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PROGRESS IN UREMIC TOXIN RESEARCH: Dinucleoside Polyphosphates and Uremia
Author(s) -
Jankowski Vera,
Günthner Thomas,
HergetRosenthal Stefan,
Zidek Walter,
Jankowski Joachim
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2009.00588.x
Subject(s) - uremia , medicine , polyphosphate , kidney disease , pathophysiology , intensive care medicine , disease , endocrinology , phosphate , biochemistry , chemistry
Dinucleoside polyphosphates constitute a group of endogenous vasoregulatory purines and pyrimidines with a strong impact on physiologic and pathophysiologic processes of the cardiovascular system. Recently, the importance of dinucleoside polyphosphates in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and uremia gained increasing interest. Although our knowledge about the impact of dinucleoside polyphosphates in CKD and uremia is just at the beginning, this article reviews the current knowledge of the physiologic and pathophysiologic role of dinucleoside polyphosphates in CKD and uremia.