title: The novel role of neutrophil gelatinase-B associated lipocalin (NGAL)/Lipocalin-2 as a biomarker for lupus nephritis.
abstract: Lupus nephritis, a potentially devastating outcome of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), poses a real challenge in the management of SLE patients because of the difficulty in diagnosing its onset and identifying relapses before serious renal damage has ensued. Neutrophil gelatinase-B associated lipocalin (NGAL)/Lipocalin-2 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several disease states in different organ systems, and especially in kidney diseases. Lipocalin-2 may play a protective role in the context of renal insults through the induction or prevention of apoptosis by an iron-transport dependent mechanism. Clinically, urinary Lipocalin-2 significantly correlates with measures of lupus nephritis disease activity, and may be an important and convenient marker for relapses.
authors.affiliation: The Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, United States.
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rubinstein
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pitashny
authors.forename: Chaim
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Putterman
mesh_terms: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins / Q000652:urine; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D000071068:Lipocalin-2; D054834:Lipocalins / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins; D015415:Biomarkers; C489506:LCN2 protein, human; D000071068:Lipocalin-2; D054834:Lipocalins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins