Abstract The Suppression of Tumorigenicity 2 protein (ST2) is a member of the interleukin
(IL) 1 receptor family with transmembrane (ST2L) and soluble (sST2) isoforms that are (over) …

Mortality among patients with ESRD remains high because of an excessive cardiovascular
risk related to a very high incidence of cardiac hypertrophy, cardiomyopathy, heart failure …

Background and objectives: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in chronic kidney
disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of oral cholecalciferol …

Background. Decreased vitamin D serum levels have been recently related to arterial
stiffening and vascular calcifications in haemodialysis (HD) patients, but the …

Background. Natriuretic peptides such as N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-
proBNP) have become increasingly important in diagnosing left ventricular dysfunction …

Predictive Value of Brain Natriuretic Peptides in Patients o... : Clinical Journal of the American
Society of Nephrology Predictive Value of Brain Natriuretic Peptides in Patients on Peritoneal …

Background Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), N-terminal-proBNP (NT-proBNP), and high
sensitive cardiac troponin T (TnT) are markers that are elevated in chronic kidney disease …

Objective Pro-brain natriuretic peptide (proBNP)-108 and N-terminal proBNP-76 (NT-BNP)
contain seven sites for O-linked oligosaccharide attachment. Currently, levels of …

Background Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are prone to severe heart failure
(HF) and to several life-threatening events. Therefore, the ability to assess disease …

Natriuretic peptides play a major role in sodium and body volume homeostasis in patients
with adequate kidney function. Circulating B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its amino …