[A comparison of clinical characteristics and survival between diabetic nephropathy patients and non-diabetic nephropathy patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis].

Objective: To investigate clinical characteristics and survival of diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis (PD).

Methods: The clinical data were collected from the patients who initiated PD in our PD Center from Jan, 2009 through Aug, 2011. The patients were divided into diabetic group and non-diabetic group, the survival of patients and risk factors of death were analyzed and compared between the two groups by using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis.

[Blood pressure variation of hypertensive diabetic nephropathy patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis].

Objective: To investigate the variance of blood pressure of hypertensive diabetic patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

Methods: Twenty hypertensive CAPD patients older than 40 years with diabetic nephropathy (DN-PD group) and twenty patients with chronic glomerular nephritis (CGN-PD group) were recruited. Peritoneal status and dialysis adequacy of the patients in the two groups were calculated using PD Adequest.

Interventions for preventing infection in nephrotic syndrome.

Background: Infection is one of the most common complications and still remains a significant cause of morbidity and occasionally mortality in patients, especially children with nephrotic syndrome. Many different prophylactic interventions have been used or recommended for reducing the risks of infection in nephrotic syndrome in clinical practice. Whether the existing evidence is scientifically rigorous and which prophylactic intervention can be recommended for routine use based on the current evidence is still unknown.

[Effects of hepatocyte growth factor on TGF-beta1 triggered tubular epithelial-myofibroblast transdifferentiation by CTGF in vitro].

Objective: To observe the effects of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on TGF-beta1 triggered tubular epithelial-myofibroblast transdifferentiation (TEMT) and on the expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF).

Methods: The morphology of transdifferentiate tubular cells was observed using phase-contrast microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. alpha-SMA was assessed by immunohistochemistry and semiquantified by mean intergrated opitical density (IOD).

[Clinical and pathological analyses of lipoprotein glomerulopathy].

Objective: To investigate the clinical and pathological characteristics of lipoprotein glomerulopathy.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 3 cases of lipoprotein glomerulopathy.

Results: The 3 patients, 1 male and 2 females, were young Hans.