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Association between engulfment and cell motility 1-gene polymorphisms and diabetic nephropathy in an Egyptian population with type 2 diabetes

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Purpose

Engulfment and cell motility 1 (ELMO1), is a candidate gene responsible for cell motility and phagocytosis. However, its role in the development and progression of nephropathy attributed to T2D is still unknown. Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) plays a significant role in renal regeneration processes. The current study aimed to evaluate the association between kidney injury molecule-1 levels, ELMO1 gene polymorphism (rs741301, and rs1345365) as well as DN in an Egyptian population with T2D.

Methods

In this study, we enrolled 89 participants from the internal medicine outpatient clinic, 23 T2DM without DN, 22 with DN, and 44 control subjects. They were genotyped by real-time PCR. Serum level of KIM-1 was detected by ELISA.

Results

Serum KIM-1 level was correlated with DM duration, HbA1C, and UACR (P value <0.001) in T2D. There was no significant difference in the allelic and genotypic frequencies of rs741301 and rs1345365 between participants with DM who presented with albuminuria and those without. Results showed that rs1345365A/rs741301T and rs1345365G/rs741301C haplotypes were more common in patients with T2D than in HCs. However, the difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.262 and 0.414, respectively).

Conclusions

KIM-1 can be a useful non-invasive biomarker for detecting early DN. The association between ELMO1 gene polymorphisms and the risk of DN in patients with T2D was not validated. Therefore, further studies with a larger sample size must be conducted.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Shaymaa Al-Shahat Abada for her help in collecting blood samples from the participants.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Maggie S. El Nahid

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Amal Fouad Mohamed Al-Ganiny

  3. Department of Clinical & Chemical Pathology, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, 12622, Egypt

    Rasha Nazih Youssef

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El Nahid, M.S., Al-Ganiny, A.F.M. & Youssef, R.N. Association between engulfment and cell motility 1-gene polymorphisms and diabetic nephropathy in an Egyptian population with type 2 diabetes. J Diabetes Metab Disord 21, 439–444 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-022-00990-9

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