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- Title
Does circulating erythropoietin reflect progression of IgA nephropathy? Comparison with urinary N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase.
- Authors
Machiguchi, T; Yoshida, H; Yonemoto, S; Minakata, T; Nomura, K; Muso, E; Tamura, T; Sasayama, S
- Abstract
Background.Recent reports describe that erythropoietin (Epo) is produced by peritubular interstitial fibroblast-like cells in response to a hypoxic stimulus. We studied serum Epo levels as a possible marker of tubulointerstitial damage in the progression of IgA nephropathy (IgAN), in comparison with urinary (u-) levels of N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), which is mainly derived from proximal tubular cells and is used as a marker of tubular damage.
- Publication
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 1999, Vol 14, Issue 3, p635
- ISSN
0931-0509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/14.3.635