Growth arrest-specific protein 6 (Gas6) as a noninvasive biomarker for early detection of diabetic nephropathy

Background: To investigate the diagnostic level of cystatin C and growth arrest-specific gene 6 (Gas6) levels in elderly type 2 diabetic patients with different degrees of diabetic nephropathy (DN). Methods: Four hundred and eighty-two old people, including 130 healthy controls, 130 normoalbuminuric...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wenni Li, Junlin Wang, Lina Ge, Jiehui Shan, Chunbing Zhang, Jianping Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-05-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641963.2017.1288739