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Predictive Value of Urine Tubular Biomarkers on Kidney Outcomes

Key takeaways

Researchers looked at whether proteins in the urine that leak from damaged kidney tubes can predict how someone's kidneys do later on. This is an observational study, so it shows a link, not proof that these markers cause anything or that acting on them helps. If it holds up, it could mean a urine test warns of trouble before the usual kidney filtering rate (eGFR) drops. The record we received has no abstract, so the number of people and length of follow-up are not available here.

Who did this work

Greco Mark Malijan (University of Oxford) · William G. Herrington (University of Oxford) · Parminder K. Judge (University of Oxford) · Rebecca J. Sardell (University of Oxford) · Daniel Chapman Phd (University of Oxford) · Michael Hill (University of Oxford) · Stewart Moffat (University of Oxford) · Doreen Zhu (University of Oxford) · Alfred K. Cheung (University of Utah) · Dominik Steubl (Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)) · Martin Landray (University of Oxford) · Christoph Wanner (University of Oxford)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-03
https://doi.org/10.2215/cjn.0000001203