Urine tricarboxylic acid cycle signatures of early-stage diabetic kidney disease.
Joseph LunyeraClarissa J DiamantidisHayden B BosworthUptal D PatelJames BainMichael J MuehlbauerOlga IlkayevaMaggie NguyenBinu SharmaJennie Z MaSvati H ShahJulia J SciallaPublished in: Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society (2021)
Thus, lower urine TCA cycle OAs, most notably lower methylmalonate, ethylmalonate and citrate/isocitrate, are potential indicators of kidney impairment in early stage DKD.