We hypothesized that SNPs identified in association with estimated GFR (eGFR) would also be associated with albuminuria.MethodsWithin the CKDGen consortium cohort (n=31,580, European ancestry), we tested 16 eGFR-associated SNPs for association with urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) and albu...

Patients with chronic heart failure are often characterized by impaired renal function, also referred to as cardiorenal syndrome (CRS). The aim of this study was to assess whether novel markers of kidney injury are elevated in chronic heart failure and CRS. The new re...

We review the recent successes of meta-analyses of GWAS on renal phenotypes. UMOD, SHROOM3, STC1, LASS2, GCKR, ALMS1, TFDP2, DAB2, SLC34A1, VEGFA, PRKAG2, PIP5K1B, ATXN2/SH2B3, DACH1, UBE2Q2, and SLC7A9 were uncovered as loci associated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and CKD, and C...

We sought to determine a comprehensive genotype-phenotype association with early and late allograft outcomes. We studied 11 SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) in TLR2, TLR3, TLR4, TLR5, TLR9 and within a co-molecule CD14 in 265 patients receiving their first kidney transplant and the association...

The direct effect of CKD on costs is modified by comorbid conditions. Therefore, early treatment of CKD and its precipitous factors may save future health care costs. 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel....

The "pulmorenal syndrome" is a clinically defined syndrome under which one summarises disease entities with acute renal failure due to acute glomerulonephritis and alveolar lung hemorrhage. Wegener's granulomatosis, other inflammatory renal diseases and Goodpasture's syndrome are the most frequent c...

A total of 305 (68.5%) patients died. An increased log CRP at study inclusion was significantly associated with an increase in hazard ratio (HR) by multivariate Cox regression for all-cause (HR = 1.5, P= 0.002) and cardiac death (HR = 1.76, P= 0.02) in the entire collective. This result was applicab...

Multivariate regression analysis and Kaplan Meier survival analysis showed a decrease in risk for ACM for patients on CSE-I therapy, irrespective of lipid status (multivariate hazard ratio (= HR) 0.58; p = 0.049; ACM 72.1% (no CSE-I) vs. 59.7% (+ CSE-I); mean survival 2.37 +/- 0.08 years (no CSE-I)...