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1. HLA matching remains a major factor in kidney transplantation. Much of the total graft failures can be eliminated through better HLA matching. 2. Very early effects of HLA matching can be seen with the requirement of dialysis within one week. 3. Even among kidneys which are functioning at the beginning of each period, more frequent rejection treatment with increasing numbers of A,B,DR mismatches was observed. 4. Among functioning kidneys, HLA matching affects the quality of kidney function, as reflected in the serum creatinine levels during all periods. 5. Immunological graft failures (regardless of cause) are strongly associated with HLA mismatching. 6. The effect of HLA matching was similar at centers with high or low overall graft survival rates. 7. The fraction of zero-A,B,DR mismatches has increased dramatically in recent years. However, this is a large difference in the numbers between centers and OPOs. 8. Preformed cytotoxic antibodies to HLA tend to force a higher degree of matching for the A and B loci, resulting from T-lymphocyte crossmatching. 9. Because of the linkage of the 3 HLA loci (A, B, and DR), matching for one often results in matching for 2 or 3 of the loci. 10. Chronic glomerulonephritis patients having DR1 had superior graft survival rates than patients without DR1. 11. HLA frequencies in IDDM, hypertensive nephropathy, CGN and PC were significantly different from controls in many Class II specificities and some Class I specificities.
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PMID:HLA matching effect: better survival rates and graft quality. 754 74

The intrarenal hemodynamics was examined in 101 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) and 111 patients with type I diabetes mellitus. Intrarenal hypertension was diagnosed from renal functional reserve (RFR) depletion. In CGN intrarenal hypertension was revealed in all clinical and morphological variants of nephritis: in 40% of patients with a nephrotic variant, in 25% with a latent variant and in 83% of patients with nephritis concurrent with the severe urinary syndrome. In focal segmental glomerulonephritis and fibroplastic nephritis, the depleted RFR was encountered 4 times more frequently than the preserved one. There was a association between RFR and arterial hypertension, albuminemia, blood creatinine. In diabetes mellitus intraglomerular hypertension was diagnosed in 34% of patients without renal damage (those having normal albuminuria), in 79% at the preclinical stage of diabetic nephropathy (in microalbuminuria) and in 93% at its clinical stage. Intrarenal hemodynamic disorders in diabetes mellitus are primary and provoked by hormonal metabolic disorders. The morphological signs of renal hyperperfusion failure develop at the preclinical stage of diabetic nephropathy.
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PMID:[Disorders of intrarenal hemodynamics in glomerulopathies]. 762 86

We have analysed the frequency of cytokine-producing T cells in different dialysis groups (haemodialysis; HD and peritoneal dialysis; PD) over time. Although we saw no difference in type 1 cytokine production (IL-2 and IFN-gamma) in either dialysis group, there was a clear increase in the percentage of T cells spontaneously producing the type 02 cytokines in the PD group (IL-4, r = 0.558, P < 0.05; IL-10, r = 0.527, p < 0.05). Our patient group was carefully selected to include patients with an ongoing autoimmune disease, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) (DN group) and chronic glomerulonephritis (GN), which are common reasons of end stage renal failure. As expected there was no increase in the spontaneous production of either IL-4 or IL-10 in either disease group with patients undergoing HD treatment. However, there was a clear correlation with the frequency of T cells producing IL-4 (r = 0.755, P < 0.05) and IL-10 (r = 0.725, P < 0.05) and time on dialysis in the PD patients with DN, but not those with GN. Much work has suggested that the pathogenesis of IDDM is associated with a Th1 dominated response. We show here that this response is skewed towards a Th2 response after long term treatment with PD. This work demonstrates that the immunological effects of different dialysis modalities on patients with different diseases vary. This may go some way to explain why certain patient groups have more complications with different dialysis modalities.
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PMID:The frequency of Th2 type cells increases with time on peritoneal dialysis in patients with diabetic nephropathy. 1040 Aug 28

In diabetic patients long-term patient and graft survival after renal transplantation is reduced compared to nondiabetic graft recipients. Incidence and prevalence of diabetic patients on dialysis is rising continuously; however, there is a surprisingly low prevalence of patients with known diabetes mellitus on our local renal transplant waiting list. In a retrospective study we clarified the underestimation of diabetic dialysis patients on the transplant waiting list. Our local waiting list includes 46 diabetic patients among 377 (12.2%) candidates. Nine patients had type 1 diabetes and 37 type 2 diabetes. Surprisingly, only 20 of 37 patients (ie, 54%) were initially (at the time of wait-listing) classified as (type 2 diabetes mellitus). Primary renal disease in these 17 diabetic patients was classified in only eight patients, whereas the remaining nine were considered as chronic glomerulonephritis (not biopsy-proven and diabetic nephropathy not excluded). We conclude that among uremic patients on the renal transplant waiting list, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and the number of patients with diabetic nephropathy are notably underdiagnosed.
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PMID:Underdiagnosis of diabetes mellitus in chronic dialysis patients on the renal transplant waiting list. 1282 38

Diabetic nephropathy is the most frequent cause of terminal renal failure in the Czech Republic today. Diabetic patients should be screened for diabetic kidney disease on an annual basis, starting 5 years after diabetes was diagnosed in type 1 diabetes patients and immediately after diagnosis in type 2 diabetes patients. The screening includes determining the albumin/creatinine ratio from a urine sample, and of serum creatinine, and the calculation ofglomerular filtration rate. In patients in whom microalbuminuria and/or proteinuria were found, measures should be taken to reduce cardiovascular risk and to slow down the progression of renal disease. In diabetic patients with abnormal urine test results detailed nephrology examination is necessary to exclude other renal diseases than diabetic nephropathy, especially chronic glomerulonephritis and ischaemic nephropathy.
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PMID:[Examination of the kidneys in a diabetic patient]. 1863 Jun 35

While most circulating angiotensinogen (AGT) is synthesized in the liver, the kidneys also produce AGT. Recently, we reported that urinary AGT is mainly originated from AGT. Using newly developed human AGT ELISA, we measured urinary AGT levels in chronic glomerulonephritis (GN) patients and patients with type 1 diabetes in childhood. Urinary AGT level was positively correlated with diastolic blood pressure, urinary albumin, urinary protein levels, and urinary occult blood in chronic GN patients. Furthermore, urinary AGT level was significantly increased in chronic GN patients not treated with renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockers compared with control subjects. Importantly, patients treated with RAS blockers had a marked attenuation of this increase. Also, urinary AGT level was significantly higher in patients with diabetic nephropathy in the premicroalbuminuric phase than in control subjects. These results suggest that urinary AGT reflects intrarenal RAS status in chronic GN and may be an early marker of diabetic nephropathy.
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PMID:Urinary angiotensinogen as a biomarker of nephropathy in childhood. 2186 Jul 93