The features of markers the protective system saliva, blood and urine in patients with tubulointerstitial kidney damage were studied a comparative aspect. For this study, 58 selected chronic disease, namely disease. In blood, oral fluid urine, content lysozyme, level lactoferrin, cystatin lipocalin-2 determined by enzyme immunoassay. It was found that somatic pathology affects both frequency oc...

Mitochondrial injury contributes to renal dysfunction in several models of renal disease, but its involvement in human hypertension remains unknown. Fragments of the mitochondrial genome released from dying cells are considered surrogate markers of mitochondrial injury. We hypothesized that hypertension would be associated with increased urine mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy numbers. We prospect...