Year: 2011
Type: Article
Title: Diagnostic value of brush border enzymes of the proximal renal tubules in rheumatoid arthritis
Author: Spasovski, Dejan
Author: Masin-Spasovska, Jelka
Author: Nada, Marina
Author: Calovski, Jordan
Author: Sandevska, Emilija
Author: Osmani, Baskim
Author: Sotirova, Tatjana
Author: Balkanov, Svetlana
Author: Dukovski, Dusko
Author: Ljatifi, Arif
Author: Spasovski, Goce
Abstract: Proximal tubules of the kidney have a dominant function in the excretion of different enzymes in the urine. These enzymes can be used as markers for secondary renal damage under the action of different diseases, medicines, and toxins. The aim of this study was to evaluate the values of alanine aminopeptidase (AAP), gamma-glutamyl transferase (gamma-GT), and beta2 microglobulin (beta2m) in urine of patients with untreated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to define the possible association between untreated rheumatoid arthritis and tubular function at the brush border region.
Publisher:
Relation: Clinical laboratory
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/26522
Identifier: 1433-6510
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/26522Identifier: 57
Identifier: 5-6
