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ArticleKidney international reports2025

Serum Syndecan-1 is Associated With Kidney and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome.

Colin Bauer, Arshia Anand, Christine Sethna, Jonathan Troost, Tarak Srivastava, Imtiazul Islam, Audrey Fetsko, Julie A Dougherty, William E Smoyer, Richard J Johnson and 1 more

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Colin BauerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Arshia AnandDivision of Pediatric Nephrology, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.
Christine SethnaDivision of Pediatric Nephrology, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.
Jonathan TroostMichigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Tarak SrivastavaPediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Imtiazul IslamDivision of Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney and Urinary Tract Center, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Audrey FetskoDivision of Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney and Urinary Tract Center, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Julie A DoughertyDivision of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's, Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
William E SmoyerDivision of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's, Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Richard J JohnsonDepartment of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Gabriel Cara-FuentesDepartment of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.

Funding

Kids: Nocturnal Investigation into Glomerular Disease, Hypertension, and Transcriptomics (kNIGHT)R01HL162912 · NHLBI · FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI Christine B Sethna · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL162912
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is associated with important kidney and cardiovascular morbidities. We tested the hypothesis that serum syndecan-1, a marker of endothelial glycocalyx injury, can help identify patients at risk for unfavorable kidney and cardiovascular outcomes. Methods: We included 348 children and adults with INS ( Results: Serum syndecan-1 was higher in patients with INS than in controls and was high in approximately one-third of patients without proteinuria or with subnephrotic proteinuria. Patients receiving steroids, regardless of disease activity, showed higher syndecan-1 than those off immunosuppression. Syndecan-1 was higher in proteinuric patients with MCD than in FSGS. At the time of serum collection, syndecan-1 modestly correlated with proteinuria but not with kidney function. In longitudinal analyses, serum syndecan-1 was associated with the composite of 40% decline in kidney function or kidney failure and with dyslipidemia. Compared with controls, INS sera in relapse increased syndecan-1 expression in cultured GEnC, and this was partially or fully mitigated when dexamethasone or a metalloprotease inhibitor were added, respectively, to culture media. Conclusion: Baseline serum syndecan-1 is associated with unfavorable kidney outcomes and cardiovascular risk factors in INS.

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biomarkercardiovascular outcomesendothelial glycocalyxidiopathic nephrotic syndromeNEPTUNEsyndecan-1

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PMID40814613
PMCPMC12347788

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