CA-125 and CCL2 may indicate inflammation in peritoneal dialysis patients.
Wander Valadares de Oliveira JúniorSylvia Dias TuraniMaria Aparecida Silva MarinhoSérgio Wyton Lima PintoAlba OtoniRoberta Carvalho de FigueiredoDanyelle Romana Alves RiosPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2021)
The association of CA-125 levels with CCL2 in the dialysate may indicate that the local inflammatory process leads to temporary or definitive changes in peritoneal membrane. A better understanding of this pathogenesis could contribute to the discovery of new inflammatory biomarkers.