Urinary adiponectin as a new diagnostic index for chronic kidney disease due to diabetic nephropathy.
Shinnosuke YamakadoHiroki ChoMikio InadaMika MorikawaYong-Huang JiangKenji SaitoKazunari NakaishiSatoshi WatabeHitomi TakagiMugiho KanedaAkira NakatsumaMasaki NinomiyaHitomi ImachiTakeshi AraiTakuo YoshimotoKoji MuraoJyun-Hao ChangShih-Min ChenYi-Chen ShihMin-Jing ZengLiang-Yin KeChu-Huang ChenTeruki YoshimuraToshiaki MiuraEtsuro ItoPublished in: BMJ open diabetes research & care (2019)
Our new assay showed that urinary adiponectin could be a new diagnostic index for CKD. This assay is a non-invasive test using only urine, thus reducing the patient burden.