New Biomarkers Found to Predict Kidney Failure in Type 1 Diabetes Patients
T1D, which affects an estimated 9 million people worldwide, is associated with a significantly increased risk for kidney disease, which can progress to kidney failure.
- T1D, which affects an estimated 9 million people worldwide, is associated with a significantly increased risk for kidney disease, which can progress to kidney failure.
- Failure of the kidneys requires dialysis or renal transplantation and results in higher rates of illness and death for T1D patients.
- “This has important translational implications for early detection and prevention of kidney failure in at-risk patients with T1D,” Chen said.
- They plan to validate their findings in larger cohorts of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients, with the aim of developing a risk score test for predicting kidney failure in diabetes using several epigenetic biomarkers.