Renal and Urinary Proteomics

Renal and Urinary ProteomicsRenalanduri nary proteomics is one of the rapidly growing subdisciplines of clinical proteomics.Applications of renal and urinary proteomics have the ultimate goals of better understanding of renal (patho)physiology, identification of new therapeutic targets, and biomarker discovery in kidney and urological diseases.Additionally, urinary proteomics also offers opportunities for biomarker discovery in non-kidney and non-urological diseases, particularly those with abnormal levels of small proteins in the blood circulation that can freely filtrate through the glomerular barrier.These may briefly explain the rapid growth of renal and urinary proteomics applied to nephrology, urology and other medical areas.With this rapid growth and common interest of applying renal and urinary proteomics to clinical practice, a group of proteomists and nephrologists had initiated an internationally collaborative project,