Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with IgA nephropathy are closely associated with disease severity

Background Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) is considered to play an important role in the pathogenesis in IgA nephropathy (IgAN). The correlations between serum TNF-α and disease severity in patients with IgAN remain controversial. Methods Concentrations of serum TNF-α of 147 patients with IgAN and 126 healthy subjects were measured by chemiluminescence immunoassay. Correlations with clinicopathological features of patients with IgAN were evaluated. Results Serum levels of TNF-α [9.20 (7.70–10.60) pg/mL vs. 6.04 (5.11–7.23) pg/mL, P < 0.0001] were higher in patients with IgAN than that in healthy subjects. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that TNF-α had better discrimination between patients with IgAN and healthy controls than estimated glomerular filtration rate [TNF-α: (AUC, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.83–0.91; P < 0.0001) vs. estimated glomerular filtration rate: (AUC, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.71–0.82; P < 0.0001), P = 0.007]. Multivariate linear regression analyses showed that serum levels of TNF-α were positively correlated with 24-h urine protein excretion (r = 0.33, P = 0.04), urinary protein to serum creatinine ratio (r = 0.33, P = 0.03), serum creatinine (r = 0.46, P < 0.0001) and Cystatin C (r = 0.59, P < 0.0001) in IgAN and negatively correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (r = − 0.49, P < 0.0001) after adjustment for sex, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Patients with higher mesangial hypercellularity or tubular atrophy/interstitial fibrosis score according to Oxford classification showed higher serum levels of TNF-α. Conclusions Our data showed that serum levels of TNF-α detected by chemiluminescence immunoassay was a potential biomarker for evaluating the disease severity in IgAN..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

BMC nephrology - 19(2018), 1 vom: 14. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Guanhong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xinyao [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Yubing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xuemei [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Ruitong [VerfasserIn]

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44.00 / Medizin: Allgemeines / Medizin: Allgemeines

Themen:

Biomarkers
Cytokines
IgA nephropathy
Tumor necrosis factor alpha

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© The Author(s). 2018

doi:

10.1186/s12882-018-1069-0

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OLC2100230409