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SUBMITTER: Fourdinier O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8508835 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fourdinier Ophélie O Glorieux Griet G Brigant Benjamin B Diouf Momar M Pletinck Anneleen A Vanholder Raymond R Choukroun Gabriel G Verbeke Francis F Massy Ziad A ZA Metzinger-Le Meuth Valérie V Metzinger Laurent L Group-EUTox On Behalf Of The European Uremic Toxin Work OBOTEUTW
International journal of molecular sciences 20210929 19
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major cause of death worldwide and is associated with a high risk for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. In CKD, endothelial dysfunction occurs and uremic toxins accumulate in the blood. miR-126 is a regulator of endothelial dysfunction and its blood level is decreased in CKD patients. In order to obtain a better understanding of the physiopathology of the disease, we correlated the levels of miR-126 with several markers of endothelial dysfunction, as well ...[more]