Yao-Lung Liu, Kuan-Ho Lin, Shanmugam Tamilselvi, Wei-Kung Chen, Chia-Yao Shen, Ray-Jade Chen, Cecilia Hsuan Day, Hsi-Chin Wu, Vijaya Padma Viswanadha, Chih-Yang Huang
BACKGROUND/AIM: In chronic kidney disease (CKD), kidneys fail to maintain phosphorus homeostasis in serum. Elevated phosphorus levels in serum have been associated with cardiovascular diseases in CKD patients and in normal individuals. In this study, we evaluated the level of autophagy- and apoptosis-related markers under different concentrations of hyperphosphate in myocardial cells. METHODS: Modulation inflicted on the levels of various survival-, autophagy-, and apoptosis-related markers were determined by Western blotting analysis using total protein extract...
December 2017: Cardiorenal Medicine