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Mukendi K, Lepira FB, Makulo JR, Sumaili KE, Kayembe PK, Nseka MN. Sickle cell trait is not associated with chronic kidney disease in adult Congolese patients: a clinic-based, cross-sectional study. Cardiovasc J Afr 2015; 26:125-9. [PMID: 26592908 PMCID: PMC4538907 DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2014-076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the determinants of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with special emphasis on sickle cell trait (SCT). METHODS Three hundred and fifty-nine patients (171 men and 188 women), aged 18 years or older, with reduced kidney function (eGFR < 90 ml/min/1.73 m(2)) and seen at secondary and tertiary healthcare in Kinshasa were consecutively recruited in this cross-sectional study. Serum creatinine and haemoglobin electrophoresis were performed in each patient. CKD was defined as < 60 ml/min/1.73 m(2). Logistic regression analysis was used to assess determinants of CKD with a special emphasis on SCT. A p-value < 0.05 defined the level of statistical significance. RESULTS SCT was present in 19% of the study population; its frequency was 21 and 18% (p > 0.05) in patients with and without CKD, respectively. In multivariate analysis, sickle cell trait was not significantly (OR: 0.38; 95% CI: 0.559-1.839; p = 0.235) associated with CKD; the main determinants were dipstick proteinuria (OR: 1.86; 95% CI: 1.094-3.168; p = 0.02), the metabolic syndrome (OR: 1.69; 95% CI: 1.033-2.965; p = 0.03), haemoblobin ≥ 12 g/dl (OR: 0.36; 95% CI: 0.210-0.625; p = 0.001), and personal history of hypertension (OR: 2.16; 95% CI: 1.202-3.892; p = 0.01) and of diabetes mellitus (OR: 2.35; 95% CI: 1.150-4.454; p = 0.001). CONCLUSION SCT was not an independent determinant of CKD in the present case series. Traditional risk factors emerged as the main determinants of CKD.
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- K Mukendi
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- School of Public Health/University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Komorowsky CV, Brosius FC, Pennathur S, Kretzler M. Perspectives on systems biology applications in diabetic kidney disease. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2012; 5:491-508. [PMID: 22733404 PMCID: PMC3422674 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-012-9382-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a microvascular complication of type 1 and 2 diabetes with a devastating impact on individuals with the disease, their families, and society as a whole. DKD is the single most frequent cause of incident chronic kidney disease cases and accounts for over 40% of the population with end-stage renal disease. Contributing factors for the high prevalence are the increase in obesity and subsequent diabetes combined with an improved long-term survival with diabetes. Environment and genetic variations contribute to DKD susceptibility and progressive loss of kidney function. How the molecular mechanisms of genetic and environmental exposures interact during DKD initiation and progression is the focus of ongoing research efforts. The development of standardized, unbiased high-throughput profiling technologies of human DKD samples opens new avenues in capturing the multiple layers of DKD pathobiology. These techniques routinely interrogate analytes on a genome-wide scale generating comprehensive DKD-associated fingerprints. Linking the molecular fingerprints to deep clinical phenotypes may ultimately elucidate the intricate molecular interplay in a disease stage and subtype-specific manner. This insight will form the basis for accurate prognosis and facilitate targeted therapeutic interventions. In this review, we present ongoing efforts from large-scale data integration translating "-omics" research efforts into improved and individualized health care in DKD.
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- Claudiu V. Komorowsky
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Xia JF, Hu P, Liang QL, Zou TT, Wang YM, Luo GA. Correlations of creatine and six related pyrimidine metabolites and diabetic nephropathy in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients. Clin Biochem 2010; 43:957-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Revised: 04/23/2010] [Accepted: 05/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Correlations of six related purine metabolites and diabetic nephropathy in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients. Clin Biochem 2009; 42:215-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Revised: 10/04/2008] [Accepted: 10/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Martini S, Eichinger F, Nair V, Kretzler M. Defining human diabetic nephropathy on the molecular level: integration of transcriptomic profiles with biological knowledge. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2008; 9:267-74. [PMID: 18704688 PMCID: PMC2597685 DOI: 10.1007/s11154-008-9103-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the most common cause for end stage renal disease (ESRD). Next to environmental factors, genetic predispositions determine the susceptibility for DN and its rate of progression to ESRD. With the availability of genome wide expression profiling we have the opportunity to define relevant pathways activated in the individual diabetic patient, integrating both environmental exposure and genetic background. In this review we summarize current understanding of how to link comprehensive gene expression data sets with biomedical knowledge and present strategies to build a transcriptional network of DN. Information about the individual disease processes of DN might allow the implementation of a personalized molecular medicine approach with mechanism-based patient management. Web based search engines like Nephromine are essential tools to facilitate access to molecular data of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics of DN.
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- Sebastian Martini
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, 1552 MSRB II, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0676, USA
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- Hideki Kato
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Henger A, Schmid H, Kretzler M. Gene expression analysis of human renal biopsies: recent developments towards molecular diagnosis of kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2004; 13:313-8. [PMID: 15073490 DOI: 10.1097/00041552-200405000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The analysis of renal tissue from kidney biopsies by histology, electron microscopy and immunohistology represents the current standards used to establish a specific diagnosis in nephrology. Recent progress in gene expression-based tissue analysis may provide fundamentally novel information in renal biopsy interpretation. In this review, progress towards the routine application of this approach is summarized. RECENT FINDINGS Renal disease is characterized by closely interrelated mechanisms of inflammation, repair, scarring and atrophy affecting over 20 different intrinsic renal cell types. The renal biopsy sample represents a 'snapshot' of these dynamic processes. A central question for molecular diagnosis is whether specific gene expression patterns can adequately define segments of these disease processes. Can molecular markers be extracted as effectively as has been shown in oncology? Several studies have been able to correlate renal gene expression patterns with clinical parameters, renal histological findings and patient follow-up data. In small populations, molecular markers have been able to provide novel diagnostic, prognostic and differential therapeutic information beyond conventional histology. SUMMARY A growing number of renal gene expression projects are generating targets for the integration of molecular approaches into kidney biopsy evaluation. If these molecular makers can pass rigorous testing for their diagnostic value, they should become an indispensable part of the management of the renal patient.
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- Anna Henger
- Nephrologisches Zentrum, Medizinische Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Cass A, Cunningham J, Snelling P, Wang Z, Hoy W. Exploring the pathways leading from disadvantage to end-stage renal disease for Indigenous Australians. Soc Sci Med 2004; 58:767-85. [PMID: 14672592 DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(03)00243-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Indigenous Australians are disadvantaged, relative to other Australians, over a range of socio-economic and health measures. The age- and sex-adjusted incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD)--the irreversible preterminal phase of chronic renal failure--is almost nine times higher amongst Indigenous than it is amongst non-indigenous Australians. A striking gradient exists from urban to remote regions, where the standardised ESRD incidence is from 20 to more than 30 times the national incidence. We discuss the profound impact of renal disease on Indigenous Australians and their communities. We explore the linkages between disadvantage, often accompanied by geographic isolation, and both the initiation of renal disease, and its progression to ESRD. Purported explanations for the excess burden of renal disease in indigenous populations can be categorised as: primary renal disease explanations;genetic explanations;early development explanations; and socio-economic explanations. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these explanations and suggest a new hypothesis which integrates the existing evidence. We use this hypothesis to illuminate the pathways between disadvantage and the human biological processes which culminate in ESRD, and to propose prevention strategies across the life-course of Indigenous Australians to reduce their ESRD risk. Our hypothesis is likely to be relevant to an understanding of patterns of renal disease in other high-risk populations, particularly indigenous people in the developed world and people in developing countries. Furthermore, analogous pathways might be relevant to other chronic diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. If we are able to confirm the various pathways from disadvantage to human biology, we will be better placed to advocate evidence-based interventions, both within and beyond the scope of the health-care system, to address the excess burden of renal and other chronic diseases among affected populations.
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- Alan Cass
- Menzies School of Health Research, PO Box 41096, Darwin, Casarina NT 0811, Australia.
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- Robert B Toto
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
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Hayden PS, El-Meanawy A, Schelling JR, Sedor JR. DNA expression analysis: serial analysis of gene expression, microarrays and kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2003; 12:407-14. [PMID: 12815337 DOI: 10.1097/00041552-200307000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Expression profiling using serial analysis of gene expression and microarray technologies allows global description of expressed genes present in biological systems. Although relatively new technologies, each having been developed in the mid-1990s, both have become established and widely used tools for identification of gene networks and gene function. RECENT FINDINGS This review highlights DNA expression analyses published in 2002, emphasizing primarily serial analysis of gene expression and microarray technologies. We focus on the applicability of DNA expression analysis to renal disease, especially as some investigators have developed custom serial analysis of gene expression kidney libraries and kidney disease-specific 'designer chip' microarrays. Data analysis techniques and statistics are also discussed, since the challenge is generation of accurate messenger RNA profiles and interpretation of data in a manner that is both coherent and reproducible. SUMMARY Because kidney disease pathophysiology is complex, expression analysis can identify candidate nephropathy pathogenesis genes and gene networks, which eventually could become targets for therapeutic intervention.
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- Patrick S Hayden
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Pecoits-Filho R, Nordfors L, Lindholm B, Hoff CM, Schalling M, Stenvinkel P. Genetic approaches in the clinical investigation of complex disorders: malnutrition, inflammation, and atherosclerosis (MIA) as a prototype. KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL. SUPPLEMENT 2003:S162-7. [PMID: 12694336 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.63.s84.39.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Despite major research efforts and improvements in dialysis technology, patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) experience an extremely high mortality, which seems to be increasingly related to cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease has been linked to the presence of systemic inflammation and malnutrition (MIA syndrome), in addition to the high prevalence of traditional risk factors observed in ESRD patients. Since the mechanisms underlying the development of these complications of ESRD are largely unknown, new strategies for identification of risk factors, pathophysiologic pathways, and targets for intervention are warranted. Although the combined impact of MIA complications seems to determine the extremely poor clinical outcome in the ESRD patients, there are significant unexplained individual differences in the development of the MIA syndrome, implying that genetic differences might play a role. The vast information generated by the advances in molecular genetics offers a great opportunity to analyze the causes of differences not only in our susceptibility to (or protection from) various diseases, but also in the age of onset, severity of illness, and in the way our bodies respond to treatment. In this review, we summarize an integrated approach in the investigation of complex disorders, requiring the interactive collaboration between laboratory, clinical, and epidemiologic resources using the MIA syndrome as a prototype. We focus on the application of common genetic variations (single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs]) in association with studies to generate potential risk profiling using data from multiple vulnerability genes. The appropriate application of this approach may be essential in the early identification of high-risk individuals and groups of patients for whom specific therapeutic interventions are indicated, thus creating a tailor-made clinical management for the future.
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- Roberto Pecoits-Filho
- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, Karolinska Intitutet, Sweden
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Striker LJ, Striker GE. Windows on renal biopsy interpretation: does mRNA analysis represent a new gold standard? J Am Soc Nephrol 2003; 14:1096-8. [PMID: 12660345 DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000060865.30249.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Hayden PS, Iyengar SK, Schelling JR, Sedor JR. Kidney disease, genotype and the pathogenesis of vasculopathy. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2003; 12:71-8. [PMID: 12496669 DOI: 10.1097/00041552-200301000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The two leading causes of end-stage renal disease in the United States are diabetes mellitus and hypertensive nephrosclerosis, accounting for over two-thirds of all cases. In many patients both diseases are associated with small- and large-vessel disease, commonly attributed to hypertension or accelerated atherosclerosis. Recent investigations, however, have suggested that renal large-vessel and microvascular disease may be independent contributors to progressive kidney failure. RECENT FINDINGS Although genes have not been definitely linked to renal vascular disease, population- and family-based epidemiology of kidney disease, segregation analysis of Pima and Caucasian families in which diabetic nephropathy is clustered, and the positional cloning of genes responsible for rare, familial glomerulosclerosis syndromes support the hypothesis that genes regulate the pathogenesis of renal disease. This review highlights developments in our current understanding of vasculopathy and its role in renal disease, and it summarizes evidence suggesting that genetic determinants for the vascular phenotype are associated with common causes of chronic renal failure. SUMMARY With the application of genomics and proteomics methodologies to drug discovery, the identification of renal susceptibility genes should identify new mechanisms of progressive renal disease pathogenesis and generate novel target molecules for the treatment of kidney disease.
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- Patrick S Hayden
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, and Rammelkamp Center for Research and Education, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44109-1998, USA
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