title: [Fetuin A in children with renal diseases].
abstract: Fetuin A, 59 kDa protein, produced in the liver is a circulating inhibitor of vascular calcification. The aim of the study was to estimate a concentration of fetuin A in children with renal diseases. Fifty three children were examined: 18 with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) aged 2.5 to 14.5 years, mean 6.6 +/- 3.6 and 35 with chronic renal failure (CRF) aged 4.5 to 20 years, mean 13.3 +/- 3.9. The control group (K) consisted of 22 healthy children, aged from 6.5 to 17.5 years, mean 10.8 +/- 3.3. In all children serum concentration of fetuin A (ELISA method, BioVendor), calcium (sCa), phosphorus (sP), protein (P), albumin (Alb), total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG) were measured. The daily protein excretion in children with proteinuria (mg/kg/day) and the serum parathormone (PTH) level in children with CRF were analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The concentration of fetuin A was the lowest in children with NS (78.1 +/- 24.5 ng/ml) and was statistically different (p=0.0003) than in group K (101.4 +/- 11 ng/ml) and group CRF (106.7 +/- 13.7 ng/ml). In group NS significant correlations were found between concentrations of fetuin A and sCa (r=0.62, p<0.01), P (r=0.59, p= 0.01) and Alb (r=0.64, p<0.01) and negative correlations with concentration of TC (r=-0.68, p<0.01) and daily proteinuria (r=-0.79, p<0.001). In groups K and CRF the correlations of fetuin A level and analysed parameters were not found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Low concentration of fetuin A in children with nephrotic syndrome may be the additional agent to promote the atherogenic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Pediatrii i Nefrologii, Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie. nefrologia@litewska.edu.pl
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ziółkowska
authors.forename: Julita
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wojnar
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pańczyk-Tomaszewska
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roszkowska-Blaim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000172:deficiency; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012307:Risk Factors; D060749:alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein
chemical_list: C556354:AHSG protein, human; D015415:Biomarkers; D001798:Blood Proteins; D060749:alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein