Bariatric Surgery Reduces Elevated Urinary Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number in Patients With Obesity | Zendy

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Bariatric Surgery Reduces Elevated Urinary Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number in Patients With Obesity

Author(s) -

Haekyung Lee,

Songhee Oh,

Wonmi Yang,

Rojin Park,

Hyoungnae Kim,

Jin Seok Jeon,

Hyunjin Noh,

Dong Cheol Han,

Kae Won Cho,

Yong Jin Kim,

Soon Hyo Kwon

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2018-01935

Subject(s) - urinary system , obesity , medicine , mitochondrial dna , endocrinology , gastroenterology , physiology , biology , genetics , gene

Obesity is an independent risk factor for chronic kidney disease. Recently, urinary mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been used as a surrogate marker of mitochondrial damage in various kidney diseases. However, there are no data regarding its use in patients with obesity or the change in urinary mtDNA copy number after surgery.

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