Abstract:Diabetic kidney disease comprises a multifaceted etiopathology that includes glomerular hemodynamic changes, inflammation, oxidative stress, interstitial fibrosis, and tubular atrophy. Diabetic nephropathy (DN), or the pathological alterations in the capillaries caused by diabetes mellitus (DM), is the major cause of end-stage renal disease in diabetic individuals worldwide. Proteinuria, among other elements, as a diagnostic biomarker for DN, is a late change, and so does not detect controlled early nephropath… Show more
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