URINE CYTOKINES ARE NONINVASIVE MARKERS OF CLINICAL AND LABORATORY REMISSION IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS
Journal: Nephrology (Saint-Petersburg)
Year: 2017

THE AIM: to evaluate diagnostic significance of clinical and laboratory resistance in determining urine cytokines in patients with chronic pyelonephritis (CP). PATIENTS AND METHODS. This prospective study included 110 children with CP aged 6 to 16 years in a state of clinical and laboratory remission. The control group consisted of 20 apparently healthy children. Laboratory tests used to determine EGF, TGF-β1, IGF-1, β2 – MG, IL-4, IL-10, IL-17 and IL-12 by ELISA in the morning urine of patients