The Role of Complement and Fe Receptors in the Pathogenesis of the Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis in TSLP Transgenic Mice. Detailed Studies of Bone Biopsies from Kidney Transplant Recipients. In conjunction with Dr. John Sadler of the Independent Dialysis Foundation in Baltimore, a simplified quality of life survey is being assessed in a study directed by Dr. Sally Fitts and involving Virginia Abeyta, RN and Drs. Christopher Blagg, Yoko Hayashi and Bessie Young. This uses the Dartmouth COOP Health Status Survey developed by Dr. John Wasson and modified for dialysis patients by Drs.
Results show that they have low levels of phosphate in their blood because of their eating habits.
Don Sherrard and Astier Alem are now looking at the bones of these patients to see if there is any difference when compared with non-Asian patients. This study will be the largest of its kind in this patient population and is potentially of great importance from a nutritional point of view. Dr. Catherine Stehman-Breen is surveying female patients to find information on HRT use and to study its relationship to the development of bone disease. She will be looking at the pharmacokinetics of estrogen and progesterone in post-menopausal dialysis patients. This is likely to be one of the largest such studies.