Exploring the diabetic kidney proteome: A junction of tissue and serum

Leena Liljedahl

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Sammanfattning

Diabetic kidney disease is one of the major complications associated with diabetes. Approximately 25-40% of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients will acquire a kidney complication and despite global efforts to reduce the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease, it is a leading cause of kidney failure in the western world. There are few treatment options directly targeting the kidney.
The overall aim of this thesis was to dig past the current state of knowledge and delve deeper into the proteomic profile of diabetic kidney disease. By the use of discovery based and targeted mass spectrometry, the kidney proteomes of two diabetic mouse models reflecting type 1 and type 2 diabetes with early kidney disease were investigated and the serum proteomes of diabetes patients with various degrees of albuminuria were compared.
In summary, the majority of the changes were seen for proteins with expression in the tubules, the reabsorbing organ in the kidneys and not in the glomeruli, which is the filtering unit. The findings in this thesis could imply that we need to re-think the target of kidney medication and the importance of tubuloglomerular feedback.
Originalspråkengelska
KvalifikationDoktor
Tilldelande institution
  • Institutionen för immunteknologi
Handledare
  • James, Peter, handledare
Sponsorer för avhandling
Tilldelningsdatum2017 jan. 13
UtgivningsortLund
Utgåva1
Förlag
ISBN (tryckt)978-91-7753-112-8
ISBN (elektroniskt)978-91-7753-113-5
StatusPublished - 2016 dec. 19

Bibliografisk information

Defence details
Date: 2017-01-13
Time: 09:15
Place: lecture hall Hörsalen, Medicon Village, Scheelevägen 2, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering LTH, Lund
External reviewer
Name: Jean-Charles Sanchez
Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Teknik
  • Medicin och hälsovetenskap

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