以上の所見では通常の腎細胞癌と異なっていたが,悪性腫瘍を否定できず根治的腎摘除術を施行した。摘出組織では,腫瘍は23×20mmの淡黄色を呈する …
NAID 110003089212