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Dickkopf 3 as a New Monitoring Tool for Kidney Function After Living Kidney Donation
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Schuster, Antonia Margarete
, Steines, Louisa, Banas, Bernhard
and Bergler, Tobias
(2024)
Dickkopf 3 as a New Monitoring Tool for Kidney Function After Living Kidney Donation.
Journal of Clinical Medicine 13 (23), p. 7454.
DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.74629
Abstract
Background: Even today, a non-invasive biomarker to identify donors with enhanced risk for renal impairment is missing. Dickkopf 3 (DKK3) can cause tubulointerstitial fibrosis and is associated with rapid eGFR loss. The aim of our work was to analyze whether DKK3 can be used as a non-invasive alert marker for an increased risk of loss of kidney function in living kidney donors (LKDs). Methods: ...
Background: Even today, a non-invasive biomarker to identify donors with enhanced risk for renal impairment is missing. Dickkopf 3 (DKK3) can cause tubulointerstitial fibrosis and is associated with rapid eGFR loss. The aim of our work was to analyze whether DKK3 can be used as a non-invasive alert marker for an increased risk of loss of kidney function in living kidney donors (LKDs). Methods: All donors who were examined between July 2022 and June 2023 (n = 117) were included. DKK3 was measured in the urine. The collected patient-related data were compared with parameters before donation. The study cohort was stratified by DKK3 values (</≥200). Results: In the follow-up, 89 donors had a DKK3 value < 200 (group 1) and 28 donors had a DKK3 value ≥200 (group 2). During post-donation follow-up, renal function in group 1 was significantly better than that in group 2 (p = 0.01), although no difference in renal function before donation was detected (p = 0.84). Group 2 showed also a greater eGFR loss over time than group 1. Conclusions: LKDs with elevated DKK3 levels in the FU had impaired kidney function without evidence of increased risk factors pre-donation. DKK3 can represent a possible monitoring tool for kidney function in LKDs.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Journal of Clinical Medicine | ||||
| Publisher | MDPI | ||||
| Open Access Type | Gold (with APC) | ||||
| Volume | 13 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter | 23 | ||||
| Page Range | p. 7454 | ||||
| Date | 7 December 2024 | ||||
| Date of publication | 13 Jan 2025 09:15 | ||||
| Institutions | Medicine > Abteilung für Nephrologie | ||||
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| Keywords | DKK3; non-invasive monitoring; living kidney transplantation | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-746292 | ||||
| Item ID | 74629 |
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