Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) role in diagnosis of complications of liver cirrhosis | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology | ||||
Article 4, Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2021, Page 21-25 PDF (364.69 K) | ||||
Document Type: New and original researches in the field of Microbiology. | ||||
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Author | ||||
Dalia Kamal Nassar ![]() | ||||
Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a 25-kDa glycoprotein that is normally expressed at very low levels in several human tissues. NGAL comprises a critical component of innate immunity to bacterial infection acting as an acute phase protein. Also, it is one of the most promising markers for diagnosis of kidney injury. Abbreviations: NGAL: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, AKI: acute kidney injury, kDa: Kilo Dalton, ACLF: acute on chronic liver failure, LPS: lipopolysaccharides, TNF α: tumor necrosis factor alpha, SBP: spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
NGAL; liver cirrhosis; AKI; ascites; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | ||||
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