Association of urinary activity of MMP-9 with renal impairment in Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Association of urinary activity of MMP-9 with renal impairment in Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Background Diabetic kidney disease is the most common cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). An early event in diabetic kidney disease is alteration of the glomerular basement membrane and the mesangial expansion. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are a family of endopeptidases responsible for control...

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Main Authors: Alan Uriel García-Tejeda, Clara Luz Sampieri, Irene Suárez-Torres, Jaime Morales-Romero, Verónica Patricia Demeneghi-Marini, Magda Elena Hernández-Hernández, Arturo Rodríguez-Hernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-12-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Renal impairment
Urine MMP-9
Matrix metalloproteinases
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6067.pdf

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