title: [Urinary RBP and glucocorticoid hormone therapy sensibility in adult primary nephrotic syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To clarify the relationship between the renal tubular function and the efficacy of glucocorticoid, in adult patients with primary nephrotic syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pro- and post-therapy urinary RBP and NAG were determined double antibodies sandwich ELISA and color comparimetry with p-nitrate reductase, respectively, in eighty adult patients with primary nephritic syndrome, according to the concentrations of urinary protein, these patients were divided into three no remission group, partial remission group and fully remission group, fifty-one normal persons as control group. Renal tubular function parameters among groups were compared before and after therapy, and the results were analysed when those parameters were used to predict the sensibility of glucocorticoid therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1. There were no significant differences in urinary RBP, NAG and protein levels before treatment among patient groups (P > 0.05); 2. There were significant decreases in urinary RBP and NAG following glucocorticoid therapy in those response to glucocorticoid (P < 0.01); 3. There were significant differences in urinary protein, RBP and NAG among three groups of patients with primary nephrotic syndrome after treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Determination of urinary RBP may predict the sensibility of the therapy in the adult patients with primary nephrotic syndrome and its diagnostic efficiency is better than urinary NAG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Chnagsha 410011, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase / Q000652:urine; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000652:urine; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins / Q000652:urine*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins; D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase; D011241:Prednisone