Objective: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the two previously validated scoring systems PADUA (Preoperative Aspects and Dimensions Used for an Anatomical score), and RENAL (Radius, Exophytic/endophytic, Nearness, Anterior/posterior Location) in a Danish cohort, with regard to the postoperative outcomes after partial nephrectomy. We also evaluated the shortest distance between the margin of...

background: numerical study of angulation effects of renal arteries on blood flow has been of great interest for many researchers. objective: this paper aims at numerically determining the angulation effects of stenosed renal arteries on blood flow velocity and renal mass flow. method: an anatomically realistic model of abdominal aorta and renal arteries is reconstructed from ct-scan images and...

background. the major side effect of cisplatin, used in some tumours, is nephrotoxicity. reactive oxygen species and oxidative damage are the most important factors in cisplatin-induced acute renal failure. the main purpose of this study is to investigate the protective effects of crocin against cisplatin-induced acute renal failure and oxidative stress in rat. methods. in this study, animals w...

Statistical tables including 50 and 95 percentile ranges are presented of the combined kidney weights compared with body weight, crown-rump length, and gestation age of foetuses and newborn children, and also a table of kidney weights related to post-natal age. The importance of relating kidney weight to more than one general body criterion in the perinatal period is illustrated.

Deregulation of TGF-β superfamily signaling is a causative factor in many diseases. Here we describe a protein engineering strategy for the generation of single-chain bivalent receptor traps for TGF-β superfamily ligands. Traps were assembled using the intrinsically disordered regions flanking the structured binding domain of each receptor as "native linkers" between two binding domains. This y...

In this study we explored how parental exposure to pharmaceuticals influences reproduction in offspring. Adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) were exposed for 6 weeks to 10 μgL(-1) of carbamazepine (CBZ) and gemfibrozil (GEM), two commonly prescribed drugs. Embryos were collected, reared in clean water until sexual maturity and then assessed for reproductive output, courtship, sperm function and organ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical effect of two surgical methods of treating chyluria, namely, retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial dissection of adipose renal capsule plus ligation of renal pedicle lymphatic vessels and retroperitoneal laparoscopic complete dissection of adipose renal capsule plus ligation of renal pedicle lymphatic vessels. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-eight cases have been ...

BACKGROUND Experiments on humans and their organs produce legal, moral and ethical dilemmas. Nowadays, the use of domestic swine as an experimental animal is increasing steadily. Thus it is important to know the structure and characteristics of swine organs. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to investigate the shape, dimensions and volume of the renal collecting system in swine, based o...

SOURCE AND DESCRIPTION OF CLONE: A 973 bp cDNA insert from an adult human kidney library cloned in the EcoRI site of PBR 327 (pINSR 18.2) encoding aminoacids-26 to 295 of the insulin receptor. POLYMORPHISM EcoRI identifies a two allele polymorphism with bands at 22 fcb and 20 Kb Hind III detects two allelic fragments of 6.5 Kb and 1.4 kb Pst I reveals two allelic fragments of 2.

Two cases of isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection diagnosed by contrast enhanced 64 slice CT are reported. In both, the dissection was seen extending along the entire length of the artery with one of them showing partially thrombosed false lumen. One case was associated with dissection of left renal artery with consequent renal infarcts. Although superior mesenteric artery dissection ...