This review examines the impact of childhood obesity on the kidney from an
epidemiological, pathogenetic, clinical, and pathological perspective, with the aim of …

Renal fibrosis is an inevitable consequence of parenchymal scarring and is the common
final pathway that mediates almost all progressive renal diseases. Adiponectin, a hormone …

The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing worldwide at an alarming rate. While
obesity is known to increase a variety of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, it also acts …

Aim The varying views as to the usefulness of serum cystatin C (CysC) as an early marker of
diabetic nephropathy (DN) prompted us to investigate existing literature to determine …

Background. This meta‐analysis was performed to obtain a more comprehensive estimation
of the role of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2241766 in the ADIPOQ gene in …

Background. Biomarkers in predicting the stages of nephropathy associated with type 2
diabetes mellitus are urgent, and adiponectin may be a promising biomarker. This meta …

A nefropatia diabética (ND) é uma das principais causas de doença renal crónica, e
representa a complicação microvascular mais frequente e séria da Diabetes mellitus …

This thesis focuses on studying diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1D) as a present-day disease with
socially significant implications and laboratory cardiovascular risk (CVR) assessment in …

The consistent increase in the incidence of diabetes and its complications represents an
obsession of health care providers worldwide. Diabetic nephropathy is responsible for …