New therapeutic perspectives on protein-bound uremic toxins in chronic kidney disease

Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2014 Feb;18(2):109-13. doi: 10.1517/14728222.2014.860966. Epub 2013 Nov 28.

Abstract

The uremic syndrome is a complex mosaic of clinical alterations that may be attributable to one or more of these different solutes. Uremic symptoms in patients with chronic kidney disease are primarily a consequence of inadequate removal and subsequent accumulation of organic products normally metabolized or excreted by the kidney.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / metabolism*
  • Toxins, Biological / metabolism*
  • Uremia / metabolism

Substances

  • Proteins
  • Toxins, Biological