Decreased serum level and increased urinary excretion of vascular endothelial growth factor-C in patients with chronic kidney disease

• Auteurs principaux: Sun Hee Kim (Auteur), Yu Jin Jung (Auteur), Kyung Pyo Kang (Auteur), Sik Lee (Auteur), Sung Kwang Park (Auteur), Ju-Hyung Lee (Auteur), Nam Ho Kim (Auteur), Won Kim (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Background: Interstitial tonicity increases vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C), a lymphangiogenic factor in salt-induced hypertension. Therefore, it can be assumed that changes of serum VEGF-C level may be associated with increasing blood pressure. However, there is no report about the ch...