BETA-MICROGLOBULIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL-INSUFFICIENCY
BETA-MICROGLOBULIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL-INSUFFICIENCY
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DOI:
10.1016/s0272-6386(89)80119-2
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发表时间:
1989-01-01
影响因子:
13.2
通讯作者:
JENNINGS, BR
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作者:
ACCHIARDO, S;KRAUS, AP;JENNINGS, BR
β2-microglobulin (β2M) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of amyloidosis in long-term dialysis patients. β2M levels were measured in patients with chronic renal failure: before and after conventional hemodialysis in 30, before and after high-flux (HF) hemodialysis in 35, and during the first hemodialysis treatment in five patients, as well as in the serum and peritoneal fluid of 13 patients who were receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPO) and in the serum and urine of three patients who had received kidney transplants. Dialysis patients had markedly elevated β2M levels; prehemodialysis values were not significantly different for patients receiving conventionalvHF hemodialysis. Most of these patients were functionally anephric, and the β2M levels did not correlate with age, sex, or time on dialysis. In patients receiving conventional hemodialysis using cellulose acetate membrane, β2M levels increased 25.4% after hemodialysis, whereas in patients receiving HF hemodialysis using polysulfone membrane, β2M levels decreased significantly (43.0%) after hemodialysis. End-stage renal disease patients dialyzed for the first time had β2M values significantly lower than the other two groups because of residual glomerular filtration rate (GFR). CAPO patients also had lower values because they had an estimated loss of 80.4 mg/d of β2M in the dialysate fluid. In patients with chronic renal failure, β2M levels paralleled the increase in serum creatinine. Patients who received kidney transplants had a dramatic decrease in β2M levels that correlated with improvement in GFR. β2M correlated with the residual GFR, and its removal was membrane-dependent. The amount of β2M removed by HF hemodialysis or CAPO was not sufficient to avoid its accumulation. Patients who had received kidney transplants with good renal function rapidly normalized β2M levels.