title: [Proteinuria and kidney transplantation. A quantitative immunochemical study of 7 protein clearances during the first 50 days following implantation of cadaver kidney].
abstract: During the initial 50 days following transplantation of a cadaver kidney into 8 patients, determinations of 7 individual protein clearances were performed twice a week. This, the first posttransplantation investigation of single protein clearances utilizing unconcentrated urine, was made possible by the highly sensitive electroimmunodiffusion method of LAURELL [24]. The following results were obtained: 1. Kidney implantation was immediately followed by glomerulo-tubular proteinuria. In patients exhibiting good transplant tolerance the tubular proteins disappeared from the urine by the 43rd day at the latest; on the other hand, excretion of the glomerular proteins transferrin and albumin continued. In patients without complications the proteinuria was already highly selective by the 7th day (70 degrees). 2. In 5 of 8 patients there was a change in the proteinuria pattern during the rejection crisis: glomerulo-tubular proteinuria occurred three times and glomerular proteinuria twice. In two of these cases there was a change in the selectivity. 3. Patients with good tolerance showed plasma prealbumin levels which increased as a function of the time lapse since transplantation. 4. The plasma concentration of retinol-binding protein did not vary following transplantation and remained at 16.8 +/- 2.8 mg% in patients with uneventful course and at 18.5 +/- 4.9 mg% in patients with transplant rejection reactions, both values being markedly above the norm (4.7 +/- 1.1 mg%, [1 SD]).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000419:Albuminuria; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000503:physiopathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000097:blood; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood; D054839:Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma; D014168:Transferrin / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D011228:Prealbumin; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins; D054839:Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma; D014168:Transferrin
vernacular_title: Proteinurie nach Nierentransplantation Eine quantitative immunchemische Untersuchung von 7 Proteinclearances während der ersten 50 Tage nach Implantation einer Kadaverniere.