2000
Ace inhibitors do not induce recombinant human erythropoietin resistance in hemodialysis patients
Abu-Alfa A, Cruz D, Perazella M, Mahnensmith R, Simon D, Bia M. Ace inhibitors do not induce recombinant human erythropoietin resistance in hemodialysis patients. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2000, 35: 1076-1082. PMID: 10845820, DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(00)70043-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnemiaAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureBlood TransfusionCross-Over StudiesDiabetes ComplicationsDrug ResistanceEpoetin AlfaErythropoietinFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHematinicsHematocritHospitalizationHumansInfectionsKidney Failure, ChronicLisinoprilMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRecombinant ProteinsRenal DialysisTime FactorsConceptsACE inhibitor therapyACE inhibitorsHemodialysis patientsRHuEPO resistanceInhibitor therapyRecombinant human erythropoietin resistanceRecombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) requirementsBlood pressure controlChronic renal failureDuration of infectionRHuEPO doseTransfusion requirementsErythropoietin resistanceRenal failureDialysis patientsHospitalization daysLaboratory parametersRHuEPO dosesAntihypertensive agentsCrossover studyErythropoietin requirementsInclusion criteriaPatientsAverage ageEnzyme inhibitors
1997
Sodium-hydrogen exchange isoform expression in blood cells: implications for studies in diabetes mellitus
Rutherford P, Pizzonia J, Abu-Alfa A, Biemesderfer D, Reilly R, Aronson P. Sodium-hydrogen exchange isoform expression in blood cells: implications for studies in diabetes mellitus. Experimental And Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes 1997, 105: 13-16. PMID: 9288535, DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlood PlateletsDiabetes ComplicationsDiabetes MellitusErythrocyte MembraneErythrocytesHumansLymphocytesRabbitsRatsSodium-Hydrogen ExchangersConceptsPeripheral blood cellsPeripheral blood cell preparationsDiabetes mellitusBlood cell preparationsBlood cellsNHE activityPathophysiological roleNa-H exchange activityNHE-1Vascular smooth muscle cell proliferationNHE-3Smooth muscle cell proliferationProgressive renal impairmentNHE isoformsVascular smooth muscleDirect pathophysiological roleCell preparationsMuscle cell proliferationPlatelet membranesNa-H exchangeRenal proximal tubulesNHE isoforms 1Sodium-hydrogen exchangeRenal impairmentNondiabetic controls