ArticleJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences2018
Retinol-binding protein 4 versus albuminuria as predictors of estimated glomerular filtration rate decline in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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- Prognostic models of diabetic microvascular complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- The Role of Circulating RBP4 in the Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Kidney Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Disease markers · 2020Pooled it
- The Potential Role of Retinol-Binding Protein 4 in Heart Failure: A Review.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Adipokines and their role in acute pancreatitis.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2024Article
- Urinary orosomucoid and retinol binding protein levels as early diagnostic markers for diabetic kidney Disease.BMC nephrology · 2023Article
- Micro-ribonucleic acid modulation with oxidative stress and inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus - a review article.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2022Article
- Transcriptome Analysis of Kidney Grafts Subjected to Normothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion Demonstrates an Enrichment of Mitochondrial Metabolism Genes.Transplantation direct · 2021Article
- Vascular peroxidase 1 is independently associated with worse kidney function in patients with peripheral artery disease.Journal of nephrology · 2021Observational
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- The Association of Serum hsCRP and Urinary Alpha1-Microglobulin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.BioMed research international · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSince the increase in some tubular damage biomarkers can be observed at the early stage of diabetic nephropathy, even in the absence of albuminuria, we aimed to investigate if urinary albumin is superior than tubular damage marker, such as serum retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4), in predicting renal function decline (defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] <60 mL/min/1.73 m MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 106 sedentary T2D patients (mean [± standard deviation] age 64.9 [±6.6] years) were included in this cross-sectional study. Anthropometric and biochemical parameters (fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c], lipid parameters, creatinine, RBP4, high sensitivity C-reactive protein [hsCRP], urinary albumin excretion [UAE]), as well as blood pressure were obtained.
resultsHsCRP (odds ratio [OR] =0.754, 95% confidence interval [CI] (0.603-0.942),
conclusionAlthough serum RBP4 showed excellent clinical accuracy, just like UAE, a combination of markers of tubular damage, inflammation, and traditional markers has the higher sensitivity and specificity than UAE alone for prediction renal impairment in patients with T2D.
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