Higher plasma transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is associated with kidney disease in older community dwelling adults

BACKGROUND: TGF-β is induced in the vasculature with aging suggesting that high plasma TGF-β levels may be a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in older adults. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the association between plasma TGF-β levels and CKD including data for 1722 o...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Tapan, Buzkova, Petra, Kizer, Jorge R., Djousse, Luc, Chonchol, Michel, Mukamal, Kenneth J., Shlipak, Michael, Ix, Joachim H., Jalal, Diana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5359982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28327102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0509-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5359982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28327102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0509-6

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