Decreased serum level and increased urinary excretion of vascular endothelial growth factor-C in patients with chronic kidney disease
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
;
: 66-71, 2013.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-169647
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Interstitial tonicity increases vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C), a lymphangiogenic factor in salt-induced hypertension. Therefore, it can be assumed that changes of serum VEGF-C level may be associated with increasing blood pressure. However, there is no report about the changes of serum VEGF-C levels in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aims of this study were to investigate the changes of serum and urine VEGF-C levels in patients with CKD stage 3-4 and to evaluate the relationship between blood pressure and serum VEGF-C levels in the patients with CKD stage 5 and hemodialysis.METHODS:
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was assessed by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation. Blood pressure and VEGF-C levels (serum and urine) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in nine patients with stage 3-4 CKD, 41 hemodialysis patients, and eight healthy individuals.RESULTS:
The median serum level of VEGF-C in patients with stage 3-4 CKD and stage 5 hemodialysis significantly decreased in comparison with healthy individuals. Urinary VEGF-C excretion increased in patients with stage 3-4 CKD compared with healthy control patients. For 41 hemodialysis patients, the serum level of VEGF-C in patients with stage 1 or stage 2 hypertension with hemodialysis did not significantly increase when compared with prehypertension hemodialysis patients.CONCLUSION:
We demonstrated that circulating levels of VEGF-C were decreased in patients with CKD, and the decrease of VEGF-C in patients with stage 3-4 CKD coincided with an increase in the urinary excretion of VEGF-C.
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Main subject:
Blood Pressure
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Renal Dialysis
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C
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Diet
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Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
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Prehypertension
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Glomerular Filtration Rate
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Hypertension
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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