摘要:
Provided is a test method for the detection of diabetic nephropathy at an early stage as compared to a conventional method. Specifically provided are: a test method for diabetic nephropathy, including detecting urinary podocalyxin; the test method, further including assessing diabetic nephropathy at at least Stage I; a test reagent for use in the test method; and a test reagent kit for use in the test method. The present invention is based on a finding that urinary podocalyxin reflects the development and condition of diabetic nephropathy with high sensitivity at an early stage as compared to urinary albumin.
摘要:
Provided is a test method for the assessment of the necessity of renal biopsy in a subject to be tested, who is suspected of having a renal disease. Specifically provided are a test method for a renal disease, including using urinary podocalyxin and one or more additional markers in combination, and a test reagent for use in the test method and a test reagent kit for use in the test method. The present invention allows the discrimination of a poor prognosis group even for poor prognosis cases with no overt findings in a conventional test method, and thus allows the assessment of a renal disease, the assessment of the necessity of renal biopsy, prognostic prediction, and the like to be performed exactly.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of detecting urinary podocytes with a light microscope through use of an insoluble carrier-bound antibody that recognizes a protein specifically expressed on a podocyte surface, and more specifically, to a method of detecting urinary podocytes, including the following steps of (1) to (3) : (1) preparing an insoluble carrier-bound antibody by binding an insoluble carrier to an antibody that recognizes a protein specifically expressed on a podocyte surface; (2) bringing a urine sample of a test subject into contact with the insoluble carrier-bound antibody; and (3) observing the urine sample brought into contact with the insoluble carrier-bound antibody with a light microscope to count podocytes.
摘要:
The object of the present invention is to provide a method for estimating the glomerular renal function in a convenient and non-invasive manner. As a result of intensive studies to achieve the above object, the present inventors found that there is a high correlation between the urinary megalin excretion rate and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in renal disease patients, and the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can be estimated with high probability in a non-invasive manner by measuring the megalin level in the urine. This has led to the completion of the present invention.