• Effects Of Lowering Dialysate Sodium On Flow-Mediated Dilatation In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease 

      Kutlugun, Aysun Aybal; Erdem, Yunus; Okutucu, Sercan; Yorgun, Hikmet; Atalar, Enver; Arici, Mustafa (Oxford Univ Press, 2011)
      Objective. This study examined the effects of low dialysate sodium on endothelial dysfunction (ED) as measured by flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of brachial artery in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Methods. Thirty HD patients ...
    • Era-Edta Invests In Transformation To Greener Health Care 

      Blankestijn, Peter J.; Arici, Mustafa; Bruchfeld, Annette; Capasso, Giovambattista; Fliser, Danilo; Fouque, Denis; Goumenos, Dimitrios; Ketteler, Markus; Malyszko, Jolanta; Massy, Ziad; Rychlik, Ivan; Spasovski, Goce; Zoccali, Carmine (Oxford Univ Press, 2018)
    • Evaluation Of Apoptosis Indexes In Currently Used Oral Alpha-Blockers In Prostate: A Pilot Study 

      Demir, Mehmet; Akin, Yigit; Terim, Kubra Asena Kapakin; Gulum, Mehmet; Buyukfirat, Evren; Ciftci, Halil; Yeni, Ercan (Brazilian Soc Urol, 2018)
      Objectives: Apoptosis effect of oral alpha-blockers is known in the prostate. Apoptosis index of silodosin has not been proved, yet. Aims are to present apoptosis index of silodosin in prostate and to compare this with ...
    • Evaluation Of The Renal Function Using Cystatin C Level In The Patients Receiving Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy 

      Kos, F. T.; Sendur, M. A. N.; Aksoy, S.; Sezer, S.; Civelek, B.; Yazici, O.; Yaman, S.; Eren, T.; Zengin, N. (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013)
      Objective: There are some data regarding the role of cystatin C, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor, in determining the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) more accurately. We aimed to evaluate the correlation of serum cystatin ...
    • Exome Sequencing Reveals Cubilin Mutation As A Single-Gene Cause Of Proteinuria 

      Ovunc, Bugsu; Otto, Edgar A.; Vega-Warner, Virginia; Saisawat, Pawaree; Ashraf, Shazia; Ramaswami, Gokul; Fathy, Hanan M.; Schoeb, Dominik; Chernin, Gil; Lyons, Robert H.; Yilmaz, Engin; Hildebrandt, Friedhelm (Amer Soc Nephrology, 2011)
      In two siblings of consanguineous parents with intermittent nephrotic-range proteinuria, we identified a homozygous deleterious frameshift mutation in the gene CUBN, which encodes cubulin, using exome capture and massively ...
    • Genetic Basis Of Cystinosis In Turkish Patients: A Single-Center Experience 

      Topaloglu, Rezan; Vilboux, Thierry; Coskun, Turgay; Ozaltin, Fatih; Tinloy, Brad; Gunay-Aygun, Meral; Bakkaloglu, Aysin; Besbas, Nesrin; van den Heuvel, Lambert; Kleta, Robert; Gahl, William A. (Springer, 2012)
      We report the molecular findings for the CTNS gene in 12 Turkish cystinosis patients aged 7-29 years. All presented initially with severe failure to thrive, polyuria, and polydipsia. Cystinosis was diagnosed at age 1 month ...
    • Genetic Screening In Adolescents With Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome 

      Lipska, Beata S.; Iatropoulos, Paraskevas; Maranta, Ramona; Caridi, Gianluca; Ozaltin, Fatih; Anarat, Ali; Balat, Ayse; Gellermann, Jutta; Trautmann, Agnes; Erdogan, Ozlem; Saeed, Bassam; Emre, Sevinc; Bogdanovic, Radovan; Azocar, Marta; Balasz-Chmielewska, Irena; Benetti, Elisa; Caliskan, Salim; Mir, Sevgi; Melk, Anette; Ertan, Pelin; Baskin, Esra; Jardim, Helena; Davitaia, Tinatin; Wasilewska, Anna; Drozdz, Dorota; Szczepanska, Maria; Jankauskiene, Augustina; Serna Higuita, Lina Maria; Ardissino, Gianluigi; Ozkaya, Ozan; Kuzma-Mroczkowska, Elzbieta; Soylemezoglu, Oguz; Ranchin, Bruno; Medynska, Anna; Tkaczyk, Marcin; Peco-Antic, Amira; Akil, Ipek; Jarmolinski, Tomasz; Firszt-Adamczyk, Agnieszka; Dusek, Jiri; Simonetti, Giacomo D.; Gok, Faysal; Gheissari, Alaleh; Emma, Francesco; Krmar, Rafael T.; Fischbach, Michel; Printza, Nikoleta; Simkova, Eva; Mele, Caterina; Ghiggeri, Gian Marco; Schaefer, Franz (Elsevier Science Inc, 2013)
      Genetic screening paradigms for congenital and infantile nephrotic syndrome are well established; however, screening in adolescents has received only minor attention. To help rectify this, we analyzed an unselected adolescent ...
    • Genotype-Phenotype Associations In Wt1 Glomerulopathy 

      Lipska, Beata S.; Ranchin, Bruno; Iatropoulos, Paraskevas; Gellermann, Jutta; Melk, Anette; Ozaltin, Fatih; Caridi, Gianluca; Seeman, Tomas; Tory, Kalman; Jankauskiene, Augustina; Zurowska, Aleksandra; Szczepanska, Maria; Wasilewska, Anna; Harambat, Jerome; Trautmann, Agnes; Peco-Antic, Amira; Borzecka, Halina; Moczulska, Anna; Saeed, Bassam; Bogdanovic, Radovan; Kalyoncu, Mukaddes; Simkova, Eva; Erdogan, Ozlem; Vrljicak, Kristina; Teixeira, Ana; Azocar, Marta; Schaefer, Franz (Nature Publishing Group, 2014)
      WT1 mutations cause a wide spectrum of renal and extrarenal manifestations. Here we evaluated disease prevalence, phenotype spectrum, and genotype-phenotype correlations of 61 patients with WT1-related steroid-resistant ...
    • Genotype/Phenotype Correlation In Nephrotic Syndrome Caused By Wt1 Mutations 

      Chernin, Gil; Vega-Warner, Virginia; Schoeb, Dominik S.; Heeringa, Saskia F.; Ovunc, Bugsu; Saisawat, Pawaree; Cleper, Roxana; Ozaltin, Fatih; Hildebrandt, Friedhelm (Amer Soc Nephrology, 2010)
      Background and objectives: The risk of developing Wilms tumor (WT) can be present or absent in patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS) caused by WT1 mutations. Here, the genotype/phenotype correlation regarding the outcome ...
    • Hypernatraemia And Polyuria Due To High-Dose Colchicine In A Suicidal Patient 

      Usalan, C; Altun, B; Ulusoy, S; Erdem, Y; Yasavul, U; Turgan, C; Caglar, S (Oxford Univ Press, 1999)
    • 'Ideal Criteria' For Starting Chronic Hemodialysis: Numbers, Symptoms Or An Alerting 'Traffic Light' System? 

      Arici, Mustafa (Karger, 2012)
      A definite criteria for starting chronic hemodialysis treatment is still lacking even after 50 years of regular hemodialysis treatment. Although none of the current guidelines have designated a certain glomerular filtration ...
    • Kaposi Sarcoma In A Paediatric Renal Transplant Recipient 

      Ozen, Seza; Saatci, U; Karaduman, A; Buyukpamukcu, M; Gokoz, A; Besbas, N; Bakkaloglu, A (Oxford Univ Press United Kingdom, 1996)
    • Long-Term Outcome of Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome in Children 

      Trautmann, Agnes; Schnaidt, Sven; Lipska-Zietkiewicz, Beata S.; Bodria, Monica; Ozaltin, Fatih; Emma, Francesco; Anarat, Ali; Melk, Anette; Azocar, Marta; Oh, Jun; Saeed, Bassam; Gheisari, Alaleh; Caliskan, Salim; Gellermann, Jutta; Higuita, Lina Maria Serna; Jankauskiene, Augustina; Drozdz, Dorota; Mir, Sevgi; Balat, Ayse; Szczepanska, Maria; Paripovic, Dusan; Zurowska, Alexandra; Bogdanovic, Radovan; Yilmaz, Alev; Ranchin, Bruno; Baskin, Esra; Erdogan, Ozlem; Remuzzi, Giuseppe; Firszt-Adamczyk, Agnieszka; Kuzma-Mroczkowska, Elzbieta; Litwin, Mieczyslaw; Murer, Luisa; Tkaczyk, Marcin; Jardim, Helena; Wasilewska, Anna; Printza, Nikoleta; Fidan, Kibriya; Simkova, Eva; Borzecka, Halina; Staude, Hagen; Hees, Katharina; Schaefer, Franz (Amer Soc Nephrology, 2017)
      We investigated the value of genetic, histopathologic, and early treatment response information in prognosing long-term renal outcome in children with primary steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. From the PodoNet Registry, ...
    • Loss of Diacylglycerol Kinase Epsilon in Mice Causes Endothelial Distress and Impairs Glomerular Cox-2 and Pge(2) Production 

      Zhu, Jili; Chaki, Moumita; Lu, Dongmei; Ren, Chongyu; Wang, Shan-Shan; Rauhauser, Alysha; Li, Binghua; Zimmerman, Susan; Jun, Bokkyoo; Du, Yong; Vadnagara, Komal; Wang, Hanquin; Elhadi, Sarah; Quigg, Richard J.; Topham, Matthew K.; Mohan, Chandra; Ozaltin, Fatih; Zhou, Xin J.; Marciano, Denise K.; Bazan, Nicolas G.; Attanasio, Massimo (Amer Physiological Soc, 2016)
      Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a disorder characterized by microvascular occlusion that can lead to thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and glomerular damage. Complement activation is the central event in most cases ...
    • Major Barriers Against Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blocker Use in Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3-5 in Clinical Practice: A Safety Concern? 

      Yildirim, Tolga; Arici, Mustafa; Piskinpasa, Serhan; Aybal-Kutlugun, Aysun; Yilmaz, Rahmi; Altun, Bulent; Erdem, Yunus; Turgan, Cetin (Informa Healthcare, 2012)
      Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) blockers are underutilized in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We aimed to determine barriers against the use of RAAS blockers in these patients. Patients with stage ...
    • Management of Anemia in Children Receiving Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis 

      Borzych-Duzalka, Dagmara; Bilginer, Yelda; Ha, Il Soo; Bak, Mustafa; Rees, Lesley; Cano, Francisco; Loza Munarriz, Reyner; Chua, Annabelle; Pesle, Silvia; Emre, Sevinc; Urzykowska, Agnieszka; Quiroz, Lily; Dario Ruscasso, Javier; White, Colin; Pape, Lars; Ramela, Virginia; Printza, Nikoleta; Vogel, Andrea; Kuzmanovska, Dafina; Simkova, Eva; Mueller-Wiefel, Dirk E.; Sander, Anja; Warady, Bradley A.; Schaefer, Franz (Amer Soc Nephrology, 2013)
      Little information exists regarding the efficacy, modifiers, and outcomes of anemia management in children with CKD or ESRD. We assessed practices, effectors, and outcomes of anemia management in 1394 pediatric patients ...
    • Mefv Gene Mutations In Familial Mediterranean Fever Phenotype Ii Patients With Renal Amyloidosis In Childhood: A Retrospective Clinicopathological And Molecular Study 

      Balci, B; Tinaztepe, K; Yilmaz, E; Gucer, S; Ozen, Seza; Topaloglu, R; Besbas, N; Ozguc, M; Bakkaloglu, A (Oxford Univ Press, 2002)
      Background. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurring attacks of fever and serositis. The definition of the mutated gene has allowed molecular diagnosis of the disease. ...
    • Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus And Hashimoto'S Thyroiditis 

      Dizdar, O; Kahraman, S; Genctoy, G; Ertoy, D; Arici, M; Altun, B; Yasavul, U; Turgan, C (Oxford Univ Press, 2004)
    • Molecular Basis Of Hereditary C1Q Deficiency Associated With Sle And Iga Nephropathy In A Turkish Family 

      Topaloglu, R; Bakkaloglu, A; Slingsby, JH; Mihatsch, MJ; Pascual, M; Norsworthy, P; Morley, BJ; Saatci, U; Schifferli, JA; Walport, MJ (Elsevier Science Inc, 1996)
      Two siblings (case 1 and case 2) with homozygous C1q deficiency are described. Both presented with a photosensitive rash, and during follow-up case one developed SLE with nephrotic range proteinuria. Case 2 had microscopic ...
    • Mutation Analysis Of Nphs1 In A Worldwide Cohort Of Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome Patients 

      Ovunc, Bugsu; Ashraf, Shazia; Vega-Warner, Virginia; Bockenhauer, Detlef; Elshakhs, Neveen A. Soliman; Joseph, Mark; Hildebrandt, Friedhelm (Karger, 2012)
      Background: Congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS) is defined as nephrotic syndrome that manifests within the first 3 months of life. Mutations in the NPHS1 gene encoding nephrin, are a major cause for CNS. Currently, more ...