Molecular composition and function of the slit diaphragm: nephrin, the molecule responsible for proteinuria Hiroshi KawachiFujio Shimizu REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 161 - 172
Pathogenesis of glomerulosclerosis: role of epithelial interactions Michio Nagata REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 173 - 181
Indices of progression of IgA nephropathy are modulated by α-tocopherol in rats K. P. WardN. B. KuemmerleJ. C. M. Chan ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 187 - 192
Sarpogrelate, a serotonin receptor (5HT2 ar ) antagonist, ameliorates renal damage in experimental mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis Yasuko Igarashi ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 193 - 200
Renal interstitial cell infiltration in rats induced by immune reactions around proximal tubular basement membrane S. QianH. KawachiF. Shimizu ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 201 - 206
Blockade of renin-angiotensin system ameliorates renal injury in NIDDM model rats M. OhtaH. NaganoY. Imura ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 207 - 214
Protective effect of thymosin fraction 5 in animals with experimentally induced uremia Shinichi IkemotoKazunobu SugimuraTaketoshi Kishimoto Pages: 215 - 219
Management of vesicoureteral reflux in children K. IitakaO. MotoyamaT. Sakai ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 220 - 224
Urea kinetics and other dialysis indices in children undergoing ambulatory peritoneal dialysis K. IitakaS. MoriyaM. Hojo ORIGNAL ARTICLE Pages: 225 - 230
The methylguanidine-to-creatinine ratio, serum NOx concentrations, and vascular disease in nondiabetic hemodialysis patients H. KimuraF. GejyoM. Arakawa ORIGNAL ARTICLE Pages: 231 - 235
Prevalence of hospitalization and prognosis of patients on chronic dialysis M. TozawaK. IsekiK. Fukiyama ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 236 - 240
Clinical significance of histological grading and staging for predicting the effectiveness of steroid therapy in IgA nephropathy Kazuho HondaKosaku NittaHiroshi Nihei ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 241 - 250
Clinicopathological features of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated vasculitis in Japanese patients with IgA nephropathy M. ShimizuT. WadaH. Yokoyama CASE REPORT Pages: 251 - 256
Behçet's disease complicated by IgA nephropathy and interstitial nephritis Etsuko MaeshimaYasukiyo NakamuraSusumu Yukawa CASE REPORT Pages: 257 - 260
Acute renal failure associated with systemic capillary leak syndrome K. FukunariM. NishimuraS. Okamatsu CASE REPORT Pages: 261 - 265
Effect of cyclosporin A on patients with lupus nephritis: a review of the literature T. IdeuraK. HoraK. Kiyosawa SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 266 - 270
Gitelman syndrome with hypocalciuria and normomagnesemia Toru Watanabe LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 271 - 271