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Urinary transglutaminase 2 as a potent biomarker to predict interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy of kidney allograft during early posttransplant period in deceased donor kidney transplantation
PURPOSE: Transglutaminase type 2 (TG2) is an extracellular matrix crosslinking enzyme with a pivotal role in kidney fibrosis. We tested whether quantification of urinary TG2 may represent a noninvasive method to estimate the severity of kidney allograft fibrosis. METHODS: We prospectively collected...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Korean Surgical Society
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6609414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31297350 http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/astr.2019.97.1.27 |