Plasma proteome analysis of patients with type 1 diabetes with diabetic nephropathy

Anne Julie Overgaard, Henning Gram Hansen, Maria Lajer, Lykke Pedersen, Lise Tarnow, Peter Rossing, James N. McGuire, Flemming Pociot

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Abstract

As part of a clinical proteomics program focused on diabetes and its complications we are looking for new and better protein biomarkers for diabetic nephropathy. The search for new and better biomarkers for diabetic nephropathy has, with a few exceptions, previously focused on either hypothesis-driven studies or urinary based investigations. To date only two studies have investigated the proteome of blood in search for new biomarkers, and these studies were conducted in sera from patients with type 2 diabetes. This is the first reported in depth proteomic study where plasma from type 1 diabetic patients was investigated with the goal of finding improved candidate biomarkers to predict diabetic nephropathy. In order to reach lower concentration proteins in plasma a pre-fractionation step, either hexapeptide bead-based libraries or anion exchange chromatography, was performed prior to surface enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis.
Original languageEnglish
JournalProteome Science
Volume8
Pages (from-to)4
Number of pages11
ISSN1477-5956
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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