Association between urinary adiponectin level and renal involvement in systemic lupus erythematous.

Aim: To assess association between urinary levels of adiponectin and severity of renal involvement in SLE patients. Also, this study aims to determine the value of urinary adiponectin levels to discriminate renal involvement in these patients.

Methods: In a multi-center cross-sectional survey, 50 consecutive patients diagnosed as having systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) according to American College of Rheumatology criteria were classified into two groups with or without renal involvement (microscopic hematuria, reduced glomerular filtration rate < 25% of normal value, and proteinuria > 500 mg/24 h) which was confirmed by renal biopsy.

Relation between pretransplant serum levels of soluble CD30 and acute rejection during the first 6 months after a kidney transplant.

Objectives: The immunologic status of kidney allograft recipients affects transplant outcome. High levels of pretransplant serum soluble CD30 correlate with an increased risk of acute rejection. Studies show conflicting results.

Renal biopsy findings in Iran: case series report from a referral kidney center.

Background: Several registries and single centers have reported the results of their renal biopsies from different parts of the world. As there are only few data regarding the epidemiology of glomerulonephritides in Iran, this study was conducted to determine the results of renal biopsy findings during the last 10 years in our center.

Methods: Data from 1,436 patients who had undergone a renal biopsy in our center between 1998 and 2007 were collected retrospectively for the first 989 patients and prospectively for the rest of them, including demographic data, renal syndrome at presentation and laboratory findings.