Asociación entre las concentraciones del factor transformante de crecimiento β1 y albuminuria en diabéticos normotensos
Palabras clave: diabetes mellitus, nefropatía diabética, albuminuria, factor transformante de crecimiento β1
Abstract
Background: Several cytokines and growing factors have been implicated in the pathophysiology of diabetic renal damage, as the transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1), which plays a key role in the development of diabetic nephropathy because TGF-β1 favors glomerular hypertrophy, extracellular matrix expansion and glomerulosclerosis. Objective: To evaluate the relationship between the levels of TGF-β1 and the degree of albuminuria in normotensive type-2 diabetic patients. Patients and method: A prospective study was done with 30 normotensive type-2 diabetic patients in whom TGF-β1 was measured by ELISA. Additionally, 24 h urinary albumin excretion was measured, the levels of TGF-β1 and albuminuria were correlated with the Spearman correlation coefficient. Results: We found a significant correlation (r = 0.5, p < 0.001) between TGF-β1 levels and 24 h urinary albumin excretion. We also found that those patients with TGF-β1 values higher than 41 ng/mL had an increased probability to present more than 100 mg of 24 h urinary albumin excretion. Conclusion: Our results suggest that TGF-β1 may be a marker, and potentially a therapeutic target, for nephropathy in normotensive type-2 diabetic patients. Key words: transforming growth factor-beta 1, diabetic nephropathy, albuminuria, diabetes mellitus.
Keywords: transforming growth factor-beta 1, diabetic nephropathy, albuminuria
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