title: Significance of serum and urine neuraminidase activity and serum and urine level of sialic acid in diabetic nephropathy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prospective studies have reported associations among various markers of inflammation and the incidence of diabetes, and it has been proposed that inflammation has a causal role in the development of diabetes. The objective of this study was to investigate the significance of serum and urine neuraminidase activity (NA) and serum and urine sialic acid (SA) level in patients with Diabetic nephropathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a prospective study, 190 diabetic patients with established diabetic nephropathy, 30 type 2 diabetes patients without any diabetic related nephropathy, and 36 non-diabetic patients with diagnosed nephropathy were enrolled. Two hundred and forty healthy individuals without diabetes or kidney disease were also enrolled as control group. Fasting venous blood samples and urine samples were collected and checked for serum and urine NA and SA level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the diabetic nephropathy group, the mean value of serum and urine NA was 64.6 ± 2.6 and 11.7 ± 1.2 mU/ml, respectively, and mean values of serum and urine SA were 93.2 ± 3.6 and 17.7 ± 1.4 mg/dl, respectively. Serum and urine NA and SA levels were significantly higher in patient with diabetic nephropathy when compared to the other groups (P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study suggests that there is a strong association between elevated serum and urine NA and serum and urine SA levels with the presence of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients. Further investigations are needed on the diagnostic and prognostic significance of these two inflammatory markers.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology-Urology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Jamshid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roozbeh
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merat
authors.forename: Farahnaz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bodagkhan
authors.forename: Raha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Afshariani
authors.forename: Hooman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yarmohammadi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D009439:Neuraminidase; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid