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Tryptase is not cleared by the kidneys into the urine

Michael R. Simon
Mindy Jan
Jerry Yee
Uday Nori
Jiang Hu
Cem Akin
Lawrence B. Schwartz

04-01-2010

Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease have been reported to have increased concentrations of blood tryptase. Detection of tryptase in the urine of healthy subjects has been reported. Object..

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Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease have been reported to have increased concentrations of blood tryptase. Detection of tryptase in the urine of healthy subjects has been reported. Objective: The objective is to determine whether tryptase is indeed cleared by the kidneys. Methods: Blood and urine collections were performed in healthy and systemic mastocytosis subjects. Total and mature tryptase concentrations in blood and total tryptase concentrations in urine were determined. Results: Total tryptase levels in urine were below the limit of detection in both healthy subjects and those with systemic mastocytosis, even after concentrating the urine 10-fold. Thus, both mature and protryptase levels in urine are

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https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/context/nephrology_articles/article/1285/viewcontent

http://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/nephrology_articles/285

19940502

http://sfxhosted.exlibrisgroup.com/hfhs?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:19940502

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

152

http://sfxhosted.exlibrisgroup.com/hfhs?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:19940502

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