title: Clinical implications of serum levels of basement membrane components in diabetic patients with and without albuminuria.
abstract: Serum levels of type IV collagen (7S-IV) and laminin P1 in 185 non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients were significantly higher than those in normal subjects. Furthermore, they were significantly elevated in relation to the excretion of urinary albumin, showing their increases even at the stage of microalbuminuria, although they were not correlated with HbA1c or age in diabetic patients. Thus, the determination of serum levels of basement membrane components, 7S-IV and laminin, could be beneficial as the early indices of diabetic microangiopathy, including diabetic nephropathy.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomono
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawazu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Utsugi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murata
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003094:Collagen / Q000097:blood*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007797:Laminin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D003094:Collagen; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007797:Laminin