Identification of Diabetic Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Kidney Biopsy through Blood and Urinary Profiles of d-Serine.
Yukimasa IwataHiroki OkushimaAtsushi HesakaMasataka KawamuraRyoichi ImamuraShiro TakaharaMasaru HorioYouko TanakaTatsuhiko IkedaMaiko NakaneMasashi MitaTerumasa HayashiYoshitaka IsakaTomonori KimuraPublished in: Kidney360 (2021)
Analysis of d-serine in blood and urinary excretion is useful in identifying DN in patients undergoing kidney biopsy. Profiling of d-serine in patients with kidney diseases supports the suitable treatment through the auxial diagnosis of the origins of kidney diseases.