CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANALYSIS OF URINE TRACE PROTEINS AND PROTEIN CONSTITUENTS OF CASTS IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION PATIENTS / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

The trace Alb, IgG, and IgM in urine were determined with ELISA, and urinary casts protein romposition was analysed by means of immunoenzyme stain methods, in 123 cases of primary hypertension patients. A significant high level of urine Alb and Ig were found in these patients, and a positive correlation existed between urinary trace proteins and disease severity, blood pressure and disease course. These increased proteins fell to normal level after giving treatment. Besides TH (Tamm-horsfall glycoprotein), no IgG, IgA, IgM and Alb were detected in urinary casts. These results suggested that the conbined use of both methods would be benefirial to distinguish primary hypertension from renal hypertension as well as to make early prognosis and monitor of renal function.