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Nephron ; 60(3): 314-8, 1992.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1348846

ABSTRACT

The clinical usefulness of serial assays of urinary N-acetyl-beta-D- glucosaminidase (NAG), gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2M) were tested to evaluate and follow up the nephrotoxicity resulting from the prolonged administration of ciclosporin (CS). Three groups of patients were studied for 18 months: group A: functioning renal transplant patients (n = 13) on maintenance therapy from 12-31 months with CS and prednisone; group B: functioning renal transplant patients (n = 11) treated with prednisone and azathioprine; group C: patients (n = 10) affected by autoimmune steroid-unsensitive uveitis, free from previous renal disorder and treated with CS (for 8-16 months) at progressively decreasing doses. In groups A and B, the urinary enzymes and beta 2M underwent overlapping increases, so that these parameters cannot be considered reliable indices of CS-induced nephrotoxicity. This is due to the fact that transplanted kidneys are already altered by concomitant or preexisting affections, or by persistent immunologic injury. Conversely, in patients with uveitis, the serial assays of such urinary parameters prove to be quite reliable to evidence clinically yet unrecognizable kidney involvement due to prolonged CS administration. High enzymuria has been shown to be an earlier marker of nephrotoxicity only in nephropathy-free patients; on the other hand, the regression of elevated beta 2Muria into normal ranges indicates complete tubule cell recovery.


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Acetylglucosaminidase/urine , Cyclosporine/adverse effects , Kidney Transplantation/physiology , Kidney/pathology , Proteinuria , Uveitis/drug therapy , beta 2-Microglobulin/urine , gamma-Glutamyltransferase/urine , Adolescent , Adult , Biomarkers/urine , Cyclosporine/therapeutic use , Female , Humans , Kidney/drug effects , Kidney Function Tests , Kidney Transplantation/immunology , Kidney Transplantation/pathology , Male , Middle Aged , Reference Values
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Nephron ; 57(1): 60-3, 1991.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1828541

ABSTRACT

Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), plasma renin activity (PRA), plasma aldosterone and urinary fractional excretion of sodium (%FENa) were measured in 22 athletes before and after 1 h running. After exercise the hormones increased significantly, while %FENa decreased. In fact, the percent PRA increases resulted higher than the percent ANP increases with a significant inverse correlation. It is concluded that hemodynamic changes during strenuous and prolonged physical exercise lead to the inhibition of the natriuretic properties of ANP by stimulating the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, although a feedback mechanism of modulation between ANP and PRA seems to occur.


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Atrial Natriuretic Factor/metabolism , Exercise/physiology , Sodium/urine , Adolescent , Adult , Aldosterone/blood , Atrial Natriuretic Factor/physiology , Feedback/physiology , Hemodynamics/physiology , Humans , Middle Aged , Renin/blood , Renin/physiology , Renin-Angiotensin System/physiology
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