Angiopoietin-2, endothelial dysfunction and renal involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Conclusions: Ang2 can reflect the extent of endothelial activation and may be used as a biomarker of both disease activity and renal involvement in SLE patients. Ang2 level cannot distinguish between proliferative and non proliferative lesions in LN.
PMID: 21956768 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)