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High proteinuria selectivity index based upon IgM is a strong predictor of poor renal survival in glomerular diseases

Bakoush, Omran LU ; Torffvit, Ole LU ; Rippe, Bengt LU and Tencer, Jan LU (2001) In Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 16(7). p.1357-1363
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The transport of large proteins across the glomerular capillary wall (GCW) may increase several fold in glomerular diseases. The occurrence of IgM in urine is a consequence of the presence of large defects or shunts in the GCW, whereas albuminuria is probably a result of an altered charge- and size-selectivity of the GCW. In order to examine whether patho-morphological differences influence the renal outcome in proteinuric glomerulopathies, we examined urinary excretion of IgM and albumin as prognostic markers of glomerular disease. METHODS: An observational study over a median of 41 (+/-3) months was conducted in 84 patients with biopsy-verified glomerular disease. The patients were subdivided into groups with low (< or... (More)
BACKGROUND: The transport of large proteins across the glomerular capillary wall (GCW) may increase several fold in glomerular diseases. The occurrence of IgM in urine is a consequence of the presence of large defects or shunts in the GCW, whereas albuminuria is probably a result of an altered charge- and size-selectivity of the GCW. In order to examine whether patho-morphological differences influence the renal outcome in proteinuric glomerulopathies, we examined urinary excretion of IgM and albumin as prognostic markers of glomerular disease. METHODS: An observational study over a median of 41 (+/-3) months was conducted in 84 patients with biopsy-verified glomerular disease. The patients were subdivided into groups with low (< or =0.002) and high (>0.002) proteinuria selectivity index based upon IgM (IgM-SI), and into groups with low (< or =200 mg/mmol) and high (>200 mg/mmol) albumin creatinine index (ACI). RESULTS: In the high IgM-SI group, the median creatinine clearance (Ccr) decreased by 26%, and 62% of the patients decreased in Ccr by >5 ml/ min/year during the follow-up time. In comparison, the median Ccr decreased by 8% in the low IgM-SI group (P<0.001) and only 18% of the patients in this group deteriorated by >5 ml/min/year in the Ccr. Eleven (21%) of the 51 patients in the high IgM-SI group developed end-stage renal failure compared with none of the 33 patients in the low IgM-SI group. All the patients that progressed to uraemia had decreased Ccr (<60 ml/min) at entry into the study. However, among all these patients, only those with high IgM-SI, and none with low IgM-SI, developed end stage renal failure. The fall in Ccr did not differ significantly between the patients in high (12%) and low (16%) ACI groups. CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate that an increased IgM-SI value is a stronger predictor of clinical outcome in proteinuric glomerulopathies than baseline albuminuria. This finding may reflect different patho-histological mechanisms influencing renal survival in glomerular diseases. (Less)
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1357 - 1363
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1460-2385
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10.1093/ndt/16.7.1357
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English
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  abstract     = {{BACKGROUND: The transport of large proteins across the glomerular capillary wall (GCW) may increase several fold in glomerular diseases. The occurrence of IgM in urine is a consequence of the presence of large defects or shunts in the GCW, whereas albuminuria is probably a result of an altered charge- and size-selectivity of the GCW. In order to examine whether patho-morphological differences influence the renal outcome in proteinuric glomerulopathies, we examined urinary excretion of IgM and albumin as prognostic markers of glomerular disease. METHODS: An observational study over a median of 41 (+/-3) months was conducted in 84 patients with biopsy-verified glomerular disease. The patients were subdivided into groups with low (&lt; or =0.002) and high (&gt;0.002) proteinuria selectivity index based upon IgM (IgM-SI), and into groups with low (&lt; or =200 mg/mmol) and high (&gt;200 mg/mmol) albumin creatinine index (ACI). RESULTS: In the high IgM-SI group, the median creatinine clearance (Ccr) decreased by 26%, and 62% of the patients decreased in Ccr by &gt;5 ml/ min/year during the follow-up time. In comparison, the median Ccr decreased by 8% in the low IgM-SI group (P&lt;0.001) and only 18% of the patients in this group deteriorated by &gt;5 ml/min/year in the Ccr. Eleven (21%) of the 51 patients in the high IgM-SI group developed end-stage renal failure compared with none of the 33 patients in the low IgM-SI group. All the patients that progressed to uraemia had decreased Ccr (&lt;60 ml/min) at entry into the study. However, among all these patients, only those with high IgM-SI, and none with low IgM-SI, developed end stage renal failure. The fall in Ccr did not differ significantly between the patients in high (12%) and low (16%) ACI groups. CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate that an increased IgM-SI value is a stronger predictor of clinical outcome in proteinuric glomerulopathies than baseline albuminuria. This finding may reflect different patho-histological mechanisms influencing renal survival in glomerular diseases.}},
  author       = {{Bakoush, Omran and Torffvit, Ole and Rippe, Bengt and Tencer, Jan}},
  issn         = {{1460-2385}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{1357--1363}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation}},
  title        = {{High proteinuria selectivity index based upon IgM is a strong predictor of poor renal survival in glomerular diseases}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/16.7.1357}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/ndt/16.7.1357}},
  volume       = {{16}},
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