Association between cystatin C and inflammation in patients with essential hypertension
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- 作者：Takafumi Okura ; Masanori Jotoku ; Jun Irita ; Daijiro Enomoto ; Tomoaki Nagao ; Veena Rasika Desilva ; Shiho Yamane ; Zuowei Pei ; Shiho Kojima and Yasuyuki Hamano ; et al.
- 关键词：Cystatin C ; Creatinine ; Estimated glomerular filtration rate ; Tumor necrosis factor ; α ; ; Interleukin ; 6
- 刊名：Clinical and Experimental Nephrology
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：December 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：14
- 期：6
- 页码：584-588
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Background Serum cystatin C is not only a marker of renal function but also acts as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular damage, heart failure, and death. It is known that the initiation and progression of these cardiovascular events contributes to renal dysfunction and chronic inflammation. In this study, we investigated the relationship between cystatin C and proinflammatory cytokines.