title: [Serum transferrin receptor level as an index of the response to erythropoietin therapy for anemia in pre-dialysis patients with chronic renal failure].
abstract: In order to reveal whether serum transferrin receptor (sTfR) can serve as an index in erythropoiesis during recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) therapy for anemia in pre-dialysis patients with chronic renal failure, we analyzed hematopoietic parameters and sTfR levels in 26 patients who were newly administered rHuEpo. sTfR was determined as sTfR transferrin complex (TRC) using the enzyme linked immunosolvent assay (ELISA) and the latex agglutination nephelometric immunoassay (LA). The therapeutic effect of rHuEpo was expressed as the change in the Ht from the start of treatment to 8 weeks later. (delta Ht). Ht, RBC and Hb levels were significantly increased at 4 and 8 weeks after initiating rHuEpo treatment. Furthermore, sTfR levels were significantly increased at 2 and 4 weeks after the start of rHuEpo treatment. Absolute changes in the sTfR level (sTfR before - sTfR after) and rates of change (absolute change/sTfR before x 100) at, 2, 4 weeks after the start of rHuEpo treatment showed a significant positive correlation with delta Ht. These results indicate that sTfR is a useful marker as an index of therapeutic effect of rHuEpo for anemia in pre-dialysis patients with chronic renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Kawashima Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Minakuchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nomata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D004920:Erythropoiesis; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin / Q000097:blood*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin