Vascular peroxidase 1 is independently associated with worse kidney function in patients with peripheral artery disease.

Lavinia CostasCarsten Thilo Herz Clemens HöbausRenate KoppensteinerGerit-Holger Schernthaner

Published in: Journal of nephrology (2020)

This study is first to reveal that VPO1 is independently associated with declining kidney function in patients with PAD. VPO1 shows a tighter association to kidney function than to other CVRF. This finding points to VPO1 as a potential target protein to assess CKD-progression.

Keyphrases

peripheral artery disease
chronic kidney disease
genome wide
hydrogen peroxide
protein protein
nitric oxide
human health
climate change
amino acid