Non-transferrin-bound iron in the serum of hemodialysis patients who receive ferric saccharate: no correlation to peroxide generation.

Intravenous iron (iv.Fe) is used to optimize response to recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) in ESRD, but no consensus exists with respect to the best regimen to avoid transferrin "oversaturation," oxidative stress, and the occurrence of non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI). Iv.

Derivation of nephrogenic adenomas from renal tubular cells in kidney-transplant recipients.

Background: Nephrogenic adenomas are benign, tumor-like lesions within the urothelial mucosa of the urinary tract that are not uncommon in renal-transplant recipients. We investigated the origin of nephrogenic adenomas in renal-transplant recipients.

Methods: Tissue sections were analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization with the use of probes for the X and Y chromosomes, by immunohistochemical methods with the use of antibodies to renal tubular antigens, and by lectin histochemical methods.