Significance: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be regarded as a burden of lifestyle
disease that shares common underpinning features and risk factors with the aging process; …

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 …

Although for most children the process of atherosclerosis is subclinical, dramatically
accelerated atherosclerosis occurs in some pediatric disease states, with clinical coronary …

Background—Although monocytes in peripheral blood are no longer considered to be a
homogeneous population, associations between distinct monocyte subsets and …

Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a glycoprotein that acts as a decoy receptor for receptor activator
of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL) and tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing …

Background: Although urinary tract infection (UTI) occurring late after renal transplantation
has been considered “benign,” this has not been confirmed in a national population of renal …

Background and objectives: Vascular calcification is increasingly recognized as an
important component of cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease. The objective of …

Low fetuin-A levels are associated with cardiovascular death: Impact of variations in the
gene encoding fetuin. Background Vascular calcification is common among end-stage renal …

Alpha 2-Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein, also known as fetuin-A (Fet-A), is a multifunctional
plasma glycoprotein that has been identified in both animal and human beings. The protein …

The incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide. Cardiovascular
disease (CVD) is strongly associated with CKD and constitutes one of its major causes of …