Introduction: Several studies have questioned the diagnostic utility of interleukins (IL) in
detecting acute kidney injury (AKI) in pediatric population. Therefore, the present systematic …

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multi-organ systemic
autoimmune disease. Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a powerful proinflammatory cytokine that is …

Materials and Methods. One hundred children with INS and 30 healthy controls were
studied. Genotyping of TNF-α-G308A single nucleotide polymorphism was done using …

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) is probably caused by abnormalities in T-lymphocyte
function. The presence of several immunological abnormalities in these patients supports …

Background and aim: The aim of the current study is to assess the relation between carotid
intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurements, renal Doppler resistive index (RI) and serum …

Results Children of group A were characterized by significantly high level of IL-12 and by the
absence of TNFalpha as compared with the children of group B, who had undetectable IL-12 …

Objective To evaluate the association of-572G> C polymorphism with idiopathic nephrotic
syndrome (INS) in children. Background Interleukin 6 (IL-6) gene promoter polymorphisms …

Renal failure (RF) is common disease, it is decrease of function of the kidney, glomerular
filtration rate (GFR) this use to estimate the kidney function reduction usually is less than 60 …

Abstract Background/Aim: The etiology of minimal-change nephritic syndrome (MCNS) is
obscure. It has been speculated that T cells play a role in the pathogenesis of MCNS …

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multiorganic, chronic immune disease and
lupus nephritis, a severe manifestation, represents the strongest predictor of a poor outcome …