OBJECTIVE To study the association of ACE gene polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy in South Indian subjects. SETTING Outpatient clinic of a specialized hospital. PATIENTS The study included 109 South Indian type 2 diabetic patients (72 males and 37 females; age 56.7 plus/minus 9.0 years, mean plus/minus SD). The patients were subdivided into two groups: nephropathic (n=86) and normoalbumi...

Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive disease in which three clinical forms are recognized: infantile nephropathic, with renal tubular damage by 1 year of age and progressive glomerular insufficiency; intermediate, with tubular and glomerular insufficiency beginning at a later age; benign, with no kidney damage. Skin fibroblasts cultured from patients with all types of cystinosis show increased ...

1. A 0.9 per cent solution of sodium chloride when given intravenously to anesthetized naturally nephropathic animals is not effective in preventing the development of an acid intoxication and the associated kidney injury. 2. A solution of sodium carbonate equimolecular with a 0.9 per cent solution of sodium chloride when given intravenously to anesthetized naturally nephropathic animals confer...

Nephropathic cystinosis, a lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in the CTNS gene encoding the lysosomal cystine transporter cystinosin, is characterized by generalized proximal tubule (PT) dysfunction that progresses, if untreated, to end-stage renal disease. The pathogenesis of defective PT cellular transport in nephropathic cystinosis remains unclear. We characterized a recently gene...

BACKGROUND The full burden of nephropathic cystinosis in adulthood and the effects of long-term oral cysteamine therapy on its nonrenal complications have not been elucidated. OBJECTIVE To assess the severity of cystinosis in adults receiving and not receiving oral cysteamine therapy. DESIGN Case series. SETTING National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. PATIENTS 100 persons (58 men...

BACKGROUND Nephropathic cystinosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the CTNS gene, encoding for cystinosin, a carrier protein transporting cystine out of lysosomes. Its deficiency leads to cystine accumulation and cell damage in multiple organs, especially in the kidney. In this study, we aimed to provide the first report describing the mutational spectrum of Egypti...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the pulmonary dysfunction in patients with nephropathic cystinosis after renal transplantation. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of consecutive adult patients. PATIENTS Twelve adult, nephropathic cystinosis patients and 3 adult, ocular, nonnephropathic cystinosis patients admitted to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. RESULTS The 12 nephropathic cy...

INTRODUCTION Infantile nephropathic cystinosis (INC) is a metabolic disorder due to impaired carrier-mediated transport of cystine out of cellular lysosomes. OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of INC in paediatric patients with endstage renal disease (ESRD) in Serbia and give a recent statement of the disease. METHODS ESRD database of the Centre for Paediatric ...