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SUBMITTER: Gao C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7509983 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diabetes research and clinical practice 20190801
<h4>Aims</h4>Intrarenal Aquaporin 5 (AQP5) is upregulated in patients with diabetic nephropathy. Here we investigate whether urinary AQP5 is independently associated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy.<h4>Methods</h4>Baseline urine samples (n = 997) from patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy of the sulodexide macroalbuminuria trial were measured for AQP5 through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Pearson correlation ...[more]