K Sharma, S RamachandraRao, G Qiu, … - The Journal of …, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov 1 Translational Research in Kidney Disease, Division of Nephrology, Department of
Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA. 2 Veterans Administration
San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California, USA. 3 Center for Novel Therapies in ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►asnjournals.org BI Freedman, M Bostrom, P Daeihagh, DW … - Clinical Journal of the …, 2007 - Am Soc Nephrol Several genes that predispose to type 2 diabetes have recently been identified. In addition to
the recognized and powerful effects of environmental factors, there is abundant evidence in support
of genetic susceptibility to the microvascular complication of nephropathy in individuals ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - All 3 versions
B Kollerits, D Fliser, IM Heid, E Ritz, F Kronenberg - Kidney International, 2007 - nature.com Progressive renal vascular sclerosis is a key feature of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Adiponectin, an adipokine with potent anti-inflammatory and antiatherosclerotic properties, is
associated with insulin resistance, type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In this ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
SG Satko, JR Sedor, SK Iyengar, BI … - Seminars in …, 2007 - interscience.wiley.com The incidence and prevalence rates of most forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD) had steadily
been increasing for the past 30 years, although these rates now appear to have reached a
plateau. It is clear that an individual's likelihood of developing progressive CKD results ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►amjpathol.org KJ Williams, G Qiu, HK Usui, SR Dunn, P McCue, E … - American Journal of …, 2007 - ASIP The small leucine-rich proteoglycan decorin has been implicated in the regulation of collagen
fibril assembly, cell adhesion, and growth factor activity. 6-8 For several reasons, we sought to
examine a role for decorin in diabetic nephropathy. First, decorin is an endogenous ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
BI Freedman, DW Bowden, SS Rich, J Xu, LE … - Diabetic …, 2008 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to display style sheets.
In this case, although the visual presentation will be degraded, the site should continue to be
functional. We recommend using the latest version of Microsoft or Mozilla web browser to ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
A Jorsal, L Tarnow, J Frystyk, M Lajer, A Flyvbjerg, HH … - Kidney International, 2008 - nature.com Adiponectin levels are increased in patients with type I diabetes especially in the presence of
microangiopathy. Here we determined the predictive value of serum adiponectin levels and 8
adiponectin gene polymorphisms for mortality, cardiovascular events and end-stage renal ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 3 versions
VP Mäkinen, C Forsblom, LM Thorn, J Wadén, D … - Diabetes, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—The highest mortality was associated with advanced kidney disease. Other risk factors
included 1) a profile of insulin resistance, abdominal obesity, high cholesterol, triglycerides, and
low HDL 2 cholesterol, and 2) high adiponectin and high LDL cholesterol for older ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 5 versions
A Jorsal, L Tarnow, M Lajer, J Ek, T Hansen, O … - Molecular genetics and …, 2008 - Elsevier The Pro12Ala polymorphism in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ2 gene is suggested
to associate with diabetic nephropathy and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes. The aim
of this study was to investigate the polymorphism in relation to diabetic nephropathy, end- ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 3 versions
DA Trégouet, PH Groop, S McGinn, C Forsblom, S … - Diabetes, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS— Only one SNP, rs2281999, located in the UNC13B gene, was significantly associated
with nephropathy after correction for multiple testing. Analyses of 21 additional markers fully
characterizing the haplotypic variability of the UNC13B gene showed consistent ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 5 versions
