Tıp Fakültesi / Faculty of Medicine

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    Early Diabetic Nephropathy and Endothelial Dysfunction in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
    (2015) Aynaci, Sercan; Bayazit, Aysun K.; Melek, Engin; Gurbuz, Fatih; Atmis, Bahriye; Anarat, Ruksan; Yuksel, Bilgin; Anarat, Ali
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    Urinary Ngal, Kim-1 and L-fabp Levels in Patients with Vesicoureteral Reflux
    (2014) Parmaksiz, Gonul; Noyan, Aytul; Dursun, Hasan; Ince, Emine; Anarat, Ruksan; Cengiz, Nurcan; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2373-1837; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8817-494X; AAM-2935-2021; AAD-5713-2021; AAB-7105-2020
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    Urinary Ngal, Kim-1 and L-fabp Levels in Antenatal Hydronephrosis
    (2014) Dursun, Hasan; Noyan, Aytul; Parmaksiz, Gonul; Ezer, Semire Serin; Anarat, Ruksan; Cengiz, Nurcan; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8817-494X; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2373-1837; AAW-8783-2020; AAD-5713-2021; AAM-2935-2021; AAJ-9529-2021
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    Urinary NGAL, KIM-1 and L-FABP Concentrations in Antenatal Hydronephrosis
    (2015) Noyan, Aytul; Parmaksiz, Gonul; Dursun, Hasan; Ezer, Semire Serin; Anarat, Ruksan; Cengiz, Nurcan; 0000-0002-8817-494X; 0000-0003-2373-1837; 0000-0002-9597-3264; 26096437; AAJ-9529-2021; AAB-7105-2020; AAD-5713-2021; AAW-8783-2020; GPX-7059-2022; AAM-2935-2021
    The clinical tests currently in use for obstructive nephropathy (such as renal ultrasonography, differential radionuclide renal scans and urinary creatinine concentration data) are not efficient predictors of the subsequent clinical course. Novel and simple biomarkers are required which, if proven, could be clinically beneficial in determining if a patient is eligible for surgery or reno-protective therapy. More recently, the interest of clinicians has focused on the potential of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL), urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (uKIM-1) and urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding proteins (uL-FABP) as biomarkers for renal function in children with hydronephrosis (HN). Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate possible clinical applications of uNGAL, uKIM-1 and uL-FABP as beneficial non-invasive biomarkers to determine whether or not surgical intervention is required in children with HN. Study design Renal ultrasonography and radionuclide renal scans were used as diagnostic tools to detect HN. Patients were divided into two groups based on the anteroposterior diameter of their renal pelvis and the presence of dysfunction. Group 1 included 26 children with severe HN (with dysfunction), and group 2 consisted of 36 children with mild HN (without dysfunction). Urine samples were collected from 62 children with HN and 20 healthy children. Results Hydronephrosis was more common in males than in females, with a male to female ratio of 9: 1 in the study sample. The incidence of left kidney involvement (32 patients) was slightly higher than right kidney involvement (28 patients). Compared with controls and group 2, the ratio of uNGAL to creatinine was significantly higher in group 1 (p < 0.05). The biomarker uNGAL/Cr exhibited fairly good diagnostic accuracy, with an area under the curve of 0.68 [95% confidence interval 0.6-0.7] and an optimal cut-off value of 0.16 ng/mg Cr (sensitivity 58%, specificity 75%) (p < 0.05). There was a positive correlation between the uNGAL/Cr ratio and the uKIM-1/Cr ratio (r = 0.582, p < 0.05) and uL-FABP/Cr ratio (r = 0675, p < 0.05) in group 1. Discussion The results clearly demonstrated that children with hydronephrosis and dysfunction had significantly increased uNGAL, and uNGAL/Cr concentrations. However, uKIM-1, uKIM-1/Cr, uL-FABP and uL-FABP/Cr concentrations were not significantly different when compared with controls. These results support the use of uNGAL concentrations as an early marker for renal dysfunction in HN. Conclusions The study clearly demonstrated that pediatric patients with hydronephrosis and dysfunction had significantly higher uNGAL to creatinine concentrations as compared with controls.
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    Role of New Biomarkers for Predicting Renal Scarring in Vesicoureteral Reflux: NGAL, KIM-1, And L-FABP
    (2016) Parmaksiz, Gonul; Noyan, Aytul; Dursun, Hasan; Ince, Emine; Anarat, Ruksan; Cengiz, Nurcan; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2373-1837; 26324091; AAM-2935-2021; AAD-5713-2021; AAW-8783-2020
    Reflux nephropathy is the most serious complication of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). The aim of this study was to assess the role of urinary levels of neutrophil-gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL),kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), and liver-type fatty-acid-binding protein (L-FABP) in the early diagnosis of reflux nephropathy in patients with VUR. This study assessed 123 patients with primary VUR and 30 healthy children as a control group. The children were divided into five groups: Group A, patients with VUR and renal parenchymal scarring (RPS); Group B, patients with VUR and without RPS; Group C, patients with RPS and resolved VUR; Group D, patients with resolved VUR and without RPS; Group E, healthy reference group. Median urinary NGAL (uNGAL)/Creatinine (Cr) was significantly higher in patients with than those without RPS and the control group (p = 0.0001). Median uKIM-1/Cr was similar in all groups (p = 0.417). Median uL-FABP/Cr was significantly higher in patients with RPS than in the reference group (p < 0.05). Urinary NGAL levels may be used as a noninvasive diagnostic marker for predicting renal scarring in reflux nephropathy.