OL-HDF for 1 year compared with HF-HD preserved muscle mass, increased protein intake and reduced the inflammatory state related to uraemia and dialysis, supporting the hypothesis that high convection volume can benefit nutritional status and prevent protein-energy wasting in HD patients.

Deletion of ILK in adult animals increased the vascular response to NO. These findings show, for the first time, a requirement for ILK in regulating sGC-PKG expression in vivo.

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