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. 2009 Sep-Oct;23(5):337-42.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2008.01.005. Epub 2008 Mar 20.

Oxidative stress parameters as possible urine markers in patients with diabetic nephropathy

Tatjana Cvetković  1 , Branka Mitić, Gordana Lazarević, Predrag Vlahović, Slobodan Antić, Vladisav Stefanović
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Oxidative stress parameters as possible urine markers in patients with diabetic nephropathy

Tatjana Cvetković et al. J Diabetes Complications. 2009 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Objective: Reactive oxygen species play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy (DN). The present study was performed to assess oxidative stress parameters-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), reactive carbonyl derivates (RCDs), and total sulfhydryl groups (TSHGs)-in serum and urine of patients with DN.

Methods: All parameters were determined in patients with type 2 and type 1 diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria (DMT2-MIA, DMT1-MIA, respectively) and patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and macroalbuminuria (DMT2-MAA) compared to healthy controls.

Results: Serum and urine TBARS levels were higher in all patients with DN and microalbiminuria compared to the control group. RCD levels significantly increased in serum of patients with DMT2 relative to the controls as well as in urine of patients with DMT2-MAA and DMT1-MIA. In all groups of patients, TSHGs decreased in serum but not in urine of patients with DMT2-MAA.

Conclusion: Urine TBARS, RCDs, and TSHGs could be proposed as possible markers for oxidative damage of kidney in DN.

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