Association between individual and combined SNPs in genes related to innate immunity and incidence of CMV infection in seropositive kidney transplant recipients.

In this study, we assessed the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in seven candidate genes involved in orchestrating the immune response against cytomegalovirus (CMV) and the 12-month incidence of CMV infection in 315 CMV-seropositive kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Patients were managed either by antiviral prophylaxis or preemptive therapy. CMV infection occurred in 140 patients (44.4%), including 13 episodes of disease. After adjusting for various clinical covariates, patients harboring T-allele genotypes of interleukin-28B (IL28B) (rs12979860) SNP had lower incidence of CMV infection (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]: 0.66; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.46-0.96; p-value = 0.029). In the analysis restricted to patients not receiving prophylaxis, carriers of the TT genotype of toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) (rs5743836) SNP had lower incidence of infection (aHR: 0.61; 95% CI: 0.38-0.96; p-value = 0.035), whereas the GG genotype of dendritic cell-specific ICAM 3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) (rs735240) SNP exerted the opposite effect (aHR: 1.86; 95% CI: 1.18-2.94; p-value = 0.008). An independent association was found between the number of unfavorable SNP genotypes carried by the patient and the incidence of CMV infection. In conclusion, specific SNPs in IL28B, TLR9 and DC-SIGN genes may play a role in modulating the susceptibility to CMV infection in CMV-seropositive KT recipients.

Análisis clínico de una población con poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante / Clinical analysis of a population with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

La poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante es una enfermedad hereditaria multiorgánica, responsable del 7-10% de los casos de insuficiencia renal crónica terminal que precisan tratamiento renal sustitutivo, causada por mutaciones en los genes PKD1 y PKD2. El diagnóstico de esta enfermedad puede realizarse fácilmente mediante pruebas radiológicas; la ecografía constituye el método de elección, pero el diagnóstico molecular ofrece la ventaja de la detección precoz de individuos asintomáticos portadores del defecto genético. En este trabajo, presentamos los resultados del análisis clínico de 48 pacientes diagnosticados de poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante. Los objetivos de nuestro trabajo fueron analizar los principales aspectos clínicos de la enfermedad, las causas de morbimortalidad e identificar a los individuos de riesgo afectados y sus manifestaciones clínicas precoces. En nuestro estudio, la hipertensión arterial fue la manifestación inicial más frecuente (68,42%), mientras que en la evolución de la enfermedad lo fue la insuficiencia renal crónica (100%). A pesar de que la edad media del diagnóstico de la poliquistosis renal en este estudio fue menor en las mujeres, la evolución de la enfermedad fue más tórpida en los hombres, lo que determinó el inicio más precoz del tratamiento renal sustitutivo y, consecuentemente, la mayor mortalidad. En este estudio se observó una prevalencia similar de muertes de origen cardiovascular (42,1%) e infeccioso (42,1%). En resumen, nuestros resultados revelan una alta prevalencia de pacientes con poliquistosis renal diagnosticados tardíamente, lo que podría explicar la elevada morbimortalidad. Dada la alta prevalencia de insuficiencia renal crónica e insuficiencia renal crónica terminal secundaria a poliquistosis renal en nuestro estudio, el diagnóstico precoz de la poliquistosis conllevaría un mejor pronóstico en relación con un seguimiento clínico más estricto. Por tanto, al ser la hipertensión arterial la manifestación clínica más frecuente en el momento del diagnóstico, debería incluirse esta entidad nosológica en todos los casos con hipertensión arterial de etiología no filiada y, por otra parte, las complicaciones infecciosas deberían ser un signo de alerta en todo paciente con poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante (AU)

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a multi-organic hereditary disorder. It is responsible for 7-10% of cases of end stage renal failure. It is caused by mutations in the genes PKD1 and PKD2. The diagnosis of this disease can be performed through ultrasounds, but the molecular diagnosis offers some advantages, such as the early detection of asymptomatic individuals who carry this genetic defect, in order to perform a preventive monitoring and genetic counselling. In this work, we present the results of the clinical analysis of 48 patients diagnosed with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. The objectives of this work were to analyze the main clinical aspects of the disease. The average age of appearance of the first symptoms was 41.17 ± 13.41 years in women and 49.91 ± 12.52 years in men (p <0.05). Arterial hypertension was the first sign of the disease (68.42%), with more cases in men than in women (p <0.05), followed by chronic renal failure (68.29 %). The most common renal symptom during the evolution of the disease was chronic renal failure, which was present in all the patients of the study, followed by proteinuria (92.31%), end-stage renal failure (89.58%) and arterial hypertension (87.23%). In summary, our results reveal a high prevalence of patients with polycystic kidney disease who received a late diagnosis. This could possibly explain the high morbi-mortality associated to this condition. Given the high prevalence of chronic renal failure and end-stage renal failure secondary to polycystic kidney disease in our study, the early diagnostic of the disease would carry better pronostic in relation with a more strict clinical follow-up. The arterial hypertension was the most frequent clinical manifestation of the disease in our study by what this entity should be included in all the hypertense patients of unknown etiology and on the other hand, the infectious complications should be a sign of alert in every patient with polycystic kidney disease (AU)

[Clinical analysis of a population with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease]. / Análisis clínico de una población con poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a multiorgan hereditary disorder. It is responsible for 7-10% of cases of end stage renal failure. It is caused by mutations in the genes PKD1 and PKD2. The diagnosis of this disease can be performed through ultrasounds, but the molecular diagnosis offers some advantages, such as the early detection of asymptomatic individuals who carry this genetic defect, in order to perform a preventive monitoring and genetic counselling. In this work, we present the results of the clinical analysis of 48 patients diagnosed with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. The objectives of this work were to analyze the main clinical aspects of the disease. The average age of appearance of the first symptoms was 41.17 +/- 13.41 years in women and 49.91 +/- 12.52 years in men (p < 0.05). Arterial hypertension was the first sign of the disease (68.42%), with more cases in men than in women (p < 0.05), followed by chronic renal failure (68.29 %). The most common renal symptom during the evolution of the disease was chronic renal failure, which was present in all the patients of the study, followed by proteinuria (92.31%), end-stage renal failure (89.58%) and arterial hypertension (87.23%). In summary, our results reveal a high prevalence of patients with polycystic kidney disease who received a late diagnosis. This could possibly explain the high morbi-mortality associated to this condition. Given the high prevalence of chronic renal failure and endstage renal failure secondary to polycystic kidney disease in our study, the early diagnostic of the disease would carry better prognostic in relation with a more strict clinical followup. The arterial hypertension was the most frequent clinical manifestation of the disease in our study by what this entity should be included in all the hypertense patients of unknown etiology and on the other hand, the infectious complications should be a sign of alert in every patient with polycystic kidney disease.

Análisis genético (PKD2) de la poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante / No disponible

La poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante (PQRAD) es una enfermedad hereditaria multiorgánica, caracterizada por un progresivo crecimiento y desarrollo de quistes renales que destruyen el parénquima funcional. Es responsable del 7-10% de los casos de insuficiencia renal crónica terminal que precisan tratamiento renal sustitutivo, causada por mutaciones en los genes PKD1 y PKD2. Las dos formas de PQRAD tienen una patogenia y clínica similar, pero en los pacientes con mutación en PKD2, las manifestaciones clínicas aparecen más tarde y la progresión a nefropatía terminal acontece 10 años más tarde que en los pacientes con mutación en PKD1. El diagnóstico de esta enfermedad puede realizarse fácilmente mediante ecografía, pero el diagnóstico molecular ofrece la ventaja de la detección precoz de individuos asintomáticos portadores del defecto genético. En este trabajo, presentamos los resultados del análisis genético (PKD2) de 18 pacientes diagnosticados de PQRAD. Los objetivos de nuestro trabajo fueron comparar la rentabilidad del estudio genético respecto al radiológico, realizar un diagnóstico genético precoz en los descendientes de pacientes afectados, e intentar establecer una correlación fenotipo- genotipo en los pacientes con mutación en PKD2. Tras el análisis genético, sólo se diagnosticó a una familia (5,56 %) con mutación en el exón 13 del gen PKD2, consistente en una sustitución del nucleótido adenosina por citosina (c.2398A>C) que implicaba el cambio del aminoácido metionina por leucina (p.800Met>Leu). En nuestra población, contrariamente a lo publicado, la mutación sí se segregó con la enfermedad, y todos los miembros con diagnóstico clínico y de imagen de PQRAD presentaron dicha mutación. Dada la alta prevalencia de insuficiencia renal crónica e insuficiencia renal crónica terminal secundaria a poliquistosis renal en nuestro medio, el diagnóstico genético precoz de la poliquistosis renal conllevaría mejor pronóstico en relación con un seguimiento clínico más estricto (AU)

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a multiorganic hereditary disorder. It is responsible for 7-10% of cases of end stage renal failure. It is caused by mutations in the genes PKD1 and PKD2. Both polycystic kidney disease¿s forms have a pathogeny and similar clinic, but in the patients with mutation in PKD2, the clinical manifestations appear later and the progression to end stage renal failure happens 10 years later than in the patients with mutation in PKD1. The diagnosis of this disease can be performed through ultrasounds, but the molecular diagnosis offers some advantages, such as the early detection of asymptomatic individuals who carry this genetic defect, in order to perform a preventive monitoring and genetic counselling. In this work, we present the results of the mutational analysis of the PKD2 gene in 18 patients diagnosed with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. The objectives of this work were to analyze the profitability of the genetic study compared with the radiologic study, and perform an early genetic diagnosis in the descendants of patients who were affected by a mutation in the PKD2 gene, trying to establish a correlation between phenotype and genotype. After the genetic analysis, only one family was diagnosed with a mutation in exon 13 of the PKD2 gene (5.56%), which consists on a substitution of the nucleotide adenosine by cytosine (c.2398A>C), which implies that the amino acid methionine is replaced by leucine (p.800Met>Leu). In our population, contrary to what was published in the literature, the mutation of the gene was clinically significant and did segregate with the disease. All the members with a clinical and ultrasound diagnosis of polycystic renal disease presented the abovementioned mutation. We could not confirm any clinicalgenetic correlation. Due to the high prevalence of chronic renal failure and terminal chronic renal failure secondary to polycystic kidney disease in our study, an early genetic diagnosis would involve a better prognosis in connection with a closer clinical monitoring (AU)

[Genetic analysis (PKD2) of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease]. / Análisis genético (PKD2) de la poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a multi-organic hereditary disorder. It is responsible for 7-10% of cases of end stage renal failure. It is caused by mutations in the genes PKD1 and PKD2. Both polycystic kidney disease's forms have a pathogeny and similar clinic, but in the patients with mutation in PKD2, the clinical manifestations appear later and the progression to end stage renal failure happens 10 years later than in the patients with mutation in PKD1. The diagnosis of this disease can be performed through ultrasounds, but the molecular diagnosis offers some advantages, such as the early detection of asymptomatic individuals who carry this genetic defect, in order to perform a preventive monitoring and genetic counselling. In this work, we present the results of the mutational analysis of the PKD2 gene in 18 patients diagnosed with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. The objectives of this work were to analyze the profitability of the genetic study compared with the radiologic study, and perform an early genetic diagnosis in the descendants of patients who were affected by a mutation in the PKD2 gene, trying to establish a correlation between phenotype and genotype. After the genetic analysis, only one family was diagnosed with a mutation in exon 13 of the PKD2 gene (5.56%), which consists on a substitution of the nucleotide adenosine by cytosine (c.2398A>C), which implies that the amino acid methionine is replaced by leucine (p.800Met>Leu). In our population, contrary to what was published in the literature, the mutation of the gene was clinically significant and did segregate with the disease. All the members with a clinical and ultrasound diagnosis of polycystic renal disease presented the above mentioned mutation. We could not confirm any clinical-genetic correlation. Due to the high prevalence of chronic renal failure and terminal chronic renal failure secondary to polycystic kidney disease in our study, an early genetic diagnosis would involve a better prognosis in connection with a closer clinical monitoring.

Actitudes diagnósticas en el síndrome de hemorragia pulmonar con afectación renal / Diagnostic attitudes in the pulmonary hemorrhage syndrome with renal involvement

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Assessment of erythropoiesis activity during hemodialysis therapy by soluble transferrin receptor levels and ferrokinetic measurements.

The erythropoietic activity (EA) and degree of erythropoiesis attained by patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) administered recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) were studied using ferrokinetic measurements and tests of soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) levels, assessing which parameter is most useful for measurements in clinical practice. Plasma iron 59 ((59)Fe) clearance (half-life [T(1/2)] (59)Fe), plasma iron turnover (PIT), erythron transferrin uptake (ETU), and erythrocyte (59)Fe incorporation were determined in 23 patients before and at 4 months after administration of rHuEPO. sTfR levels, hematopoietic parameters, and iron metabolism parameters were measured periodically. T(1/2) (59)Fe was shortened (P: = 0.004), PIT and ETU were increased (P: = 0.032 and P: = 0.013, respectively), and the time taken by erythrocytes to incorporate 80% of the (59)Fe administered was reduced from 9.6 to 6.1 days. sTfR levels were increased by 15 days; this increase was significant (P: < 0.05) at 30 days, reaching a maximum of 3.22 mg/dL at day 45. A positive correlation was seen between sTfR levels and hemoglobin (Hb) (P: = 0.001), hematocrit (P: = 0.001), and reticulocytes (P: = 0.038) that was not found between ferrokinetic parameters and those evaluating efficient erythropoiesis (P: = 0.345 between ETU and Hb). In conclusion, EA is increased, shown by ETU and sTfR level. sTfR levels correlate with the parameters that evaluate efficient erythropoiesis, and their measurement does not involve the technical and/or ethical limitations of studies of ferrokinetics, making them the tool of choice in clinical practice for the evaluation of EA in patients undergoing HD administered rHuEPO.

Cefminox versus Cefoxitin in Hysterectomy Prophylaxis : Clinical Efficacy and Serum and Tissue Concentrations.

This phase III, prospective, randomised, open, controlled clinical trial compared the efficacy of single-dose cefminox (2g) versus triple-dose cefoxitin (2g every 4 hours) as antibiotic prophylaxis in 112 women undergoing gynaecological surgery (vaginal or abdominal hysterectomy). Peak, intraoperative and trough serum concentrations were determined for both antibiotics, as well as their concentrations in myometrial tissue in a subset of patients from the study (22 patients from the cefminox group and 18 from the cefoxitin group). Clinical response was satisfactory in all women treated with cefminox (59 of 59) and in 52 of 53 patients treated with cefoxitin. Fever-related morbidity, hospital stay and adverse reactions were similar in both groups. Peak serum concentrations were 132.3 mg/L for cefminox and 82.2 mg/L for cefoxitin. 12-hour concentrations were 2.82 mg/L for cefminox and 2.17 mg/L for cefoxitin, and were higher than the respective minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for pathogens commonly associated with this pathology. Uterine tissue concentrations were 24.5 and 41.6 mg/L for cefminox and cefoxitin, respectively, and also clearly exceeded MIC. It was shown that the use of a single preoperative dose of cefminox was similar in efficacy to 3 doses of cefoxitin administered every 4 hours, and that the serum and tissue concentrations attained provide adequate antibiotic coverage. In view of the general trend towards the use of a single dose for prophylaxis, cefminox offers a new alternative for antibiotic prophylaxis in gynaecological surgery.

Effect of renal impairment on distribution of ofloxacin.

A study was made of the plasma and distribution kinetics of ofloxacin administered at a dosage of 400 mg orally to a group of healthy volunteers and a group of patients with renal impairment. Blood and blister fluid samples were taken at programmed times from all individuals included in the study. The analytical techniques for the determination of ofloxacin in both fluids were a plate diffusion method and a high-performance liquid chromatographic technique. The fitting of the experimental data to the kinetic model used was done with the help of the AUTOAN 2 and NONLIN 84 computer programs. In the groups of healthy volunteers, the elimination half-life mean values were found to be 5.1 and 5.9 h in plasma and blister fluid, respectively. The maximum concentration reached in plasma (3.9 micrograms/ml) proved to be slightly higher than that in interstitial tissue fluid (2.8 micrograms/ml). In the patients with renal impairment, the maximum concentrations in both plasma and blister fluid were significantly increased, in the order of 5 to 8 micrograms/ml in the former and 3 to 4 micrograms/ml in interstitial tissue fluid. The parameters seen to undergo an increase as a result of the renal impairment were the area under the curve of the plasma-time levels, the area under the curve of the blister fluid-time levels, and the elimination half-life in plasma and blister fluid. The degree of absorption and the access capacity of the drug to interstitial tissue fluid remained constant.

Hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism in diabetic patients with chronic renal failure.

Plasma renin activity, plasma aldosterone levels and renal tubular capacity to excrete hydrogen ions were studied in 13 patients suffering from diabetes mellitus with a creatinine clearance of less than 40 ml/min. The results were compared with those obtained in a control group, in a group of nondiabetic subjects with chronic renal failure (CRF) and in a group of diabetic patients without CRF. Twelve of the thirteen diabetic patients with CRF had data characteristic of hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism associated with type IV renal tubular acidosis. On comparing the results with those of the other two groups of patients, it was observed that the manifestations of the latter two groups considered separately were different from those of the problem group, although in the diabetic patients with normal glomerular filtration rate (GFR) hyporeninism but not hypoaldosteronism was present accompanied by a lower net acid excretion (p less than 0.001) due to a lower excretion of NH4 (p less than 0.05) and titratable acid (p less than 0.001) when the patients were challenged with an NH4Cl overload. We believe that a conjunction of diabetes and renal failure is necessary for the diabetic patients with a decrease in GFR to show hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism and type IV tubular acidosis.

[Erythrocyte levels of ALA-dehydrase and uro-synthetase in chronic renal insufficiency (author's transl)]. / Estudio de los niveles eritrocitarios de ala-dehidrasa y uro-sintetasa en la insuficiencia renal crónica.

Erythrocyte levels of ala-dehydrase and uro-synthetase as well as hematocrit, hemoglobin, iron levels and serum iron binding capacity were studied in a group of 28 patients with chronic renal failure in hemodialysis and compared to those of a control group. As is usual, hematocrit, hemoglobin an iron levels were significantly decreased, as were ala-dehydrase levels, while uro-synthetase levels were within normal levels. These results are interpreted as a blockade of the biosynthetic pathway of the protoporphyrins, which lends support to the hypothesis of an existing defect in hemoglobin synthesis in patients with chronic renal failure.

[A study of the urinary acidifying capacity of patients chronically treated with anticonvulsants (author's transl)]. / Estudio de la capacidad de acidificación de la orina en enfermos con ingestón crónica de anticonvulsivantes.

The subjects of this study were 18 patients with essential or secondary epilepsy under treatment with anticonvulsant drugs (hydantoins and phenobarbital) for periods of time varying between 8 months and 22 years. In all of them the serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, and the renal tubular capacity to acidify the urine were measured. Mean serum calcium and phosphorus levels were normal, while alkaline phosphatase was significantly elevated (p less than 0.0005). The renal threshold for bicarbonate was lowered to a mean of 23.01 +/- 2.86 (p less than 0.01). Distal tubular function was normal in all cases. When the patients are divided into two groups according to the duration of treatment (more or less than 100 months), the group with longest therapy shows an elevation of alkaline phosphatase (p less than 0.0005), a lowering of serum calcium (p less than 0.025) and a reduction of the renal threshold for bicarbonate (p less than 0.005) when compared to the group with shortest therapy.

Renal management of sodium under indomethacin and aldosterone in the elderly.

The tubular handling of sodium in two groups of healthy old people, under the action of indomethacin and aldosterone was studied. Urinary aldosterone elimination was measured. From the results obtained, it is deduced that the elderly lose sodium through incompetence of the distal nephron. The possibility is put forward of a Na-K-ATPase deficit and/or interstitial fibrosis as being related to salt losses.