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British Journal of Ophthalmology | 2005
Harumasa Yokota; Fumihiko Mori; K Kai; Taiji Nagaoka; N Izumi; Taiichi Hikichi; Akitoshi Yoshida; Fumiaki Suzuki; Yuichi Ishida
Aim: To investigate the serum levels of prorenin and its correlation with the severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Methods: 248 patients with diabetes and 108 control subjects were divided into four groups: no-DR (n = 146), no proliferative diabetic retinopathy (no-PDR) (n = 78), PDR (n = 24), and controls (n = 108). Serum levels of prorenin from all subjects were measured using the new antibody activating direct kinetic (AAD-PR) assay. The serum prorenin levels were compared among the groups. Results: The serum levels of prorenin in the control, no-DR, no-PDR, and PDR groups, respectively, were 109.1 (66.1), 194.6 (160.4), 271.5 (220.3), and 428.4 (358.4) pg/ml (mean (SD)). Prorenin in the PDR group was remarkably high compared with the control and no-DR groups (p<0.0001) and with the no-PDR group (p = 0.002). Serum levels of prorenin increased with increasingly severe retinopathy. No correlation was found between the prorenin level and the duration of disease or HbA1c. Conclusions: The serum levels of prorenin in patients with PDR were found to be markedly high using the AAD-PR assay. Increased levels of prorenin in diabetes may have an important role in the pathogenesis of DR.
Journal of Clinical Investigation | 2004
Atsuhiro Ichihara; Matsuhiko Hayashi; Yuki Kaneshiro; Fumiaki Suzuki; Tsutomu Nakagawa; Yuko Tada; Yukako Koura; Akira Nishiyama; Hirokazu Okada; M. Nasir Uddin; A.H.M. Nurun Nabi; Yuichi Ishida; Tadashi Inagami; Takao Saruta
Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2003
Fumiaki Suzuki; Makoto Hayakawa; Tsutomu Nakagawa; Uddin Mohammad Nasir; Akio Ebihara; Atsushi Iwasawa; Yuichi Ishida; Yukio Nakamura; Kazuo Murakami
American Journal of Ophthalmology | 2007
Harumasa Yokota; Taiji Nagaoka; Fumihiko Mori; Taiichi Hikichi; Hiromichi Hosokawa; Hiroshi Tanaka; Yuichi Ishida; Fumiaki Suzuki; Akitoshi Yoshida
Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications | 2004
Shoji Kawazu; Shinya Minagawa; Masako Yazawa; Atsuko Tsuchida; Chika Ihara; Daiya Hosaka; Eiji Ohmura; Yasuo Imai; Fumiaki Suzuki; Hiroshi Tanaka; Yuichi Ishida
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry | 1999
Fumiaki Suzuki; Yasuhiko Hatano; Tsutomu Nakagawa; Kazuhiro Terazawa; Akiko Gotoh; Uddin Mohammad Nasir; Yuichi Ishida; Yukio Nakamura
Archive | 1999
Kazuo Murakami; Yukio Nakamura; Fumiaki Suzuki; Yuichi Ishida; Yasuhiko Hatano
Biomedical Research-tokyo | 1999
Yasuhiko Hatano; Fumiaki Suzuki; Rie Tezuka; Hayato Kameo; Tsutomu Nakagawa; Kazuo Murakami; Yukio Nakamura; Yuichi Ishida
The Hokkaido journal of medical science | 2008
Harumasa Yokota; Akira Takamiya; Taiji Nagaoka; Taiichi Hikichi; Yuichi Ishida; Fumiaki Suzuki; Akitoshi Yoshida
Archive | 1999
Kazuo Murakami; Yukio Nakamura; Fumiaki Suzuki; Yuichi Ishida