| Uremic Solutes Database |
| Solute Details for Urea |
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| Base data |
| Name |
Urea |
| Molecular weight |
60 |
| Group |
other |
| Class |
Water-soluble |
| Added |
16.09.2009 |
| Reference |
Pubmed: 12675874 |
| Submitted by |
Vanholder |
| Reviewed by |
Abou Deif |
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| Normal concentrations (CN) |
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| Uremic concentrations (CU) |
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| Relative increase (CU/CN) |
5.23 times higher than the average normal concentration. |
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| Pathological associations |
| Date | Category | Reference | Comment | | 30.11.-0001 | Cardiovascular | Urea-induced ROS cause endothelial dy... | Urea at levels common in patients with CRF causes [aortic] endothelial dysfunction and activation of proatherogenic pathways. | | 27.12.2007 | Cardiovascular | Protein carbamylation links inflammat... | Cyanate, a reactive species in equilibrium with urea, carbamylates proteins. Protein carbamylation is a mechanism linking inflammation, smoking, uremia and coronary artery disease pathogenesis. |
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| Notes |
| 10 | Only maximum range available, or detection limit used as maximum range. | | 16 | Excluded from analysis of variance for missing arithmetic mean, standard deviation or sample count. |
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