Urinary Proteome Analysis Identified Neprilysin and VCAM as Proteins Involved in Diabetic Nephropathy
Table 3
(a) DN effector proteins differentially abundant in the cohort comparisons and (b) losartan treatment key proteins differentially abundant in the cohort comparisons.
(a)
Protein name
Basal versus control
Treated versus basal
Treated versus control
Osteopontin
Downregulated
Upregulated
Downregulated
Neprilysin
—
Downregulated
—
Fibronectin
Downregulated
—
Downregulated
Kininogen-1
—
—
Downregulated
VCAM-1
Downregulated
—
—
(b)
Protein name
Basal versus control
Treated versus basal
Treated versus control
Neprilysin
—
Downregulated
—
VCAM-1
Downregulated
—
—
Kininogen-1
—
—
Downregulated
Alpha-2-M
—
—
Upregulated
Cohort used as reference group. VCAM-1: vascular cell adhesion protein 1; Alpha-2-M: alpha-2-macroglobulin; —: no changes observed.