“…Cross-sectional and prospective studies in the general population have shown associations between plasma copeptin and albuminuria or renal function decline (Meijer et al, 2010;Enhorning et al, 2013;Roussel et al, 2015). High circulating copeptin concentration was also associated with the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes (Boertien et al, 2013;Velho et al, 2013;Hu et al, 2015;Pikkemaat et al, 2015;Zhu et al, 2016), and with prevalence of ESRD in subjects with long-standing type 1 diabetes (Bjornstad et al, 2016;Velho et al, 2016). Experimental data suggests a causal role of vasopressin in renal dysfunction through activation of the V2-receptor (V2R).…”