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OBJECTIVE:The immune-inflammatory system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy; however, many of the mechanisms involved remain unclear. Chitotriosidase enzyme is an active human chitinase and a major protein product of activated macrophages. Although playing an important role in innate and acquired immunity, chitotriosidase involvement in the development of diabetic nephropathy is unknown. DESIGN AND METHODS:Chitotriosidase enzyme activity and the presence of the functional 24-bp duplication mutation of the chitotriosidase gene (CHIT1) were assessed in 262 Egyptian type 2 diabetic patients with and without nephropathy and 90 non-diabetic controls. In diabetic patients, multiple linear regression models were adapted to assess the association of chitotriosidase activity with two important measures of renal disease progression: urinary albumin/creatinine ratio and eGFR, while the association of the CHIT1 genotype with the incidence of nephropathy was evaluated by multiple logistic regression. RESULTS:In diabetic patients, chitotriosidase enzyme activity showed a statistically significant elevation as compared to controls and correlated positively with the progression of nephropathy. A significant association of chitotriosidase activity with both urinary albumin/creatinine ratio and eGFR was detected after adjusting for age, gender, duration of diabetes, body mass index, hypertension status, total cholesterol, triglycerides and HbA1c levels, P<0.001. We also identified a protective association between the CHIT1 mutated genotype and diabetic nephropathy after adjusting for the same confounders (odds ratio: 0.517, 95% CI: 0.289-0.924, P=0.026). CONCLUSIONS:This study demonstrates for the first time that the immunomodulatory effects of chitotriosidase enzyme could be implicated in the development of nephropathy in type 2 diabetes.
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Clin Biochemjournal_title
Clinical biochemistryauthors
Elmonem MA,Amin HS,El-Essawy RA,Mehaney DA,Nabil M,Kamel LN,Farid IMdoi
10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.11.009subject
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2016-04-01 00:00:00pages
444-448issue
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更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.01.021
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1984-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00