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Essential hypertension (EH) is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases worldwide, entailing a high level of morbidity. EH is a multifactorial disease influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, including mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA ...
Yuqi Liu +4 more
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World kidney day 2014: Kidney disease and elderly [PDF]
It is believed that there is an increasing rate of chronic kidney disease to end-stage kidney failure. Nowadays, there is an international awareness on the importance of chronic kidney disease as well as declining the frequency and impact of renal ...
Amiri, Masoud., Hajivandi, Abdollah.
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Survival Analysis of Hemodialysis Patients [PDF]
Survival analysis as a collection of statistical procedures for analyzing the data that its outcome variable was the time to occurrence of an event. Kaplan-Meier method is a type of survival analysis technique, this method is often called the Product ...
Ardianto, E. T. (Efri) +2 more
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Berberine–cinnamic acid co‐crystal (BBR‐CA) inhibits the phosphorylation of the phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, suppressing the transfer of pre‐sterol regulatory element‐binding proteins‐1 (SREBP‐1) from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus. This results in a decrease in the expression level of
Wenheng Gao +7 more
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Posttraumatic growth in chronic kidney failure disease
SummaryIt was aimed to determine the posttraumatic growth level of the patients with hemodialysis and to examine the supposed effect of socio-demographic variables, variables associated with disease, perceived social support and ways of coping. Research data were collected by 491 patients in private dialysis centers.
Seda Bayraktar +2 more
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Activation of Rac-1 and RhoA contributes to podocyte injury in chronic kidney disease [PDF]
Rho-family GTPases like RhoA and Rac-1 are potent regulators of cellular signaling that control gene expression, migration and inflammation. Activation of Rho-GTPases has been linked to podocyte dysfunction, a feature of chronic kidney diseases (CKD). We
Amann, Kerstin +13 more
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Induction of diabetes in three different mouse strains uniformly resulted in an increase in TNAP activity and a reduction in pyrophosphate (PPi) in the circulation. Inhibition of TNAP restored plasma PPi. Diabetes‐induced calcification in the media layer of the aorta was detected only in the Abcc6−/− strain, which is predisposed to ectopic ...
Krisztina Fülöp +13 more
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Cisplatin Induced Nephrotoxicity
Cisplatin is a potent chemotherapy agent which is used to treat a broad spectrum of solid cancers. However, its clinical use is limited due to its nephrotoxicity with a decline in the glomerular filtration rate that occur in 15-30% of patients.
Seyed Seifollah Beladi Mousavi +1 more
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The cardiorenal nexus encompasses a bidirectional relationship between the heart and the kidneys. Chronic abnormalities in cardiac function can lead to progressive kidney disease, and chronic kidney disease can lead to progressively decreasing cardiac ...
Peter A. McCullough +3 more
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Randomized trial comparing proactive, high-dose versus reactive, low-dose intravenous iron supplementation in hemodialysis (PIVOTAL) : Study design and baseline data [PDF]
Background: Intravenous (IV) iron supplementation is a standard maintenance treatment for hemodialysis (HD) patients, but the optimum dosing regimen is unknown.
Anker, Stefan D. +12 more
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