Increased renal uptake and urine excretion of oxidized LDL is possibly associated with formation of large calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis: a preliminary study.

The renal uptake of oxLDL with increased oxLDL excretion from large CaOx renal stone formers, independent of increased circulating oxLDL, is a novel pathological finding in kidney stone disease and brings attention to the possible involvement of renal steatosis in the process of urolithiasis formation.