Considering the crucial focus on plant developments as high yielding, protein, and disease-resistant varieties, in this study, the genetic diversity and nutritional traits of available kidney bean germplasms found in Bangladesh have been evaluated based on seventeen quantitative and six nutritional traits. Analysis of genotypic, phenotypic variance and covariance showed that higher environmenta...

INTRODUCTION Renal dimensions (RD) are important for the diagnostic and the prognostic of nephropathies. MATERIALS AND METHODS We selected 904 Brazilians subjects with normal excretory urographies, showing dense nephrogram at the 5th minute of the exam, serum creatinine < 1.3mg/dl, and absence of any disease that could modify RD. Length, width, and area of both kidneys were correlated with ge...

This work investigated the toxicity of inorganic mercury and zinc preventive effects in female rats sacrificed 12 or 48 h after HgCl2 exposure. Female Wistar rats were subcutaneously injected with ZnCl2 (27 mg/kg) or saline (0.9 %), and 24 h later they were exposed to HgCl2 (5 mg/kg) or saline (0.9 %). Rats sacrificed 12 hours after Hg administration presented an increase in kidney weight and a...

Changes in the renal synthesis and concentration of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and their serum-binding proteins (IGFBPs) reported in insulin-deficient diabetes mellitus may be implicated in the alterations of the kidney function and morphology accompanying this disease. Most research on this subject has been carried out in adult animals, as well as in peripubertal rats, when the regulat...

Chronic kidney disease is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality among Indigenous Australians. Factors contributing to the higher incidence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in Indigenous Australians include poorer social and economic circumstances, higher rates of risk factors, time to diagnosis and access to treatment centres. Risk factors for kidney disease include diabetes, h...

Striker GE: Glomerulosclerosis in mice transgenic for native or mutated bovine growth hormone gene. Kidney Int Suppl 39: S90–S94, 1993 13. Ibrahim HN, Weber ML: Weight loss: a neglected intervention in the management of chronic kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 19: 534–538, 2010 14. Tanner RM, Brown TM, Muntner P: Epidemiology of obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and chronic kidney dis...

Morbid obesity in group of patients with chronic kidney failure has an important impact on access to kidney transplantation. Bariatric procedures can be used as an preparation for potential recipients, which can help to improve their metabolic status and reduce weight. We present the first experience of our centre based on a series of 3 morbidly obese patients with chronic kidney disease underw...

Anthropometry helps to assess nutritional status which is an important determinant of clinical outcome in many patients, including the number of those suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD). Weight gain after successful kidney transplantation is a well-known phenomenon, therefore we hypothesized that intensive counseling, based of menu analysis by a dietitian of CKD patients with a kidney ...

the objective of this study was to determine the chronology of changes in blood pressure in renalhypertension induced by solid plexiglass clips in rats. saw blades with the thickness of 0.21-0.22 mm wereused to make clips sized 4 × 2 × 2 mm from a piece of 2-mm thick plexiglass. rats were subjected to shamoperation or left renal arterial clipping, and 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks later blood pressure, a...