Effect of Treating Hyperphosphatemia With Lanthanum Carbonate vs Calcium Carbonate on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis

Masafumi Fukagawa, Hideki Hirakata, Tatsuo Kagimura, +335

JAMA

Spironolactone suppresses inflammation and prevents L-NAME–induced renal injury in rats

Hirofumi Ikeda, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Jiro Toyonaga, +4

Kidney International

InflammationGlomerulonephritisAnti-inflammatoryMedicinePhysiology +8

Sex differences in the association between serum uric acid levels and cardiac hypertrophy in patients with chronic kidney disease

Ryota Yoshitomi, Akiko Fukui, Masaru Nakayama, +6

Hypertension Research

Renal FunctionRenal DiseaseCardiovascular DiseaseMedicineKidney Failure +6

Fibroblast growth factor 23 is associated with carotid artery calcification in chronic kidney disease patients not undergoing dialysis: a cross-sectional study

Masaru Nakayama, Yoshiki Kaizu, Masaharu Nagata, +4

BMC Nephrology

The Effect of Low-Dose Corticosteroids on Short- and Long-Term Renal Outcome in Patients with Cholesterol Crystal Embolism

Masaru Nakayama, Kensuke Izumaru, Masaharu Nagata, +6

Renal Failure

Infusion of radiocontrast agents induces exaggerated release of urinary endothelin in patients with impaired renal function

Kiichiro Fujisaki, Michiaki Kubo, Katsutoshi Masuda, +9

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

UrologyRenal FunctionUrinary EndothelinMedicineKidney Failure +7

Involvement of p53-transactivated Puma in cisplatin-induced renal tubular cell death

Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Hideki Yotsueda, Hirofumi Ikeda, +5

Life Sciences

UrologyKidney ResearchP53-transactivated PumaApoptosisCell Death +4

Helicobacter pylori status and esophagogastroduodenal mucosal lesions in patients with end-stage renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis

Tomohiko Moriyama, Takayuki Matsumoto, Katsuya Hirakawa, +4

Journal of Gastroenterology

HemodialysisUrologyEnd-stage Renal FailureMedicineKidney Failure +7

Expression of synaptopodin and GLEPP1 as markers of steroid responsiveness in primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Makoto Hirakawa, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Hideki Yotsueda, +6

Life Sciences

Glomerular DiseaseGlomerulonephritisUrologySignal TransductionRenal Function +9

Carotid artery calcification at the initiation of hemodialysis is a risk factor for cardiovascular events in patients with end-stage renal disease: a cohort study

Masaru Nakayama, Yoriko Ura, Masaharu Nagata, +5

BMC Nephrology