[Clinical significance of determination of urinary albumin, beta 2 microglobulin and Tamm-Horsfall protein in diabetics].
Twenty-four hour urinary albumin (Alb) beta 2 microglobulin (beta 2m) and Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) were measured by radioimmunoassay in 69 diabetics and 23 normal controls. The excretion of urinary Alb, beta 2m and THP in the patients with diabetic nephropathy was found to be different from that of normal controls. The abnormality of excretion of Alb, beta 2m and THP is particularly evident in the patients with clinical diabetic nephropathy. These results indicate that the renal lesions of diabetes mellitus exist not only in the glomeruli but also in the proximal and/or distal tubules. There was a significantly positive correlation between THP excretion and creatinine clearance (less than 127 ml/min/1.73m2). The findings suggest that the excretion of urinary THP is a valuable index for evaluating the damages of nephrons. It is believed that determination of urinary Alb, beta 2m and THP in diabetics is beneficial to early detection of the sites and degree of the renal lesions.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000652:urine*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000652:urine; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000652:urine*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009088:Mucoproteins / Q000652:urine*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D058949:Uromodulin; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000652:urine*
D009088:Mucoproteins; C548612:UMOD protein, human; D058949:Uromodulin; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin; D003404:Creatinine