The effect of glucocorticoids on Thrombospondin-1, Osteocalcin and the Thrombospondin-1:Osteocalcin ratio in humans.

Nicole Cesana-NigroSahar KeshvariJohanna L BarclayJane SorbelloJohn W UphamHelen BenhamStephen T AndersonNatasha SteigerJohannes B PrinsWarrick J Inder

Published in: Clinical endocrinology (2019)

The TSP1:OCN ratio is elevated in patients on prednisolone and in patients with CS compared with healthy volunteers. It may be a useful biomarker of total body glucocorticoid activity in humans.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors