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Table 4 Quantification of NGAL isomers by Western blotting

From: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin does not originate from the kidney during reperfusion in clinical renal transplantation

 

Preoperative central venous blood

Renal venous blood

Monomeric, 25 kDa (%)

9.8 (6.4–15.4)

6.1 (3.–9.1)*

Homo-dimeric, 45 kDa (%)

25.4 (15.3–38.7)

32.8 (17.1–40.8)

Hetero-dimeric, 145 kDa (%)

63.4 (48.1–70.2)

58.9 (51.5–76.1)

  1. Data are median (interquartile range). *p < 0.01 for preoperative central venous blood vs. renal venous blood (Wilcoxon signed-rank test). NGAL neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin
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