Role of lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1) in the development of hypertensive organ damage Katsuyuki AndoToshiro Fujita REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 178 - 182
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin system in chronic renal disease: to do or not to do Naoyuki NakaoHachiro SenoHirohisa Kawahara REVIEW ARTICLE 01 September 2004 Pages: 183 - 187
Role of mitogen-activated protein kinase in the regulation of transforming growth factor-β-induced fibronectin accumulation in cultured renal interstitial fibroblasts Hitoe SuzukiKeiko UchidaHiroshi Nihei ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 188 - 195
Mesangial cell Fas ligand: upregulation in human lupus nephritis and NF-κB-mediated expression in cultured human mesangial cells Tomoko TsukinokiHitoshi SugiyamaHirofumi Makino ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 196 - 205
Expression of MMP-9 in mesangial cells and its changes in anti-GBM glomerulonephritis in WKY rats Tadahide KurodaYutaka YoshidaTadashi Yamamoto ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 206 - 215
Suppressive effects of Sairei-to on mesangial proliferation in a rat model of glomerulonephritis Ning LiuToshiaki MakinoTakahiko Ono ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 216 - 222
Effect of ureteral obstruction on matrix metalloproteinase-2 in rat renal cortex Osamu IimuraHideaki TakahashiEiji Kusano ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 223 - 229
Nilvadipine attenuates mesangial expansion and glomerular hypertrophy in diabetic db/db mice, a model for type 2 diabetes Toshiki MoriyamaKazumasa OkaEnyu Imai ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 230 - 236
The effectiveness of steroid therapy for patients with advanced IgA nephropathy and impaired renal function Takahito MoriyamaKazuho HondaHiroshi Nihei ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 237 - 242
Clinicopathologic findings relevant to disappearance or relapse of proteinuria following corticosteroid treatment in IgA nephropathy patients with proteinuria of 0.5 to 2.0 g/day Takayuki SuzukiTatsuo YamamotoAkira Hishida ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 243 - 249
Prevalence of high fasting plasma glucose and risk of developing end-stage renal disease in screened subjects in Okinawa, Japan Kunitoshi IsekiYoshiharu IkemiyaShuichi Takishita ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 250 - 256
Reticulocyte hemoglobin content in hemodialysis patients with acute infection Koji MitsuikiAtsumi HaradaYasuji Miyata ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 257 - 262
A male patient with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome for 25 years and obesity-associated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis Osamu MotoyamaAtsuhiko MutoKikuo Iitaka CASE REPORT Pages: 263 - 265
Steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome associated with positive C1q immunofluorescence Seiji HashimotoYayoi OgawaTakahiro Ueda CASE REPORT Pages: 266 - 269
Bisalbuminemia in chronic kidney disease A. Ahsan EjazMurli KrishnaJanice D. Knight CASE REPORT Pages: 270 - 273
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis Hiroyuki TakeiYuichi KomabaYasuo Katayama CASE REPORT Pages: 274 - 278
Granulomatous interstitial nephritis due to isolated renal sarcoidosis Ken-ichi MiyoshiTakafumi OkuraJitsuo Higaki CASE REPORT Pages: 279 - 282
Adult onset Fanconi syndrome: extensive tubulo-interstitial lesions and glomerulopathy in the early stage of Chinese herbs nephropathy Itsuro KazamaMitsunobu MatsubaraSadayoshi Ito CASE REPORT Pages: 283 - 287
Authors’ response to the Letter to the editor by Y. Urata Mie ObayashiTakashi UzuAtsushi Yamauchi LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 289 - 289
Editor’s response to the Letter to the editor by Y. Urata Kimimasa Nakabayashi LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 290 - 290