Biomarkers of inflammation and repair in kidney disease progression
Puthumana J, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Xu L, Coca SG, Garg AX, Himmelfarb J, Bhatraju PK, Ikizler T, Siew E, Ware LB, Liu KD, Go AS, Kaufman JS, Kimmel PL, Chinchilli VM, Cantley L, Parikh CR. Biomarkers of inflammation and repair in kidney disease progression. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2021, 131 PMID: 33290282, PMCID: PMC7843225, DOI: 10.1172/jci139927.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKidney disease progressionComposite kidney outcomeChronic kidney diseaseDisease progressionEGFR declineKidney outcomesRenal atrophyMouse modelMonocyte chemoattractant protein-1CHI3L1 mRNA expressionComposite renal outcomeGreater eGFR declineIntroductionAcute kidney injuryProspective cohort studyGlomerular filtration rateBiomarkers of inflammationProgressive renal fibrosisYKL-40 levelsChemoattractant protein-1Traditional clinical variablesLong-term progressionLoop of HenleMultimarker scoreRenal outcomesKidney injury