Ligia Petrica, Adrian Vlad, Florica Gadalean, Danina Mirela Muntean, Daliborca Vlad, Victor Dumitrascu, Flaviu Bob, Oana Milas, Anca Suteanu-Simulescu, Mihaela Glavan, Dragos Catalin Jianu, Sorin Ursoniu, Lavinia Balint, Maria Mogos-Stefan, Silvia Ienciu, Octavian Marius Cretu, Roxana Popescu
Mitochondrial dysfunction is an important mechanism contributing to the development and progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) levels in blood and urine were evaluated in relation to podocyte injury and proximal tubule (PT) dysfunction, as well as to a specific inflammatory response in normoalbuminuric DKD. A total of 150 type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients (52 normoalbuminuric, 48 microalbuminuric, and 50 macroalbuminuric ones, respectively) and 30 healthy controls were assessed concerning the urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (UACR), biomarkers of podocyte damage (synaptopodin and podocalyxin), PT dysfunction (kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) and N -acetyl-β-(D)-glucosaminidase (NAG)), and inflammation (serum and urinary interleukins (IL-17A, IL-18, and IL-10))...
June 6, 2023: International Journal of Molecular Sciences