Aim: To explore the possible correlations between plasma heparanase and albuminuria, glucose and lipid metabolism in the type 2 diabetic nephropathy patients at the early stage. Methods: One hundred and forty patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy at early stage were recruited into the study. Plasma heparanase and the characterized advanced glycation end products (AGEs), carboxymethyllysine (CML) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results: Plasma heparanase was positively associated with fasting blood glucose (R 0.24, p.01) while heparanase was not significantly correlated with the urinary microalbumin to creatinine ratio (urinary mAlb/Cr) (R 0.05, p.58) and CML (R 0.16, p.26). On stepwise linear regression analysis, fasting blood glucose was the main independent determinants of plasma heparanase concentration. Conclusion: Plasma heparanase is not significantly associated with urinary mAlb/Cr while it is correlated positively with blood glucose levels in the early stage of diabetic nephropathy. Plasma heparnase might be regarded as a marker for vascular endothelial cells injury in diabetic patients.
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Zhao, Y., Liu, J., Ten, S., Zhang, J., Yuan, Y., Yu, J., & An, X. (2017). Plasma heparanase is associated with blood glucose levels but not urinary microalbumin excretion in type 2 diabetic nephropathy at the early stage. Renal Failure, 39(1), 698–701. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886022X.2017.1384391
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