Oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) may play an important role in atherosclerosis. We studied the effects of bicarbonate/CO2 and phosphate buffer systems on metal ion-catalyzed oxidation of LDL to malondialdehyde (MDA) and to protein carbonyl and MetO derivatives. Our results revealed that LDL oxidation in mixtures containing free iron or heme derivatives was much greater in bicarbonate/...

Ferric citrate (FC) has demonstrated efficacy as a phosphate binder and reduces the requirements for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) and intravenous (IV) iron in dialysis patients. We developed a net budgetary impact model to evaluate FC vs. other phosphate binders from the vantage of a large dialysis provider. We used a Markov microsimulation model to simulate mutually referential lon...

BACKGROUND/AIM Dietary phosphate intake and vitamin D receptor activator (VDRA) regulate fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23); iron may modulate FGF23 metabolism. We aimed to determine whether oral iron supplementation influences serum FGF23 concentration in hemodialysis (HD) patients, while excluding the effect of dietary phosphate intake. METHODS This prospective study enrolled 27 maintenanc...

BACKGROUND Ferric citrate (FC) is a phosphate binder in development for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In clinical trials, FC improved patient serum phosphorus levels and increased serum ferritin and percent transferrin saturation. Because nephrologists respond to increases in these iron measures by reducing intravenous (IV) iron and erythrop...

Transformations of dissolved iron and phosphate to particulate material (>0.2 pm) were investigated by adding 55FeC1, and 32P0,3to pH adjusted epilimnetic lake water samples of contrasting ionic strengths and dissolved humic substances (DHS) concentrations. The distributions of these tracers between particulate size fractions in samples without appreciable DHS after 24 h of dark incubation vari...

The use of liquid-liquid extraction for the separation of zirconium from hafnium was demonstrated. Hafnium spectrographically free of zirconium was prepared in quantity on a continuous basis. High purity fractions of zirconium were also prepared.

A new iron phosphate, disodium calcium manganese(II) iron(III) tris(phosphate), Na2CaMnFe(PO4)3, has been synthesized as single crystals by the flux technique. This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c. The structure belongs to the alluaudite structural type and thus, it obeys the X(2)X(1)M(1)M(2)2(PO4)3 general formula. Both the X(2) and X(1) sites are fully occupied by sod...

A new iron phosphate, rubidium zinc iron(III) phosphate, RbZnFe(PO4)2, has been synthesized as single crystals by the flux method. This compound is isostructural to the previously reported KCoAl(PO4)2 [Chen et al. (1997 ▸). Acta Cryst. C53,1754-1756]. Its structure consists of a three-dimensional framework built up from corner-sharing PO4 and (Zn,Fe)O4 tetra-hedra. This mode of linkage forms ch...