Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha and 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine are Associated with Elevated Urinary Angiopoietin-2 Level in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Albuminuria

• Main Authors: Fang-Fang He (Author), Hui-Qing Li (Author), Qing-Xian Huang (Author), Qiu-Yuan Wang (Author), Hua-Jun Jiang (Author), Shan Chen (Author), Hua Su (Author), Chun Zhang (Author), Yu-Mei Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: We previously showed that urine and serum Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) levels increased significantly with the degree of albuminuria in diabetes patients, but the reasons remain unclear. Consequently we aimed to determine whether there was an association between Ang-2, inflammatory cytoki...