title: How to find a prognostic biomarker for progressive diabetic nephropathy.
abstract: As a prognostic biomarker for progression of diabetic nephropathy, albuminuria fails in terms of sensitivity and specificity. Better urinary or plasma biomarkers are needed that can predict which diabetic patients are at highest risk for progression. Bhensdadia et al. report proteomic investigations that identified urinary haptoglobin as a potential prognostic biomarker for progressive diabetic nephropathy. Although as a single marker urinary haptoglobin adds little to albuminuria, together the two appear to provide better diagnostic accuracy than albuminuria alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. fbrosius@umich.edu
authors.forename: Frank C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Brosius
authors.forename: Subramaniam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pennathur
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000652:urine*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: C485359:HP protein, human; D006242:Haptoglobins