background: cytomegalovirus (cmv) disease is an important cause of death and possibly transplant rejection in kidney transplant (kt) patients. this study was conducted to investigate the incidence and risk factors of cmv disease in kidney transplant patients. methods: all end-stage renal disease (esrd) patients who underwent kidney transplantation during 1998-2014 and their donors were assessed...

background: royal jelly has been shown to have antioxidant and antidiabetic effects. the objective of this study was to evaluate the protective effect of rj against kidney damage in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. methods: thirty two male wistar rats were divided randomly into four groups (n=8 per group). normal control and diabetic control groups received 1cc/day distilled water, normal ...

this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of purslane hydro alcoholic extract on blood urea nitrogen (bun), creatinine (cr) and kidney histopathology of kidney aging model induced by d-galactose in female mice. in this experimental study, 72 female naval medical research institute (nmri) mice (30-35 g) were randomly divided into six groups including: control, purslane, d-galactose, d-gala...

renal ischemia-reperfusion (ir) injury is a common problem in kidney transplantation. there is increasing evidence about the role of the reactive oxygen species (ros) in these injuries and endogenous antioxidants seem to have an important role in decreasing the renal tissue injury. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of kidney ir on renal antioxidant enzymes activity such as ca...

human echinococcosis remains a complex problem that affects several organs. hydatid disease mainly (85%) affects liver as well as lung, and 10% the rest of the body. renal involvement is about 2% while skin hydatidosis is nearly 1%. coincidental involvement of kidney and skin is very rare. we report a 51 year-old female patient with renal and skin (chest wall) hydatid lesions that were excised ...

glycosaminoglycan (gag) has a pivot role in renal function and homeostasis. analysis of gag amount generally serves to determine gag alteration due to diabetes mellitus. critical electrolyte concentration (cec) staining can be an efficacy method to study gag amount changes. based on an experimental study, 20 male rats were randomly divided equally into two experimental and control groups. diabe...

conclusions this study revealed that vitamin c could reduce the fibronectin accumulation effects of nicotine on kidney. results ihc results showed that fibronectin reaction significantly increased in proximal convoluted tubules of exp 1 compared with the control offspring; on the other hand, fibronectin reaction decreased in the mice offspring of exp 2. gene expression results showed that fibro...

ureteral obstruction is relatively common after renal transplantation. a rare cause is the inguinal herniation of the transplant ureter. we report a case of late allograft renal transplant failure due to ureteral herniation as well as ureterovesical junction stenosis.

the first kidney transplant survival is very important. we know that short-term survival of kidney transplantation is improved over the past two decades in iran; however, no information is available on long-term survival and predictors. this study explored factors influencing long-term renal transplant survival at northwest of iran.in this single-center, study, survival rates and half-life of 2...

objective(s) this study aimed to investigate and to compare the effects of nifedipine and amlodipine, dihydropyridine (dhp) calcium channel blockers (ccbs) on perfusion pressure of isolated perfused rat kidney. materials and methods following the establishment of renal perfusion with a constant baseline pressure of 85-95 mmhg, the renal vasculature was constricted by phenylephrine (pe) injectio...