Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:In a study on 90 kidney transplant recipients in the post-transplant phase, we found, the mean serum level of dephosphorylateduncarboxylated matrix gamma carboxyglutamate protein (dp-ucMGP) was in normal range. However, a small percentage of participants had high serum dp-ucMGP (>12 µg/L). Serum dp-ucMGP did not have any statistical significant association with serum urea, creatinine and kidney function, since previous studies showed high serum level of dp-ucMGP may make kidney transplant recipients susceptible to the cardiovascular events and transplant rejection. Please cite this paper as: Ebrahimzadeh Attari V, Shahvegharasl Z, Fathalizadeh P, Pourasghary S, Mohajel Shoja M, Niknafs B, Ardalan M. The association of serum dephosphorylated-uncarboxylated matrix gamma carboxyglutamate protein (dp-ucMGP) as a marker of vascular vitamin K status with allograft function in kidney transplant recipients. J Nephropathol. 2020;9(3):e24.
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