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LASTNAME FIRSTNAME COUNTRY ABSTRACT TITLE
Abitbol Carolyn U.S.A. OBESITY RELATED PROTEINURIA AND PROGRESSION OF RENAL DISEASE IN CHILDREN OF EXTREME LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
Bahlmann Ferdinand Hermann Germany ERYTHROPOIETIN REGULATES ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS IN VIVO
Berthold Peter Switzerland KIDNEY FUNCTION AND GRAFT SURVIVAL IN COMBINED ISLET-KIDNEY-TRANSPLANTATION UNDER A GLUCOCORTICOID-FREE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE REGIMEN
Chan John S.D. Canada HIGH GLUCOSE STIMULATES ANGIOTENSINOGEN (ANG) GENE EXPRESSION AND CELL HYPERTROPHY VIA ACTIVATION OF HEXOSAMINE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY (HBP) IN RAT KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULAR CELLS
Cozzolino Mario Italy AG1478 SPECIFICALLY INHIBITS EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR PREVENTING PARATHYROID GLAND GROWTH INDUCED BY HIGH PHOSPHORUS IN UREMIC RATS
De Broe M.E. Belgium COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF LANTHANUM CARBONATE (FOSRENOL™) AND CALCIUM CARBONATE ON RENAL BONE DISEASE IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM A LARGE, LONG-TERM CLINICAL TRIAL
Di Sole Francesca Germany A1 ADENOSINE RECEPTOR INACTIVATION OF RENAL BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANE Na/H EXCHANGER NHE3 IS DEPENDENT ON INTERACTION WITH THE REGULATORY CALCINEURIN HOMOLOGOUS PROTEIN (CHP)
Faull Randall Australia CONTRASTING EFFECTS OF HEPARIN-BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR (HB-EGF) AND TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR (TGF)-b ON CULTURED HUMAN PERITONEAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS
Fellstrom Bengt Sweden EFFECTS OF FLUVASTATIN ON RENAL TRANSPLANT FUNCTION AND GRAFT LOSS IN RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS IN ALERT (ASSESSMENT OF LESCOL IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION)
Gonzalez Elsa Switzerland MONONUCLEAR CELLS PROTEINS INVOLVED IN IDIOPATHIC NEPHROTIC SYNDROME OF CHILDHOOD: A PROTEOMIC APPROACH
Hertig Alexandre France TYPE 1 PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR DEFICIENCY AGGRAVATES THE COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PASSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS THROUGH TGF-BETA OVERACTIVATION
Kist-van Holthe Joana Netherlands OUTCOME OF CHILDREN AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION FOR WILMS’ TUMOR AND DRASH SYNDROME: A REPORT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PEDIATRIC RENAL TRANSPLANT COOPERATIVE STUDY
Klinger Marian Poland LARGE, PROSPECTIVE STUDY EVALUATING STEROID-FREE IMMUNOSUPPRESSION WITH TACROLIMUS/BASILIXIMAB AND TACROLIMUS/MMF COMPARED WITH TACROLIMUS/MMF/STEROIDS IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
Lahdenkari Anne-Tiina Finland NEPHRIN GENE (NPHS1) IN PATIENTS WITH MINIMAL CHANGE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
Lai Kar Neng Hong Kong DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF RECEPTORS FOR ADVANCED GLYCATION ENDPRODUCTS (AGE) IN HUMAN PERITONEAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS (HPMC) TREATED WITH GLUCOSE DEGRADATION PRODUCTS (GDPs), CONVENTIONAL PD FLUID AND PD FLUID WITH LOW GPD LEVEL
Morgera Stanislao Germany COMBINED ETA/ETB RECEPTOR BLOCKADE OF HUMAN PERITONEAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS INHIBITS COLLAGEN-I RNA SYNTHESIS
Nankivell Brian Australia CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY RESULTS FROM CUMULATIVE DAMAGE FROM IMMUNE, ISCHEMIC AND NEPHROTOXIC INSULTS
Ostendorf Tammo Germany IDENTIFICATION OF PDGF-D AS A NOVEL MEDIATOR OF MESANGIOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Palmada Monica Germany MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE REGULATION OF THE RENAL OUTER MEDULLARY K+ CHANNEL ROMK1 BY THE SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCIBLE KINASE SGK1 AND THE NA+/H+ EXCHANGER REGULATING FACTOR NHERF2
Panichi Vincenzo Italy INTERLEUKIN 6 IS A STRONGER PREDICTOR OF TOTAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY THAN C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN DIALYTIC PATIENTS
Prevot Anne Switzerland DOSE-DEPENDENT SIDE EFFECTS OF NIMESULIDE ON THE IMMATURE KIDNEY
Savin Virginia U.S.A. PERMEABILITY ACTIVITY OF FSGS SERA: INCIDENCE, PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POTENTIAL MECHANISMS
Shimizu Hideaki Japan ANTI-MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN-1 GENE THERAPY AMELIORATES RENAL INJURY INDUCED BY PROTEIN OVERLOAD PROTEINURIA
Taniguchi Masatomo Japan MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF THE VITAMIN D (VD)- INDUCED REGRESSION OF PARATHYROID GLAND (PTG) HYPERPLASIA IN UREMIC RATS FED HIGH PHOSPHORUS DIET: RESTORATION OF THE EXPRESSIONS OF VD RECEPTOR (VDR), CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR (CaR) AND p21
Tomita Naruya Japan DELIVERY OF NFkB DECOY OLIGONUCLEOTIDES USING ULTRASOUND WITH MICROBUBBLES INTO TRANSPLANTED RAT KIDNEY
Wang Xiaoyun China EFFECT OF BIOARTIFICIAL RENAL TUBULE ON TNF-a AND IL-10 IN PORCINE MODEL WITH MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME AND ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
Webster Angela Australia PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF OVERT AND COVERT DUPLICATE PUBLICATION OF RANDOMISED TRIALS IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
Weijmer Marcel Netherlands SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION OF INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS WITH TRISODIUM CITRATE 30% AS CATHETER LOCKING SOLUTION; A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Westenfelder Christof U.S.A. DUAL ROLES OF NF-kappaB (NFkB) IN ISCHEMIC ACUTE RENAL FAILURE (ARF) IN RATS: (1) MEDIATES MALADAPTIVE SUPRESSION OF ERYTHROPOIETIN (EPO) GENE, (2) MEDIATES EPO’S ANTI-APOPTOTIC EFFECTS IN PROXIMAL TUBULAR CELLS
Wuhl Elke Germany EFFICACY OF RAMIPRIL MONOTHERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE

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ERA-EDTA TRAVEL GRANTS

LASTNAME FIRSTNAME COUNTRY ABSTRACT TITLE
Akcay Ali Turkey ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) GENOTYPE IS A PREDICTIVE FACTOR IN THE PEAK PANEL-REACTIVE ANTIBODY (PRA) RESPONSE
Andreucci Michele Italy RENAL ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION AND CHEMICAL ANOXIA/DEXTROSE EXPOSURE IN LLC-PK1 CELLS RESULT IN PHOSPHORYLATION OF THE FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS FKHR AND FKHRL1
Bantis Christos Greece INFLUENCE OF GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS OF RENIN ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM ON CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Bermond Francesca Italy VASCULAR ACCESS SURVIVAL AND MORBIDITY ON DAILY DIALYSIS: FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE ON HOME AND LIMITED CARE HEMODIALYSIS
Booth Anthony United Kingdom INFLIXIMAB IN ANCA-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS: THE ‘ACTIVE’ TRIAL
Boulkroun Sheerazed France NDRG2 (N-Myc DOWNSTREAM REGULATED GENE 2) IS A NOVEL ANDROGEN TARGET GENE IN RAT CORTICAL COLLECTING DUCT
Bubenicek Petr Czech Republic PARATHYROIDECTOMY AFTER RENAL GRAFT TRANSPLANTATION
Calderwood Judith.W. United Kingdom ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASM ANTIBODIES (ANCA) ENHANCE NEUTROPHIL ADHESION AND MIGRATION ACROSS ENDOTHELIAL CELLS VIA b2 INTEGRINS, CXCR1 AND CXCR2
Covic Adrian Romania CAPD IS ASSOCIATED WITH STIFFER ARTERIES AND MORE ABNORMAL NO-DEPENDENT ENDOTHELIAL VASOMOTOR FUNCTION
D'Amico Marco Italy LIGHT CHAIN DEPOSITION DISEASE OF THE KIDNEY: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Drakopoulos Anastasios Greece DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF ENDOTHELIN RECEPTORS AND INCREASED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX SYNTHESIS IN THE DEVELOPING KIDNEY FOLLOWING UNILATERAL URETERIC OBSTRUCTION IN THE OPOSSUM
Duman Soner Turkey IMPROVEMENT OF PERITONEAL ALTERATIONS INDUCED BY HYPERTONIC PD SOLUTIONS BY ACE INHIBITORS AND BY AR BLOCKERS
Ekart Robert Slovenia PREDICTIVE VALUE OF CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN NON-DIABETIC HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
Glorieux Griet Belgium SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PERITONEAL LEUKOCYTE POPULATIONS DURING STERILE PERITONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ICODEXTRIN CAPD FLUIDS
Gosek Katarzyna Poland THE C-106T POLYMORPHISM IN PROMOTER OF ALDOSE REDUCTASE GENE IS RISK FACTOR FOR DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY IN TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS WITH BAD GLYCAEMIC CONTROL
Herrero-Fresneda I. Spain EARLY IMMUNOSUPPRESSION WITH RAPAMYCIN AFTER PROLONGED COLD ISCHEMIA MODIFIES THE OUTCOME OF CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY
Hoenderop Joost G.J. Netherlands EFFECTS OF VITAMIN D ANALOGUES ON RENAL AND INTESTINAL Ca2+ TRANSPORT PROTEINS IN 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D3-1a-HYDROXYLASE KNOCKOUT MICE
Jorge Cristina Portugal A SECOND REVERSE OSMOSIS SEEMS TO DIMINISH THE INFLAMMATORY STIMULUS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVENTIONAL LOW FLUX HEMODIALYSIS
Joss Nicola United Kingdom INFLUENCE OF THE GENOTYPES OF ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME AND APOLIPOPROTEIN E ON PROGRESSION OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
Jouret Francois Belgium ONTOGENY, PROCESSING AND SEGMENTAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE RENAL CHLORIDE CHANNEL ClC-5
Korevaar Johanna C. Netherlands EFFECT OF AN INCREASE IN CRP LEVEL DURING A HEMODIALYSIS SESSION ON MORTALITY
Kuzlan-Pawlaczyk Malgorzata Poland EFFECT OF NUTRINEAL ON THE INTRAPERITONEAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AND PERITONEAL PERMEABILITY IN MALNOURISHED RATS ON CHRONIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CPD)
Lawman Sarah H.A. United Kingdom ATORVASTATIN LEADS TO A REDUCTION IN MHC CLASS II EXPRESSION AND A FALL IN dsDNA ANTIBODY LEVELS IN THE MURINE MODEL OF LUPUS NZBWF1
Le Poole Caatje Netherlands THE EFFECTS OF A HIGH- VERSUS A LOW-GLUCOSE REGIME ON CELL RECRUITMENT AND BIOMARKERS OF CAPD PATIENTS. A MULTI-CENTER, PROSPECTIVE CROSS-OVER STUDY
Lemahieu Wim Belgium LOWERING STEROID DOSES IN FK 506-TREATED RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED INTESTINAL CYP 3A4 ACTIVITY IN VIVO
Lombardo Federica Italy GENETIC FACTORS AND IgA NEHROPATHY RECURRENCE
Loverre A. Italy RENAL ISCHEMIA INDUCES EARLY ACTIVATION OF Akt AT TUBULAR AND GLOMERULAR LEVEL. A POTENTIAL ANTI-APOPTOTIC MECHANISM?
Micozkadioglu Hasan Turkey ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) GENE POLYMORPHISM SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTS RENAL POSTTRANSPLANTATION ERYTHROCYTOSIS
Migliori Massimiliano Italy PODOCYTES AS POTENTIAL TARGET FOR 1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D3 TREATMENT IN ANTI-THY-1.1 NEPHRITIS
Navarro Juan Spain INFLAMMATORY PARAMETERS ARE INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS OF URINARY ALBUMIN EXCRETION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
Ozdemir B. Handan Turkey THE ROLE OF MICROVASCULAR INJURY ON STEROID AND OKT3 RESPONSE IN RENAL ALLOGRAFT REJECTION
Papavasiliou Eleni C. Greece EFFECT OF ERYTHROPOIETIN ADMINISTRATION ON RBC-ASSOCIATED PAF-ACETYLHYDROLASE ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
Pawlaczyk Krzysztof Poland PERITONEAL PERMEABILITY AND INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN MALNOURISHED RATS
Pica Angelo Italy VISUALISATION OF THE RENAL TUBULE HANDLING OF INSULIN BY COMBINING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY WITH IN VIVO RENAL MICROPUNCTURE
Pontrelli P. Italy THROMBIN INDUCES p38 MAP KINASE ACTIVATION AND IL-12 GENE EXPRESSION IN MONOCYTE-DERIVED DENDRITIC CELLS (DC)
Ravani Pietro Italy LONGER MATURATION TIME IMPROVES ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA SURVIVAL: A PROSPECTIVE MULTI-CENTER STUDY
Rihova Zuzana Czech Republic TREATMENT OF LUPUS NEPHRITIS WITH CYCLOSPORIN A - A LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP
Rizzo Maria Italy QUANTIFICATION OF GENE EXPRESSION OF THE SODIUM TRANSPORTERS NHE3, NKCC2 AND NCC ALONG THE TUBULAR NEPHRON SEGMENTS: THEIR ROLE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC HYPERTENSION
Ruiz-Ortega Marta Spain THE SIMULTANEOUS BLOCKADE OF AT1 AND AT2 ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTORS DIMINISHES RENAL NF-kB ACTIVATION AND INFLAMMATORY CELL INFILTRATION DURING KIDNEY DAMAGE
Ruperez Monica Spain ANGIOTENSIN II INCREASES CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR IN THE KIDNEY
Sanz Ana Spain EXPRESSION OF Smac/Diablo IN TUBULAR EPITHELIAL CELLS AND DURING ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
Savelkoul Paul J.M. Netherlands MONO-UBIQUITINATION AND MISSORTING TO LYSOSOMES OF THE AQUAPORIN-2 WATER CHANNEL MUTANT AQP2-E258K EXPLAINS DOMINANT NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS
Savikko Johanna Finland CHRONIC RENAL ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY IS PREVENTED BY IMATINIB (STI571), A SPESIFIC PDGF RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR
Stompor Tomasz Poland HIGHER CARDIO-VASCULAR MORBIDITY AND ACTIVITY OF INFLAMMATORY PROCESS IN OBESE PATIENTS ON PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: DOES OBESITY-INFLAMMATION-ATHEROSCLEROSIS (OIA) SYNDROME EXIST?
Stoves John United Kingdom A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION CONVERSION FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY
Styszynski Arkadiusz Poland PROCYSTEINE DECREASES PERITONEAL INFLAMMATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES CAUSED BY CHRONIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN RATS
Szabo Attila Hungary GENDER BASED IMMONOSUPPRESSION? DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF CYCLOSPORINE A (CsA) AND RAPAMYCIN (Rapa) ON RENAL ENDOTHELIAL AND NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE (eNOS and nNOS) EXPRESSION
Tamma Grazia Italy ERM AS INTEGRATOR PROTEINS BETWEEN ACTIN CYTOSKELETON AND AQP2 WATER CHANNEL IN RENAL CELLS
Terrier Nathalie France LEAN BODY MASS EVALUATED FROM CREATININE KINETIC MODELING (CKM): A KEY PROGNOSIS INDEX IN MALNUTRITION INFLAMMATION AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS (MIA) SYNDROME
Tuncer Murat Turkey INFLUENCE OF CD3 MONITORIZATION OF ANTI-THYMOCYTE GLOBULIN TREATMENT ON CMV INFECTION IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Tutucu Kutlay Naci Turkey FERTILITY INDEXES OF MALES WITH FUNCTIONING RENAL GRAFTS
van Dokkum Richard P.E. Netherlands CHRONIC RENAL FUNCTION LOSS IS AGGRAVATED BY MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI) IN A RAT MODEL OF RENOCARDIAL INTERACTION
van Westrhenen Roos Netherlands CHRONIC PERITONEAL EXPOSURE TO A COMBINATION OF FILTER STERILIZATION, OSMOTIC AGENTS AND PYRUVATE
Virkki Leila Switzerland CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FUNCTION OF TWO NATURALLY OCCURRING MUTATIONS IN THE HUMAN SODIUM-PHOSPHATE COTRANSPORTER TYPE IIa
Willoughby Claire United Kingdom GENETIC MAPPING OF AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT RENAL FANCONI SYNDROME IN TWO FAMILIES SUPPORTS LINKAGE TO CHROMOSOME 15q15.3

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AbdelRaheem Mohamed Sudan
Adamczak Marcin Poland
Adhikary Laxman Nepal
Agarwal Indira India
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Ahmed Aimun K H Egypt
Ajayi Samuel Nigeria
Al-Rohani Muhamed Yemen
Ardiles Leopoldo Chile
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Singh Shah Dibya Nepal
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Yonova Diana Bulgaria
Zhang Hong PR China
Zhang Li China
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Zuo Li China

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ESPN TRAVEL GRANTS

LASTNAME FIRSTNAME COUNTRY ABSTRACT TITLE
Agapov Evgeny C.I.S. DYNAMICS OF ACTIVITY NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE (NOS) AT EXPERIMENTAL RENAL HYPERTENSION
Akman Sema Turkey ANTIFIBROTIC EFFECT OF INTRAPERITONEAL ANTI-THROMBIN III ON THE PERITONEAL MEMBRANE
Aksenova Marina C.I.S. ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN CHILDREN WITH REFLUX NEPHROPATHY: FREQUENCY AND FACTORS PREDISPOSING TO ITS DEVELOPMENT
Bjelakovic Marija Yugoslavia CHANGES OF THE GLOMERULAR AVERAGE VOLUME IN THE CORTICAL ZONES DURING THE HUMAN FETAL KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT
Chen Yun Sweden LOSARTAN TREATMENT INHIBITS EXPRESSION OF LEUKOCYTE-TYPE 12-LIPOXYGENASE IN DEVELOPING KIDNEY IN ASSOCIATION WITH PAPILLARY ATROPHY AND ABERRANT RENAL VASCULATURE
Chromek Milan Sweden TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASES-1 BLOCKS TRANSMIGRATION OF GRANULOCYTES AND PROTECTS THEM FROM APOPTOSIS DURING INFLAMMATION
Cvitkovic Kuzmic Andrea Croatia BLADDER SHAPE IMPACT ON THE ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT OF BLADDER VOLUME IN CHILDREN
Fekete Andrea Hungary THE ASSOCIATION OF HSP-72 GENE POLYMORPHISM WITH ACUTE RENAL FAILURE IN VERY LOW-BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS
Gross Oliver Germany CURRENT CONCEPTS IN PREVENTION OF RENAL FIBROSIS AND RENAL FAILURE IN CHILDREN WITH ALPORTS SYNDROME: LESSONS FROM PREEMTIVE MEDICAL THERAPY IN MICE
Keijzer-Veen Mandy G. Netherlands BLOOD PRESSURE AND RENAL FUNCTION IN 19 YEAR OLD ADULTS AFTER INTRA UTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION AND PREMATURE BIRTH
Marcun Varda Natasa Slovenia G PROTEIN b3 SUBUNIT GENE C825T POLYMORPHISM IN PATIENTS WITH VESICO-URETERIC REFLUX
Matkovic Maja Croatia ISOLATED MICROHEMATURIA IN CHILDREN: VALUE OF RENAL BIOPSY
Morozova Olga C.I.S. LEVEL OF INTERLEUKIN-5 IN PLASMA AND URINE IN CHILDREN WITH STEROID-SENSITIVE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
Musial Kinga Poland SOLUBLE ADHESION MOLECULES IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ON CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS (HD)
Ozaltin Fatih Turkey THE ROLE OF APOPTOSIS IN THE COURSE OF CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN CHILDHOOD
Paunova Svetlana C.I.S. PRO- AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES IN CHILDREN WITH VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX
Pogan Anna Poland CYSTOSONOGRAPHY WITH ECHOCONTRAST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VESICOURETERAL REFLUX IN CHILDREN
Prikhodina Larisa C.I.S. DOES SODIUM DODECIL SULFATE-POLYACRILAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS PATTERN OF PROTEINURIA REFLECT EXTENT OF TUBULOINTERSTITIAL DAMAGE IN CHILDREN WITH GLOMERULONEPHRITIS?
Rubik Jacek Poland CLINICAL ASPECTS OF PLASMAPHERESIS THERAPY IN CHILDREN - EXPERIENCE WITH SIX HUNDREDS SESSIONS
Sarkissian Ashot C.I.S. LATE ADMINISTRATION OF COLCHICINE IN RENAL AMYLOIDOSIS OF FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER (FMF): DOES THE GENOTYPE PREDICT RESPONSE?
Seeman Tomas Czech Republic AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE - REPORT OF THE CZECH NATIONAL REGISTRY OF CHILDREN WITH POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES
Serdaroglu Erkin Turkey PODOCIN (NPHS2) GENE MUTATION IN TURKISH CHILDREN WITH STEROID RESISTANT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
Seso Simic Djurdica Croatia LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP OF CHILDREN WITH FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS AND TRANSPLANTED KIDNEY
Sosare Ineta Latvia A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF ICODEXTRIN USE IN PEDIATRIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS
Tkaczyk Marcin Poland URINARY EXCRETION AND PLASMA CONCENTRATION OF CYSTATIN C IN ACUTE PHASE OF IDIOPATHIC NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN CHILDREN
Toth-Heyn Peter Hungary PRESENCE OF TNF-a, IL-1 b, IL-6 AND IL-10 POLYMORPHISM AND THE RISK OF NEONATAL ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
Veres Gabor Hungary INCREASED EXPRESSION OF INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1 (ICAM-1) AND KI-67 PROLIFERATION MARKER IN THE ANTRAL MUCOSA OF CHILDREN WITH HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION
Wasilewska Anna Poland EXPRESSION OF GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTORS IN CELLS OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD IN CHILDREN WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
Wozniak Aldona Poland AN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF IMMATURE GLOMERULI IN CHILDREN WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME GLOMERULOPATHIES (IN RELATION WITH CLINICAL FINDINGS)

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LASTNAME FIRSTNAME COUNTRY ABSTRACT TITLE
Alscher Dominik M. Germany INDUCTION OF METALLOTHIONEINS IN PROXIMAL TUBULAR CELLS DO NOT PROTECT AGAINST APOPTOSIS CAUSED BY HIGH-GLUCOSE
Anders Hans-Joachim Germany BACTERIAL CpG-DNA INDUCES PROGRESSION OF RENAL DISEASE IN MRL-FAS (lpr) MICE BY ACTIVATION OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR-9 ON RENAL MACROPHAGES AND DENDRITIC CELLS
Asif Abdul Rahman Germany THE HUMAN ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER 3 (hOAT3) IN ADRENOCORTICAL CELLS IS INVOLVED IN CORTISOL TRANSPORT
Bender Thorsten Onno Germany EFFECT OF 3,4-DIDEOXYGLUCOSONE-3-ENE (3,4-DGE) ON VIABILITY AND CELL FUNCTION OF HUMAN PERITONEAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS (HPMC)
Bergmann Carsten Germany MUTATION SCREENING IN AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE (ARPKD/ PKHD1)
Birka Christina Germany REGULATION OF ERYTHROCYTE APOPTOSIS BY ERYTHROPOIETIN
Boeger Carsten Germany L55M GENOTYPE IN GENDIAN: A PROSPECTIVE CASE CONTROL STUDY EVALUATING THE GENETIC PREDICTORS OF MORBIDITY, MORTALITY AND DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY IN DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2
Brandenburg Vincent Germany BIPHASIC DEVELOPMENT OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
Brinkkoetter Paul Germany STIMULATION OF HUMAN IMMORTALIZED PODOCYTES WITH ANG II INDUCES BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CHANGES IN THE PRODUCTION OF HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS
Castrop Hayo U.S.A. TRANSGENIC MICE EXPRESSING CRE-RECOMBINASE DRIVEN BY THE RENIN PROMOTER
Dahlmann Anke Germany REGULATION OF EPITHELIAL NA+ CHANNELS IN A MOUSE MODEL OF LIDDLE’ S SYNDROM
Deicher Robert Austria PARATHYROIDECTOMY LOWERS ELEVATED NEUTROPHIL CYTOSOLIC CALCIUM CONCENTRATION OF DIALYSIS PATIENTS WITH SEVERE HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Eis Vaclav Germany CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR-1 BUT NOT CCR5 IS REQUIRED FOR LEUKOCYTE INFILTRATION AND RENAL FIBROSIS AFTER UNILATERAL URETER OBSTRUCTION IN MICE
Fenke F.P. Germany BIOCHIP-ANALYSES OF EXPERIMENTAL INFLAMMATION PROVIDES INFLAMMATORY MARKERS FOR QUANTITATIVE EXPRESSION IN BIOPSIES WITH LUPUS NEPHRITIS
Gasser Martin Germany PREVENTION OF EARLY AND LATE ALLOANTIGEN INDEPENDENT INJURY TO RENAL TRANSPLANTS WITH CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR SPARING IMMUNOSUPPRESSION USING SIROLIMUS INVOLVES SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF T CELL RELATED ANTIGENS
Girndt Matthias Germany GENETIC INFLUENCES ON CARDIOVASCULAR PROGNOSIS IN END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH OF DIFFERENT GENOTYPES
Habicht A. Austria ADEQUATE IRON SUPPLY OVERCOMES HYPORESPONSIVENESS TO EPOETIN THERAPY DUE TO INFLAMMATION
Hamar Peter Hungary ARTERIOLAR DYSFUNCTION IN MICE WITH SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
Hartner Andrea Germany ROLE OF FIBRILLIN-1 IN THE REGULATION OF MESANGIAL CELL ATTACHMENT AND PROLIFERATION
Jansen Martin Austria IgG IMMUNOADSORPTION IN HIGHLY SENSITIZED RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS PRIOR AND AFTER TRANSPLANTATION
Kielstein Jan T. Germany SLOW LOW-EFFICIENT DAILY DIALYSIS (SLED) AS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR ACUTE RENAL FAILURE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: COMBINATION OF SUPERIOR DETOXIFICATION AND EXCELLENT CARDIOVASCULAR TOLERABILITY IN SEVERELY ILL PATIENTS
Kirsch Torsten Germany ACE INHIBITION AND AT1R BLOCKADE DECREASE EXPRESSION OF SEVERAL GENES OF THE ARACHIDONIC ACID PATHWAY IN SHRSP
Klar Juergen Germany ALDOSTERONE ENHANCES RENIN GENE EXPRESSION IN JUXTAGLOMERULAR CELLS
Kosch Markus Germany DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF ISOLATED RAYNAUD SYNDROME AND SCLERODERMA ON FUNCTIONAL WALL PROPERTIES OF LARGE ARTERIES
Kruger Thilo Germany ISOLATION, LOCALIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RODENT KIDNEY DENDRITIC CELLS
Lechner Judith Austria MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF IFNa INDUCED PARACELLULAR PERMEABILITY INCREASE IN LLC-PK1 RENAL PROXIMAL TUBULAR MONOLAYERS
Loenard Brigitta Germany PREVALENCE OF HHV-8 INFECTION AMONG HEALTHY CONTROLS AND IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS
Mack Matthias Germany BLOCKADE OF THE CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2 AGGRAVATES LUPUS NEPHRITIS IN MRL-lpr MICE
Mengel Michael Germany EPITHELIAL CHIMERISM IS AN EARLY AND PERSISTENT EVENT AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
Moeller Marcus Germany PODOCYTES PARTICIPATE IN CRESCENT FORMATION DURING RAPID PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN THE MOUSE
Mueller Hansgeorg Austria NOVEL IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT AGENT FTY720 REDUCES CHEMOTAXIS OF HUMAN MONOCYTE-DERIVED DENDRITIC CELLS
Pflueger Axel U.S.A. NITRIC OXIDE (NO)-DEPENDENT RENAL VASODILATION IS UNCOUPLED FROM CYCLIC GMP IN TYPE 1-DIABETIC RATS
Pietrzyk Miriam C. Germany GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF FRACTALKINE BY LASER MICRODISSECTION IN RENAL BIOPSIES FROM KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATED PATIENTS WITH ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION
Quaschning Thomas Germany ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR SALT-INDUCED HYPERTENSION IN ENDOTHELIN-B RECEPTOR-DEFICIENT MICE
Raff Ulrike Germany L-ARGININE DOES NOT IMPROVE CELL DEATH AND PROLIFERATION IN ISCHEMIC ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
Sauvant Christoph Germany IS EXTRA CELLULAR REGULATED PROTEIN KINASE ERK1/2 A KEY PROTECTION FACTOR IN THE PROXIMAL TUBULE?
Schaeffner Elke Germany PROSPECTIVE DATA ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Schafer Stefan Germany TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSIVE NEPHROPATHY BY THE NOVEL VASOPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR AVE7688: NEPHROPROTECTION BEYOND ACE INHIBITION ALONE
Schmid Holger Germany ESTABLISHMENT OF A mRNA EXPRESSION MARKER SET FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF RENAL ALLOGRAFT REJECTION
Schweda Frank Germany ROLE OF A1 ADENOSINE RECEPTORS AND NO IN MACULA DENSA CONTROL OF RENIN SECRETION: STUDIES IN ISOLATED PERFUSED KIDNEYS OF KNOCKOUT MICE
Sebekova, Jr. K. Germany ENALAPRIL BUT NOT LOSARTAN AMELIORATES ACCUMULATION OF ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN ACUTE RENAL FAILURE RATS
Seibold Stefan Germany OXIDIZED LDL INDUCES CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION AND PROLIFERATION IN HUMAN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS VIA SUPPRESSION OF p27Kip1 EXPRESSION – POTENTIAL ROLE OF RhoA
Sester Martina Germany SENSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC T-CELL IMMUNITY TOWARDS M. TUBERCULOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS BY THE USE OF A RAPID FLOW-CYTOMETRIC WHOLE-BLOOD ASSAY
Sindic Aleksandra Germany GUANYLATE CYCLASE C IS NOT THE RECEPTOR FOR GUANYLIN PEPTIDES IN MOUSE AND HUMAN CORTICAL COLLECTING DUCTS
Titze Jens Germany THE SKIN IS AN OSMOTICALLY- INACTIVE NA+ RESERVOIR THAT IS DIMINISHED IN DAHL RATS
Toegel Florian U.S.A. MOBILIZATION OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS (HSC) PRIOR TO INDUCTION OF ISCHEMIC ACUTE RENAL FAILURE (ARF) IN MICE DOES NOT IMPROVE BUT SIGNIFICANTLY WORSENS OUTCOME
Trochen Nadia Switzerland LOW PREVALENCE OF NONCONSERVATIVE MUTATIONS OF SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID-REGULATED KINASE (SGK1) GENE IN HYPERTENSIVE AND RENAL PATIENTS
Vasko Radovan Germany EXPRESSION OF BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR (FGF-2) IS STRONGLY UPREGULATED IN HUMAN DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY AND IS INDUCED BY HYPERGLYCEMIA IN HUMAN RENAL FIBROBLASTS
Wahl Patricia R. Switzerland INCREASE IN TH1 AND TH2 CYTOKINE PRODUCTION BY BLOCKADE OF THE B7RP-1/ICOS PATHWAY IN RENAL TUBULAR EPITHELIAL CELLS
Warth Richard Switzerland RENAL PHENOTYPE OF THE TWIK1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL KNOCKOUT MOUSE

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WCN 2003 AWARDS FOR BEST POSTERS (Selected on spot)

LASTNAME FIRSTNAME COUNTRY ABSTRACT TITLE
Artero Mary Italy THE TGF-b1 POLYMORPHISM (CODON 10 T/C) IS A RISK FACTOR FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS ALSO IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
Awazu Midori Japan THE LACK OF CYCLIN KINASE INHIBITOR p27KIP1 AMELIORATES PROGRESSION OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
Bilge Ilmay Turkey IS PARAOXONASE 192 GENE POLYMORPHISM A RISK FACTOR FOR MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN CHILDREN?
Brakemeier Susanne Germany UP-REGULATION OF CA2+ ACTIVATED K+ CHANNELS IN T-LYMPHOCYTES DURING ACUTE RENAL ALLOGRAFT REJECTION
Burdese Manuel Italy RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN THE OCTOGENARIANS: IMPACT OF THE DIALYSIS SYSTEM
Carasi Carla Italy CHILDHOOD THIN GBM DISEASE: REVIEW OF 22 CHILDREN WITH FAMILY STUDIES AND LONG-TERM FOLLOW UP
Chatziantoniou Christos France RENAL VASCULAR AND GLOMERULAR FIBROSIS: ROLE OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR TRANSACTIVATION
De Mattia Fabrizio P.E. Netherlands THE AQUAPORIN-2 MUTANT AQP2-R254L IN DOMINANT NDI; EVIDENCE AGAINST PHOSPHORYLATION OF AQUAPORIN-2 BY PROTEIN KINASE A
Diaz Keibell Venezuela POSSIBLE ROLE OF FGF23 IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF OSTEODYSTROPHY IN ESKD AND RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
Filler Guido Canada IS THERE A DRUG INTERACTION BETWEEN MMF AND TACROLIMUS IN CHILDREN?
Finn W. U.S.A. LANTHANUM CARBONATE (FOSRENOL™) CAUSES SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN SERUM PHOSPHORUS AND Ca × P PRODUCT IN A DOSE-RANGING, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY
Fritschka Emanuel Germany IMPROVED B -TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (BNP) CONCENTRATIONS AFTER CARDIOVASCULAR TRAINING IN HYPERTENSIVE DIALYSIS-PATIENTS
Giardino Laura U.S.A. SYNAPTOPODIN REGULATES THE RESPONSE OF THE PODOCYTE ACTIN CYTOSKELETON TO GLOMERULAR INJURY
Gorayb Ferreira