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The CadmiBel Study was a cross-sectional population study that investigated the health effects of environmental exposure to cadmium and lead. The 2327 participants constituted a random sample of the population of four Belgian districts, chosen in order to provide a wide range of environmental exposure to cadmium. After adjustment for confounding factors, such as smoking and occupational exposure, the urinary cadmium excretion, a measure of lifetime exposure, was nearly 30% higher in the polluted areas. The CadmiBel Study produced evidence inconsistent with the hypothesis that environmental exposure to cadmium and lead would lead to an increase in blood pressure and to a higher prevalence of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand, the serum alkaline phosphatase activity and the urinary excretion of calcium were significantly and positively correlated with urinary cadmium in both sexes. These findings suggested that the homeostasis of calcium was gradually affected as cadmium accumulated in the body. Furthermore, several markers of renal tubular dysfunction (urinary excretion of retinol-binding-protein, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, beta 2-microglobulin and amino acids) were significantly and positively associated with urinary cadmium. Across 10 small areas of which six were polluted with cadmium, an inverse association existed between the creatinine clearance and several indexes of environmental exposure to cadmium (cadmium concentration in the soil, cadmium content of locally grown vegetables, the inhabitants' 24 h urinary cadmium excretion). In the CadmiBel Study, the creatinine clearance was also inversely correlated with the concentrations of lead and zinc protoporphyrin in the blood. Thus, environmental exposure to cadmium and lead was associated with alterations in renal function. The significance in terms of morbidity and mortality of the functional disturbances observed in the CadmiBel Study, and the possible strategies to prevent the transfer of cadmium from the environment to man are under investigation in the prospective PheeCad Study in which half of the Cadmibel participants have been enrolled (participation rate 80%).
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PMID:Public health implications of environmental exposure to cadmium and lead: an overview of epidemiological studies in Belgium. Working Groups. 878 28

Fifty patients with stable slight and moderate uncomplicated essential hypertension, treated by ramipril, atenolol, or isradipine, were examined. Total protein and urinary excretion of individual proteins were studied before and after treatment. Urinary concentrations of apolipoproteins A1 and B1, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, alpha 1-antitrypsin, prealbumin, albumin, beta 2-microglobulin, transferrin, haptoglobin, IgG and IgA, and C3 and C4 complement components were measured. Index of proteinuria selectiveness was calculated for each portion of urine. All three drugs exerted a nephroprotective effect, atenolol being the most active of them. Apolipoproteins, IgG, and complement components were the most valuable for diagnosis. Their excretion correlated with the severity of arterial hypertension and efficiency of treatment. Use of protein markers helps reliably assess the renal function and monitor the treatment efficiency.
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PMID:[Protein markers in evaluation of nephroprotective effects of antihypertensive drugs in patients with arterial hypertension]. 1098 85

In a retrospective study we have sought to determine whether the administration of angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) influences the outcome of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Patients with MM who underwent autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) (n=168) were studied. Patients taking ACEI alone or in combination with other antihypertensive agents during the hospital admission for PBSCT were allocated to the ACEI group (n=25; 15%). Patients from the non-ACEI group (n=143; 85%) were taking other or no antihypertensive medication. Patients taking ACEI had worse overall survival (OS) compared to patients not taking ACEI (38.7 versus 73.3 months after diagnosis; P=0.025). Among patients with hypertension, both OS and progression-free survival were significantly shorter in patients taking ACEI. There were no significant differences between the studied groups in standard prognostic parameters for MM (age, albumin, beta 2-microglobulin, IPI and Durie-Salmon stage, LDH, CRP, performance status) or in engraftment. The mortality in our study has been mostly myeloma related. In conclusion, according to our findings, ACEI administered during PBSCT have adverse effect on survival of patients with MM.
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PMID:Outcome of patients with multiple myeloma and hypertension treated with angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitors during high-dose chemotherapy. 1569

The paper highlights the importance of tubular lesions of the solitary kidney (SK), identified and monitored by means of urinary biomarkers, mainly N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), albumin, alpha 1-, and beta 2-microglobulin. It is considered that the assessment of a SK should be performed with four and not three parameters as it was usually done until recently: renal function, proteinuria and blood pressure (BP), to which biomarkers should be added. The solitary kidney can result after nephrectomy for kidney transplantation. In some countries living kidney donors represent the only option for performing kidney transplantation. The SK in living donors has generally a good evolution, although sometimes renal injury manifested by proteinuria, arterial hypertension (AH), or diminution of renal function does occur. Therefore, living donors require attentive monitoring. The SK is considered to have a good evolution (even in donors), in spite of alterations of the above-mentioned clinical and biological parameters. The very infrequent cases who evolve progressively towards renal failure are not predictable, which requires monitoring of all persons with a SK. The SK represents a special situation in case of association with a disease affecting the kidney, such as urinary tract infection (UTI), diabetes mellitus, or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Pregnancy occurring in a person with a SK also needs attentive follow-up. Pregnancy associated diseases, such as preeclampsia occurring in patients with a SK, impose appropriate therapeutic behaviour. The SK remains a particular entity in nephrology which needs to be carefully monitored.
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PMID:Biomarkers in assessing tubular lesions of the solitary kidney. The solitary kidney in special conditions. 2462 Jun 25


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