1. Erythropoietin: A Historical Overview of Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Gene Regulation 2. Erythropoiesis: The Roles of Erythropoietin and Iron 3. Extra-Hematopoietic Action of Erythropoietin 4. Development of Recombinant Erythropoietin and Erythropoietin Analogs 5. Erythropoietin. Anemia and Kidney Disease 6. Novel Erythropiesis Stimulating Agents 7.

Vitamin D and the Kidney: Introduction and Historical Perspective 8. Vitamin D: Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation 9. Molecular Biology of Parathyroid Hormone *& Calcium Sensing? 10. Endocrine Regulation of Phosphate Homeostatis 11. Clinical Syndromes of Vitamin D and Phosphate Dysregulation 12. The Renin-Angiotensin System; History and Introduction 13. Molecular Biology of Renin and Regulation of its Gene 14. Physiology and Regulation of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System 15.

The Renin-Angiotensin System and the Kidney 16. The Renin-Angiotensin System and the Heart 17. Renin-Angiotensin Blockade: Therapeutic Agents (Hypertension) 18. Vasopressin in the Kidney: Historical Asptects 19. Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation of Vasopressin 20. Vasopressin Antagonists in Physiology and Disease 21. Diabetes Insipidus and SIADH 22. ANP, BNP, and CNP: Physiology and Pharmacology of the Cardiorenal Axis 23.

Aldosterone: History and Introduction 24. Aldosterone Mechanism of action: genomic and non-genomic 25. Aldosterone Receptors and Their Renal Effects: Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation 26. Aldosterone and Its Cardiovascular Effects 27. Novel mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists 28. Regulation of Aldosterone Production 29. Insulin Resistance and Diabetes in Chronic Renal Disease 30. Growth Hormone 31.

Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women with Chronic Kidney Disease 32. Thyroid Status in Chronic Renal Failure Patients - a Non-Thyroidal Illness Syndrome 33. Metabolic Acidosis of Chronic Kidney Disease - its role in progression 34. Pregnancy and the Kidney 35. Novel agents for the treatment of Pre-eclampsia.