Conclusions: Renoprotection by ACEi is a multifactorial phenomenon: the best predictor of renoprotection is FEIgG, a marker of disruption of glomerular barrier to proteins; renoprotection depends not only on ability to reduce proteinuria, but probably also on antiinflammatory and antifibrotic activity.
PMID: 19557716 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)