High Serum Uric Acid Is Associated with Tubular Damage and Kidney Inflammation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Naiara S GuardaYãnaí S BollickJosé Antonio M de CarvalhoMelissa O PremaorFabio V ComimRafael Noal Moresco

Published in: Disease markers (2019)

High serum uric acid concentrations were associated with high urinary KIM-1 levels accompanied by the increase of urinary proinflammatory cytokines in patients with T2D. However, normalization of urinary markers by urine creatinine concentration seems to influence the profile of the results.

Keyphrases

uric acid
metabolic syndrome
oxidative stress
endothelial cells