Heavy proteinuria may quicken the progression of diabetic nephropathy, say researchers. The process may be a result of the increase in the expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in renal tubuli, say investigators at Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 is a chemokine which mediates renal interstitial inflammation, tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis. It does so by recruiting monocytes and macrophages into renal tubulointerstitium.



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