Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been recognized as a leading public health problem
worldwide. The global estimated prevalence of CKD is 13.4%(11.7–15.1%), and patients …

Traditional dietary recommendations for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) focus
on the quantity of nutrients consumed. Without appropriate dietary counselling, these …

Hemodialysis (HD) patients are at high risk for all‐cause mortality and cardiovascular
events. In addition to traditional risk factors, excessive oxidative stress (OS) and chronic …

Chronic kidney disease1 (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem. In the United States,
there is a rising incidence and prevalence of kidney failure, with poor outcomes and high …

Sex and gender differences are of fundamental importance in most diseases, including
chronic kidney disease (CKD). Men and women with CKD differ with regard to the …

Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR, also known as mammalian target of rapamycin) is a
ubiquitous serine/threonine kinase that regulates cell growth, proliferation and survival …

Chance and serendipity play major roles in the history of science. Too often, though, their
contributions do not show up in formal publications. We all tend to shape history according …

IL-10, IL-6, and TNF-α: Central factors in the altered cytokine network of uremia—The good,
the bad, and the ugly. It has been increasingly apparent that wasting and cardiovascular …

Oxidative stress is increased in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and it contributes to
immune system dysregulation, abnormal activation and processing of cell-death signals …

The oxidative modification hypothesis of atherosclerosis, which assigns to oxidized low‐
density lipoproteins (LDLs) a crucial role in atherosclerosis initiation and progression, is still …