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Free light chains (FLCs) are tumour markers of monoclonal gammopathies. Detection of urinary FLC or also known as Bence-Jones protein through urinary protein and its immunofixation electrophoreses (UPE and uIFE, respectively) have been considered the gold standard for its biochemical diagnosis. This is mainly due to their superior detection limits compared to their counterpart investigations in serum. However, urinalysis is limited in many ways. The emergence of serum FLC assay with markedly improved detection limit circumvents many of these problems and has gained much importance in biochemical investigations of monoclonal gammopathies. Nevertheless, they are not without limitations. This review discusses the advantages and limitations of serum and urinary FLC assays.
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Objective To explore the application value of non‐concentrated urine protein electrophoresis in renal diseases in order to guide to adjust the treatment scheme and judge the prognosis .Methods The clinical data in 152 cases of renal biopsy in the Xuzhou Municipal First People′s Hospital from December 2010 to January 2016 were retrospectively collected ,mainly including the pathological report and the results of urine protein electrophoresis .The classification was performed according to the WHO renal pathology classification standard(Ⅰ ,Ⅱ ,Ⅲ ,Ⅳ) .The relationship between the renal pathological classification with the classification of urine protein electrophoresis and the proportions of various compositions in electrophoresis spectrum was comparatively ana‐lyzed .Results The glomerular lesion rate was higher than the renal tubules‐interstitial lesion rate ,the majority of renal tubules‐in‐terstitial lesion had combining glomerular lesions .The glomerular urine protein level reflected by the urine protein electrophoresis was associated with glomerular damage degree ,with WHO pathological grade (Ⅰ - Ⅳ ) increase ,the proportion of haptoglobin (HAP)and IgG/A in urine protein electrophoresis showed an increasing trend ,the differences were statistically significant (F=2 .237 ,P<0 .05 ;F=7 .269 ,P<0 .05) .Conclusion Detecting the proportion of HAP and IgG/A in urine protein electrophoresis has an important clinical value in reflecting the glomerular damage severity .
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Objective To understand the significance of urinary protein components in children with different pathological types of glomerular diseases ,to explore the significance to diagnosis and treatment of disease .Methods Totally 120 children with glomerular diseases ,from November 2010 to July 2012 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University were collected ,in which 6 children with acute glomerulo nephritis(AGN) ,35 children with minimal change disease(MCD) ,9 children with focal seg‐mental glomerulosclerosis(FSGS) ,44 children with Nephritis of Schonlein‐Henoch Purpura(HSPN) ,17 children with IgA nephrop‐athy(IgAN) and 9 children with hemolytic uremic syndrome(HUS) .Urine protein electrophoresis and urineβ2‐microglobulin(β2‐MG)levels were investigated in different glomerular diseases .Results Significant difference was detected inβ2‐microglobulin ,lyso‐zyme ,retinol‐binding protein ,free light chain ,α1‐microglobulin ,light chain dimmer ,albumin and transferring levels in different glo‐merular diseases(P=0 .016 ,P=0 .017 ,P=0 .017 ,P=0 .023 ,P=0 .004 ,P=0 .025 ,P=0 .049 ,P<0 .01) .A significant correlation was detected between low molecular weight protein and urineβ2‐microglobulin levels(r=0 .243 ,P=0 .025) .Conclusion It is sig‐nificant for diagnosis and treatment of glomerular diseases to the combination of urine protein electrophoresis and renal pathology .Urinary protein profiles are different in different pathological types .Proteomics may be significant for the mechanism of glomerular diseases .