Urinary podocyte stress marker as a prognostic indicator for diabetic kidney disease

Background Diabetic kidney diseases (DKD) is a the most common cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) around the world. Previous studies suggest that urinary podocyte stress biomarker, e.g. podocin:nephrin mRNA ratio, is a surrogate marker of podocyte injury in non-diabetic kidney diseases. Method We studied 118 patients with biopsy-proved DKD and 13 non-diabetic controls. Their urinary mRNA levels of nephrin, podocin, and aquaporin-2 (AQP2) were quantified. Renal events, defined as death, dialysis, or 40% reduction in glomerular filtration rate, were determined at 12 months. Results Urinary podocin:nephrin mRNA ratio of DKD was significantly higher than the control group (p = 0.0019), while urinary nephrin:AQP2 or podocin:AQP2 ratios were not different between groups. In DKD, urinary podocin:nephrin mRNA ratio correlated with the severity of tubulointerstitial fibrosis (r = 0.254, p = 0.006). and was associated with the renal event-free survival in 12 months (unadjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.523; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.157–2.006; p = 0.003). After adjusting for clinical and pathological factors, urinary podocin:nephrin mRNA ratio have a trend to predict renal event-free survival (adjusted HR, 1.327; 95%CI 0.980–1.797; p = 0.067), but the result did not reach statistical significance. Conclusion Urinary podocin:nephrin mRNA ratio has a marginal prognostic value in biopsy-proven DKD. Further validation is required for DKD patients without kidney biopsy..

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

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BMC nephrology - 25(2024), 1 vom: 24. Jan.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zeng, Lingfeng [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Jack Kit-Chung [VerfasserIn]
Fung, Winston Wing-Shing [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Gordon Chun-Kau [VerfasserIn]
Chow, Kai-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Szeto, Cheuk-Chun [VerfasserIn]

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Anemia
Chronic kidney disease
Podocyte
Proteinuria

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10.1186/s12882-024-03471-8

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SPR054509629