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Decoding the urinary metabolome of aromatic amino acid pathways in Alport syndrome
Key takeaways
Researchers measured chemical byproducts in the urine of people with Alport syndrome, an inherited kidney disease that runs in families. They focused on the breakdown products of certain building blocks of protein, hoping these could work as early warning markers. No results, patient numbers or findings were included in this record, so what they found is not yet clear here.
Who did this work
Domniki Gallou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) · Jaime Morillas-Armenta (Universidad San Pablo CEU) · Miguel Fernández-García (Universidad San Pablo CEU) · Belén Requena (Universidad San Pablo CEU) · S. Angulo (Universidad San Pablo CEU) · Olga Begou (Interbalkan Medical Center) · Helen Gika (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) · Georgios Theodoridis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) · Gema Fernández‐Juárez (Hospital Universitario La Paz) · Amir Shabaka (Hospital Universitario La Paz) · Ana Gradillas (Universidad San Pablo CEU) · Coral Barbas (Universidad San Pablo CEU)
Source
Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-19
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-026-06707-8