Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the main cause of end-stage renal disease It is defined by glomerular filtration rate (GFR) impairment and/or presence of increased urinary albumin excretion (UAE). However, these parameters are nonspecific and somewhat delayed manifestations of renal damage. Thus, earlier DKD new biomarkers are strongly warranted.Objective: To investigate the urinary peptidomics profile of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patien...