Research Article

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 nameBasal versus controlTreated versus basalTreated versus control

OsteopontinDownregulatedUpregulatedDownregulated
NeprilysinDownregulated
FibronectinDownregulatedDownregulated
Kininogen-1Downregulated
VCAM-1Downregulated

(b)

Protein nameBasal versus controlTreated versus basalTreated versus control

NeprilysinDownregulated
VCAM-1Downregulated
Kininogen-1Downregulated
Alpha-2-MUpregulated

Cohort used as reference group. VCAM-1: vascular cell adhesion protein 1; Alpha-2-M: alpha-2-macroglobulin; —: no changes observed.