The impact of calcineurin inhibitors on neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and fibroblast growth factor 23 in long-term kidney transplant patients.

Inger HjÃ Rdis BleskestadInga Strand ThorsenGrete JonssonØyvind SkadbergLasse Gunnar Gøransson

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2017)

The median levels of iFGF23 were higher in CNI users compared to CNI nonusers giving support to the notion of a CNI induced FGF23 resistance in the parathyroid. The net result of CNIs side effects needs to be further explored.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
high glucose
drug induced