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ea0021p128 | Cytokines and growth factors | SFEBES2009

Blood pressure, renal cytokines and biochemical parameters improve in morbidly obese patients after bariatric surgery

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...