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ArticleUpsala journal of medical sciences2012

Urotensin II levels in patients with chronic kidney disease and kidney transplants.

Mehmet Hursitoglu, Tufan Tukek, Mehmet Ali Cikrikcioglu, Osman Kara, Rumeyza Kazancioglu, Oktay Ozkan, Mustafa Cakirca, Fatih Akdogan, Erdal Gundogan, Sengul Aydin and 4 more

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Article in Upsala journal of medical sciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mehmet HursitogluInternal Medicine Department, VakIf Gureba Training & Research Hospital, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. hursitoglum@yahoo.com
Tufan Tukek
Mehmet Ali Cikrikcioglu
Osman Kara
Rumeyza Kazancioglu
Oktay Ozkan
Mustafa Cakirca
Fatih Akdogan
Erdal Gundogan
Sengul Aydin
Ismet Beycan
Meltem Gursu
Serkan Dogan
Aybala Erek
Bezmialem Foundation University Medical Faculty Hospital · TRHaseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveUrotensin II is a potent vasoactive peptide that has been implicated in the pathophysiology of many diseases. There is no study reporting the role and level of this peptide in recipients of kidney transplant. So we aimed to study the plasma levels of urotensin II in this group of patients.

methodsPlasma urotensin II levels were analyzed in 110 subjects, who were divided into three groups: group 1 (35 kidney transplant recipients), group 2 (36 patients with chronic kidney disease), and group 3 (39 healthy controls).

resultsAnalysis of logarithmic transformation of urotensin II, i.e. log (urotensin II × 1000) levels, with a one-way analysis of variance yielded a P value of 0.001. Post-hoc analysis showed significantly higher log (urotensin II × 1000) levels in group 1 than groups 2 and 3 (P = 0.001 and 0.017, respectively). One of the important features of the subjects of this group was that they were taking immunosuppressive drugs because of renal transplantation.

conclusionsHigh urotensin II levels in recipients of kidney transplants could be drug-related (immunosuppressive drugs) and may be of practical importance that may be used to improve the long-term outcome of the patients.

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Kidney TransplantationAdultCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesImmunosuppressive AgentsKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMiddle AgedUrotensinsImmunosuppressive Agentsurotensin IIUrotensins

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PMID22098077
PMCPMC3282238
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