ea0021p128 | Cytokines and growth factors | SFEBES2009
Dubb Sukhpreet Singh
, Bueter Marco
, Gill Abhijit
, Ahmed Ahmed R
, Frankel Andrew
, Le Roux Carel W
, Tam Frederick
Introduction: Obesity related glomerulopathy (ORG) is an emerging epidemic alongside increasing incidences of obesity. ORG pathophysiology has not been explored despite poor prognosis in untreated patients. MCP-1, MIF, CCL-18 and CCL-15 are novel cytokines that may be pathologically involved in obesity-induced renal injury and explored in this study.Methods: Blood pressure, urine and blood samples were collected from 34 morbidly obese patients before and...