Considering the utility of urinary amino acids for early identification of non-diabetic chronic kidney disease

Henry H L Wu^{1

2}, David Cantor³, Fei Chi³, Long The Nguyen¹, Rajkumar Chinnadurai⁴, Carol A Pollock^{1

2}, Sonia Saad¹

Affiliations

¹ Renal Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital & The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
² Department of Renal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
³ Macquarie Analytical and Fabrication Facility, Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Henry H L Wu et al. Clin Kidney J. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 20;18(7):sfaf198.

doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfaf198. eCollection 2025 Jul.

Henry H L Wu^{1

2}, David Cantor³, Fei Chi³, Long The Nguyen¹, Rajkumar Chinnadurai⁴, Carol A Pollock^{1

2}, Sonia Saad¹

¹ Renal Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital & The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
² Department of Renal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
³ Macquarie Analytical and Fabrication Facility, Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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