Introduction. The use of cyclosporine (CsA) in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome (NS) contributed to a significant reduction in the amount of corticosteroids used in therapy and its cumulative side effects. One of the major drawbacks of CsA therapy is its nephrotoxicity. Prolonged CsA treatment protocols require sensitive, easily available, and simple to measure biomarkers of nephrotoxicity. ...

Iron is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust and is crucial for life. Over the last few years, our understanding of iron metabolism has dramatically increased due to the discovery of hepcidin, which is produced by hepatocytes and modulated in response to anemia, hypoxia and inflammation. It has been found that anemia upregulates lipocalin 2 (NGAL; neutrophil gelatinase-associated...

Results Persistent elevation of plasma NGAL above 1000 ng/mL on 0 and 12 hours was significantly associated with need for early renal replacement therapy. Patient with increased level of NGAL at 12 hours showed unfavorable outcome which is related to renal replacement therapy or progressive renal impairment (13/25; 48% of patients). Conversely, 2/17 (11.8%) of patients had poor renal outcome wh...

conclusions serum ngal levels of arf and crf patients were significantly higher than healthy individuals. in addition, ngal values of patients with crf were significantly higher than those of arf. serum ngal values can be used to detect renal injury and differentiate arf and crf. results median ngal levels in patients was 304.50 (29), and 60 (0) in control, which was statistically significant b...

Co-existing depression worsens Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a newly identified (neuro)inflammatory mediator in the pathophysiologies of both AD and depression. This study aimed to compare NGAL levels in healthy controls, AD without depression (AD-D), and AD with co-existing depression (AD+D) patients. Protein levels of NGAL and its rec...

BACKGROUND NGAL is involved in modulation of the inflammatory response and is found in the sera of uremic patients. We investigated whether hemodiafiltration (HDF) could influence the ability of polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMGs) to release NGAL. The involvement of interleukin- (IL-)1β and tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-)α on NGAL release was evaluated. METHODS We studied end-stage renal dise...

Background and aims: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin or NGAL is biomarker protein by weight of 25 kDa that a bacteriostatic agent in the physiological state of the body against Gram-negative bacteria by binding tightly to protect siderophore. The identification of these biomarkers as one of the key regulators of the immune system can be used as a biomarker for the diagnosis and treat...

INTRODUCTION Diabetic nephropathy is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). Albuminuria, the gold standard for early diagnosis, cannot always detect early diabetic nephropathy. We aimed at evaluating the level of urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a marker of tubulointerstitial damage in children and adolescents wi...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to assess whether neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and cystatin C could reflect kidney function in pregnant healthy women. MATERIAL AND METHODS The studies were performed on 130 healthy pregnant women (n = 63, 3(rd) trimester; n = 21, 2(nd) trimester; n = 46, 1(st) trimester) and 30 healthy female volunteers. Serum NGAL, cystatin C, IL-6,...