2013
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3040-7
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The nature and discriminatory value of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in critically ill patients at risk of acute kidney injury

Abstract: uNGAL is not a useful predictor of outcome in this ICU population. uNGAL patterns may predict distinct clinical phenotypes. The nature and source of uNGAL are complex and challenge the utility of NGAL as a uniform biomarker.

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“…Some biomarkers, for instance plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), reflect a general degree of severity of disease, rather than being specific for kidney injury [4,17,18]. In this case, the role of kidneyspecific preventative measures is questionable.…”
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“…Some biomarkers, for instance plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), reflect a general degree of severity of disease, rather than being specific for kidney injury [4,17,18]. In this case, the role of kidneyspecific preventative measures is questionable.…”
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“…Second, studies vary in the chosen cut-offs to establish thresholds for negative and positive predictive events related to AKI (Table 1). Third, there is uncertainty regarding the exact laboratory method, the assay platform and sampling conditions and whether biomarker levels should be normalised for urinary creatinine [17,18]. Fourth, like creatinine, several novel biomarkers of AKI are themselves not renal-specific and confounded by common comorbid conditions, for instance sepsis and chronic kidney disease (Table 1).…”
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“…La LAGN es producida principalmente por los neutrófilos y por las células del epitelio tubular renal (18). En estudios recientes se han encontrado diferentes clases de esta proteína: una forma monomérica de 25 kDa, un homodímero de 45 kDa y un heterodímero de 135 kDa; los neutrófilos producen el homodímero y las células tubulares renales producen los heterodímeros y monómeros (23,24). Los niveles de LAGN urinaria están compuestos por la proteína secretada por las células tubulares renales, pero también, por la producida por los neutrófilos filtrados al riñón (24).…”
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“…En estudios recientes se han encontrado diferentes clases de esta proteína: una forma monomérica de 25 kDa, un homodímero de 45 kDa y un heterodímero de 135 kDa; los neutrófilos producen el homodímero y las células tubulares renales producen los heterodímeros y monómeros (23,24). Los niveles de LAGN urinaria están compuestos por la proteína secretada por las células tubulares renales, pero también, por la producida por los neutrófilos filtrados al riñón (24). La función retardada del injerto es una lesión por 'injuria' y reperfusión, y por este motivo, la LAGN se ha postulado como una herramienta no invasiva para su detección, pues su relación con la función retardada del injerto puede registrarse incluso una hora después de la reperfusión (2,6,10,25,26), en tanto que la creatinina se demora entre uno y tres días en alterarse (2).…”
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“…Uncertainties in the accuracy and reproducibility of some biomarkers remains [16,17], disappointing results have been published [16,18] and validation with regard to hard clinical Table 1 An example of future classification of AKI patients: this classification may take into account early detection of renal insult along with an assessment of renal prognosis, and every item would be coded for a single patient (e.g., F2 I2 Re1) to move forward with adequately tested markers and start using them against usual practices in such a way as to assess their input with regard to a clinically relevant endpoint and therapeutic or diagnosis strategies. Only with such information will we be able to validate the above-mentioned theoretical interest and clinical input.…”
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