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ArticleBiochemia medica2024

Is the urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin concentration in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus different from that in healthy children?

Bernardica Valent Morić, Ivan Šamija, Lavinia La Grasta Sabolić, Adriana Unić, Marijana Miler

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Bernardica Valent MorićDepartment of Pediatrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivan ŠamijaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.
Lavinia La Grasta SabolićDepartment of Pediatrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.
Adriana UnićDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.
Marijana MilerDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.

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Introduction: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is one of the major microvascular complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Some studies suggest that changes of renal tubular components emerge before the glomerular lesions thus introducing the concept of diabetic tubulopathy with urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) as a potential marker of DKD. This concept was not confirmed in all studies. Materials and methods: In 198 T1DM patients with median age 15 years and diabetes duration over one year, an albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) was determined and uNGAL measured in spot urine sample. Urine samples for ACR and uNGAL were also collected in the control group of 100 healthy children of similar age. Results: There was no significant difference in uNGAL concentration or uNGAL/creatinine between T1DM children and healthy subjects (6.9 (2.8-20.1) ng/mL Conclusions: We found no significant difference in uNGAL concentration or uNGAL/creatinine between T1DM children and healthy subjects or between albuminuria A2 and albuminuria A1 T1DM subjects. Therefore, uNGAL should not be recommended as a single marker for detecting diabetic kidney disease in children and adolescents.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1Lipocalin-2AdolescentAlbuminuriaBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesChildCreatinineDiabetic NephropathiesFemaleHumansMaleBiomarkersCreatinineLCN2 protein, humanLipocalin-2albuminuriachildrendiabetic kidney diseasetype 1 diabetes mellitusurinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL)

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