Chemerin level and the relation to insulin resistance in chronic kidney disease.

Chemerin has been associated with different components of the metabolic syndrome, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and insulin resistance (IR). The aim of this study was to evaluate serum chemerin level in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and its relation to IR. This study was conducted on 80 participants who were classified into three groups: Group I (30 CKD patients with mean age 53 ± 12 years), Group II (30 patients with end-stage renal disease on regular hemodialysis with mean age 48 ± 14.

Rituximab as a Preemptive Treatment to Prevent Recurrence of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Novel Approach.

Objectives: Primary idiopathic focal segmental glomerulo-sclerosis is a serious disease, frequently progressing to end-stage kidney failure. Management of recurrence after kidney transplant is challenging despite multiple proposed therapeutic approaches. Available treatment for focal segmental glomeru-losclerosis recurrence is plasma exchange, intravenous cyclosporine, and rituximab.

Impact of renal transplantation on cardiac morphological and functional characteristics in children and adults.

Aim: To compare the effects of renal transplantation on cardiac functions in children and adults.

Methods: One hundred and ten patients attending the nephrology outpatient clinic were enrolled in this study and were divided into six groups. The first two groups consisted each of 30 renal transplant patients who had a successful renal transplantation more than six months, but less than one year.

HLA DRB1 alleles and hepatitis C virus infection in chronic kidney disease patients.

T cell responses against HCV are regulated by the host's human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, which thus are ideal candidate genes to investigate for associations with HCV susceptibility. We aimed to identify associations of HLA DRB1* alleles with HCV infection in a high risk of exposure population, chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis, and to study any possible relationships with allele zygosity. The study population comprised 110 HCV infected and 143 HCV uninfected CKD patients undergoing regular hemodialysis.