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SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Carrio J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6744494 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rodríguez-Carrio Javier J Carrillo-López Natalia N Ulloa Catalina C Seijo Mariana M Rodríguez-García Minerva M Rodríguez-Suárez Carmen C Díaz-Corte Carmen C Cannata-Andía Jorge B JB Suárez Ana A Dusso Adriana S AS
Scientific reports 20190913 1
Inflammation is central to chronic kidney disease (CKD) pathogenesis and vascular outcomes, but the exact players remain unidentified. Since low density granulocytes (LDGs) are emerging mediators in inflammatory conditions, we aimed to evaluate whether LDGs may be altered in CKD and related to clinical outcomes as biomarkers. To his end, LDGs subsets were measured in peripheral blood by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy in 33 CKD patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis and 15 healthy contro ...[more]