A Pätäri, C Forsblom, M Havana, H Taipale, … - Diabetes, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Because
early diagnosis and treatment may prevent the complication, new tools for an
early detection are needed. One of the key components of the glomerular ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org T Nakamura, C Ushiyama, S Suzuki, M Hara, N … - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2000 - ERA-EDTA Results. Urinary podocytes were absent in healthy controls, diabetic patients
with normoalbuminuria and diabetic patients with chronic renal failure.
Podocytes were detected in the urine of eight diabetic patients with ... Cited by 123 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
G Wang, FMM Lai, KB Lai, KM Chow, KTP Li, … - Nephron Clin Pract, 2007 - content.karger.com Background: Podocyte loss plays an important role in the pathogenesis of
diabetic nephropathy. We hypothesize that messenger RNA expression of
podocyte-associated molecules in urinary sediment may provide important ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org KE White, RW Bilous, SM Marshall, M El … - Diabetes, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc We estimated glomerular cell number in 50 normotensive type 1 diabetic patients
with raised albumin excretion rate (AER) and investigated any change after 3
years in a subgroup of 16 placebo-treated patients. Biopsies from 10 normal ... Cited by 95 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►asnjournals.org PT Brinkkoetter, S Holtgrefe, FJ van der … - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2004 - Am Soc Nephrol The permselectivity of the GBM is partly due to the high negative charge of HSPG
and their interaction with other matrix components (8–10). Most studies on the
decrease of glomerular HSPG in patients with DN have suggested that a ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
M Kretzler - Microscopy research and technique, 2002 - interscience.wiley.com Glomerular filtration depends on well-orchestrated cell-cell and cell-matrix
contacts of glomerular podocytes. Over the last years critical constituents of
these contacts have been identified via molecular approaches. Podocyte cell- ... Cited by 57 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
BJ Davis, Z Cao, M de Gasparo, H Kawachi, … - Journal of hypertension, 2003 - journals.lww.com Cited Here...: Valsartan treatment reduced systolic blood pressure as assessed
by radiotelemetry (135 ± 3 versus diabetic 153 ± 6 mmHg) as well as retarding
the increase in albumin excretion rate by approximately 50%. Combination ... Cited by 60 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
CC Szeto, KB Lai, KM Chow, CYK Szeto, TWC … - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2005 - Elsevier There were significant differences in the NephRNA and PodRNA in the urinary
sediment between diagnosis groups (p < 0.005). On the other hand, SynRNA was
only marginally significant between diagnosis groups (p < 0.05). Although ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org S Chen, Y Kasama, JS Lee, B Jim, M Marin, … - Diabetes, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc Podocyte-derived vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is upregulated in
diabetes and may contribute to albuminuria. Although believed to act upon the
glomerular endothelium, VEGF may have pronounced effects on the podocyte ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
R Langham, D Kelly, A Cox, N Thomson, H … - Diabetologia, 2002 - Springer Aims/hypothesis. Proteinuria, reflecting increased glomerular permeability to
macromolecules is a char- acteristic feature of diabetic nephropathy. Nephrin, a
1241-residue transmembrane protein is a key compo- nent of the podocyte ... Cited by 122 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
