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Integrating albuminuria and GFR in the assessment of diabetic nephropathyGeorge Jerums
Endocrine Center, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia
Nat Rev Nephrol 5:397-406. 2009..The successful integration of AER categories with the recently defined stages of GFR represents a new challenge in the management of diabetic nephropathy...
New and old markers of progression of diabetic nephropathyG Jerums
Endocrine Centre of Excellence, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Level 2 Centaur Building, 300 Waterdale Road, Heidelberg West 3081, Victoria, Australia
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 82:S30-7. 2008..However, improved formulas for estimating GFR based on using creatinine or other markers are still required, because this may still provide the most cost effective approach applicable to existing clinical practice...
New approaches for the evaluation of renal vascular function in diabetesG Jerums
Endocrine Centre, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg West, PO Box 5444, VIC 3081, Australia
Diabetologia 54:2223-5. 2011....
The clinical significance of hyperfiltration in diabetesG Jerums
Endocrine Centre, Austin Health, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Level 2, Centaur Building, 300 Waterdale Road, PO Box 5444, Heidelberg West, Victoria 3081, Australia
Diabetologia 53:2093-104. 2010..Future studies will therefore need to address the independent role of hyperfiltration, not only in the evolution of albuminuria, but also in the subsequent decline of GFR...
Study Protocol--accurate assessment of kidney function in Indigenous Australians: aims and methods of the eGFR studyLouise J Maple-Brown
Menzies School of Health Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:80. 2010....
The CTGF gene -945 G/C polymorphism is not associated with cardiac or kidney complications in subjects with type 2 diabetesSheila K Patel
Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, 145 Studley Road, Melbourne, VIC 3084, Australia
Cardiovasc Diabetol 11:42. 2012..This study investigated the association of the CTGF -945 G/C promoter variant with cardiac complications (left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH), diastolic and systolic dysfunction) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in type 2 diabetes...
Nonalbuminuric renal impairment in type 2 diabetic patients and in the general population (national evaluation of the frequency of renal impairment cO-existing with NIDDM [NEFRON] 11)Merlin C Thomas
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Diabetes Care 32:1497-502. 2009..However, its impact may be more significant. New studies are required to address the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of nonalbuminuric renal disease...
Low testosterone and anaemia in men with type 2 diabetesMathis Grossmann
Department of Endocrinology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Australia
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 70:547-53. 2009..Low testosterone levels are also common in men with type 2 diabetes. We hypothesized that low testosterone levels are also associated with anaemia in men with type 2 diabetes, over the effects of chronic kidney disease...
Additive effects of hypertension and diabetes on renal cortical expression of PKC-alpha and -epsilon and alpha-tubulin but not PKC-beta 1 and -beta 2Tanya M Osicka
Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
J Hypertens 21:2399-407. 2003..Corresponding changes in renal microtubules were also assessed...
Prevalence and predictors of cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction in patients with Type 2 diabetesPiyush M Srivastava
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria 3081, Australia
Clin Sci (Lond) 114:313-20. 2008....
Association between intrarenal arterial resistance and diastolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetesRichard J MacIsaac
Endocrine Centre, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Cardiovasc Diabetol 7:15. 2008....
Low-molecular-weight AGEs are associated with GFR and anemia in patients with type 2 diabetesMerlin C Thomas
Danielle Alberti Memorial Centre for Diabetic Complications, Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kidney Int 66:1167-72. 2004..We examined the predictors of low-molecular-weight (LMW) AGEs in a cross-sectional survey of 604 patients with type 2 diabetes in a single clinic...
The effect of ramipril on albumin excretion in diabetes and hypertension: the role of increased lysosomal activity and decreased transforming growth factor-beta expressionLeileata M Russo
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
J Hypertens 21:419-28. 2003..Ramipril treatment reduced total albumin excretion in the WKY-d + RAM group (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Ramipril prevents increases in both intact albumin and total albumin excretion in hypertensive and diabetic states, respectively...
Effects of salt supplementation on the albuminuric response to telmisartan with or without hydrochlorothiazide therapy in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes are modulated by habitual dietary salt intakeElif I Ekinci
Endocrine Centre, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia
Diabetes Care 32:1398-403. 2009..By contrast, when there is already a suppressed renin angiotensin aldosterone system under habitual high dietary salt intake, the additional NaCl does not alter the AER response...
Increased tubular organic ion clearance following chronic ACE inhibition in patients with type 1 diabetesMerlin C Thomas
Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kidney Int 67:2494-9. 2005..This study examines the effect and implications of chronic ACE inhibition on renal organic ion excretion in patients with type 1 diabetes...
Is nonalbuminuric renal insufficiency in type 2 diabetes related to an increase in intrarenal vascular disease?Richard J MacIsaac
Endocrine Centre and Department of Medicine, Austin Health, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Waterdale Road, Heidelberg West, Victoria 3081, Australia
Diabetes Care 29:1560-6. 2006..To investigate the role of intrarenal vascular disease in the pathogenesis of nonalbuminuric renal insufficiency in type 2 diabetes...
Lowering of proteinuria in response to antihypertensive therapy predicts improved renal function in late but not in early diabetic nephropathy: a pooled analysisGeorge Jerums
Endocrine Centre, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Vic, Australia
Am J Nephrol 28:614-27. 2008..It follows that assessment of renoprotection during antihypertensive therapy in early nephropathy should be based not only on albuminuria but also on the GFR response...
Modulation of soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products by angiotensin-converting enzyme-1 inhibition in diabetic nephropathyJosephine M Forbes
Address correspondence to Dr Josephine Forbes, Danielle Alberti Memorial Centre for Diabetes Complications, Baker Heart Research Institute, P O Box 6492, St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria, 8008, Australia
J Am Soc Nephrol 16:2363-72. 2005..It is postulated that ACE inhibition reduces the accumulation of AGE in diabetes partly by increasing the production and secretion of sRAGE into plasma...
Earlier detection of microalbuminuria in diabetic patients using a new urinary albumin assayWayne D Comper
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Kidney Int 65:1850-5. 2004....
Ramipril prevents microtubular changes in proximal tubules from streptozotocin diabetic ratsTanya M Osicka
Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Nephrology (Carlton) 8:205-11. 2003..These results raise the possibility that diabetes-induced changes in microtubules in the renal proximal tubules may contribute, in part, to the increase in albuminuria observed in diabetes...
Association of ACE2 genetic variants with blood pressure, left ventricular mass, and cardiac function in Caucasians with type 2 diabetesSheila K Patel
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia
Am J Hypertens 25:216-22. 2012..Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)2 is a recently described member of the RAS, and this study investigated whether ACE2 polymorphisms are associated with hypertension, left ventricular (LV) mass, and cardiac function in type 2 diabetes...
Serial measurements of cystatin C are more accurate than creatinine-based methods in detecting declining renal function in type 1 diabetesErosha Premaratne
Endocrine Centre, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Diabetes Care 31:971-3. 2008..Cystatin C-and creatinine-based methods were compared with (99m)-technetium-diethylene-triamine-penta-acetic acid ((99m)Tc-DTPA) plasma clearance (isotopic glomerular filtration rate [iGFR]) for detecting declining renal function...
Low-molecular weight advanced glycation end products: markers of tissue AGE accumulation and more?Merlin C Thomas
The Baker Heart Research Institute, P O Box 6492, St Kilda Rd Central, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1043:644-54. 2005..These findings provide clinical support for the association between AGEs and progressive renal injury in diabetes...
Treatment of microalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitusGeorge Jerums
Endocrinology Unit, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Treat Endocrinol 1:163-73. 2002..Antihypertensive therapy in patients with microalbuminuria and type 2 diabetes mellitus should be initiated with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin-II type 1 receptor antagonists...
Evolving concepts in advanced glycation, diabetic nephropathy, and diabetic vascular diseaseGeorge Jerums
Endocrine Unit, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Studley Road, 3084 Heidelberg, Australia
Arch Biochem Biophys 419:55-62. 2003..There is also evidence to suggest that AGE-dependent pathways may play a role in the development of tubulointerstitial fibrosis in the diabetic kidney. This effect is mediated through RAGE and is TGF-beta and CTGF-dependent...
Diastolic dysfunction is associated with anaemia in patients with Type II diabetesPiyush M Srivastava
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria 3084, Australia
Clin Sci (Lond) 110:109-16. 2006..Notably, the predictive utility of these markers was eliminated after adjusting for Hb. Consequently, the inexpensive measurement of Hb may be a useful tool to identify diabetic patients at increased risk of cardiac dysfunction...
Nonalbuminuric renal insufficiency in type 2 diabetesRichard J MacIsaac
Endocrinology Unit, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Diabetes Care 27:195-200. 2004..To determine the prevalence and characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes who have impaired renal function, defined as a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <60 ml. min(-1). 1.73 m(-2), and normoalbuminuria...
Low testosterone levels are common and associated with insulin resistance in men with diabetesMathis Grossmann
Department of Endocrinology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:1834-40. 2008..Low testosterone levels are common in men with type 2 diabetes and may be associated with insulin resistance...
Reduced tubular cation transport in diabetes: prevented by ACE inhibitionMerlin C Thomas
Division of Diabetic Complications, Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kidney Int 63:2152-61. 2003..Alterations of cation transport may occur in diabetes, although the role of the OCTs has not been previously assessed...
The burden of anaemia in type 2 diabetes and the role of nephropathy: a cross-sectional auditMerlin C Thomas
Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nephrol Dial Transplant 19:1792-7. 2004..This study examines the prevalence and predictors of anaemia in long-term outpatients with type 2 diabetes from three large clinical centres...
Effects and clinical potential of very-low-calorie diets (VLCDs) in type 2 diabetesScott Baker
Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, 300 Waterdale Road, West Heidelberg, VIC 3081, Australia
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 85:235-42. 2009..The present review analyses the evidence from available trials on the effects of VLCDs on body weight, glycaemic control and complications, and their potential for clinical use in diabetes management...
Circulating high-molecular-weight RAGE ligands activate pathways implicated in the development of diabetic nephropathySally A Penfold
Division of Diabetes Complications, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kidney Int 78:287-95. 2010..These data show that ligands that activate RAGE present in the circulation of patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy are predominantly of high molecular weight...
Unrecognized anemia in patients with diabetes: a cross-sectional surveyMerlin C Thomas
Department of Medicine, Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Diabetes Care 26:1164-9. 2003..This study aims to establish the prevalence and independent predictors of anemia in a cross-sectional survey of 820 patients with diabetes in long-term follow-up in a single clinic...
Renal processing of serum proteins in an albumin-deficient environment: an in vivo study of glomerulonephritis in the Nagase analbuminaemic ratTanya M Osicka
Endocrine Unit, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Nephrol Dial Transplant 19:320-8. 2004..These studies also demonstrate that albumin is not a critical factor in governing glomerular permselectivity or proteinuria...
Less fat reduction per unit weight loss in type 2 diabetic compared with nondiabetic obese individuals completing a very-low-calorie diet programScott T Baker
Endocrine Centre, Austin Health, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Campus, Heidelberg West, Victoria 3081, Australia
Metabolism 61:873-82. 2012..Hyperinsulinemia may have inhibited lipolysis in the diabetic group; however, further investigation into other factors is needed...
Outcomes for general medical inpatients with diabetes mellitus and new hyperglycaemiaScott T Baker
Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 188:340-3. 2008..To investigate the relationship between admission glycaemic status and inpatient mortality in patients with and without pre-existing diabetes...
Albumin to creatinine ratio: a screening test with limitationsChristine A Houlihan
Endocrine Unit and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Am J Kidney Dis 39:1183-9. 2002..The increase in spot ACR relative to 24-hour AER with age supports the use of sex- and age-adjusted ACR cutoff values...
Diabetic kidney disease with and without albuminuriaRichard J MacIsaac
Endocrine Centre, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 20:246-57. 2011..We review recent findings that suggest that in some people with diabetic CKD there is an uncoupling of progressive increases in AER and declining GFR...
3: Preventing complications of diabetesKatherine L Bate
Endocrinology Unit, Austin Health, Studley Road, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
Med J Aust 179:498-503. 2003..Regular annual screening for diabetes complications allows treatable disease to be identified. Aggressive management of hyperglycaemia and other risk factors can prevent many complications..
Chronic type 1 diabetes in spontaneously hypertensive rats leads to exacerbated cardiac fibrosisMary Jane Black
Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Cardiovasc Pathol 19:361-70. 2010..Diabetes in human subjects is often associated with hypertension. The aim of this study was to examine the development of cardiac fibrosis following induction of type 1 diabetes in genetically hypertensive rats...
Elevated iron indices in patients with diabetesM C Thomas
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Diabet Med 21:798-802. 2004....
High prevalence of immuno-unreactive intact albumin in urine of diabetic patientsWayne D Comper
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton; and the Endocrine Unit, Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Am J Kidney Dis 41:336-42. 2003..Conclusion: These studies show that to determine microalbuminuria accurately, there is a need to assess urinary total intact albumin, rather than simply immunoreactive albumin. Am J Kidney Dis 41:336-342...
Dietary salt intake and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetesElif I Ekinci
Endocrine Centre, Austin Health and the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Diabetes Care 34:703-9. 2011..However, the precise relationship between dietary salt intake and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes has not been previously explored...
New insights into the significance of microalbuminuriaRichard J MacIsaac
Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 13:83-91. 2004..This review summarizes recent work that has explored the association between microalbuminuria and adverse clinical outcomes in the presence and absence of diabetes...
Urinary transforming growth factor-beta excretion in patients with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and elevated albumin excretion rate: effects of angiotensin receptor blockade and sodium restrictionChristine A Houlihan
University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine at Austin, Victoria, Australia
Diabetes Care 25:1072-7. 2002..These data suggest that the renoprotective effects of losartan in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy may include a reduction in renal TGF-beta production...
Albuminuria in hypertension is linked to altered lysosomal activity and TGF-beta1 expressionLeileata M Russo
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Hypertension 39:281-6. 2002..These changes may be correlated with increased renal transforming growth factor-beta(1) expression...
Expression of the slit-diaphragm protein, nephrin, in experimental diabetic nephropathy: differing effects of anti-proteinuric therapiesDarren J Kelly
University of Melbourne Department of Medicine at St Vincent s Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Nephrol Dial Transplant 17:1327-32. 2002..In addition, the study also sought to examine nephrin expression in animals treated with different anti-proteinuric therapies...
Androgenic correlates of genetic variation in the gene encoding 5alpha-reductase type 1Justine A Ellis
Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
J Hum Genet 50:534-7. 2005..These results suggest that functional genetic variants might exist in or around SRD5A1 that affect the activity of the 5alpha-reductase enzyme type 1 and influence androgen levels...
Hypocalcemia induced by raloxifeneThuy D T Vu
Endocrinology Department, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia
Curr Drug Saf 7:176-8. 2012..Since vitamin D deficiency is widely prevalent in the community, screening for vitamin D deficiency and its correction is advisable before the initiation of anti-resorptive therapy...
Failure of functional imaging with gallium-68-DOTA-D-Phe1-Tyr3-octreotide positron emission tomography to localize the site of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion: a case reportLinsey U Gani
Endocrine Centre and Department of Medicine, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, PO Box 5444, Heidelberg West 3081, Victoria, Australia
J Med Case Reports 5:405. 2011..abstract:..
