Serum Levels of Adipokine Retinol-Binding Protein-4 in Relation to Renal Function
Response to Papavasileiou et al.
- Michaela Ziegelmeier, MS1,
- Anette Bachmann, MD1,
- Jeannette Seeger, MS1,
- Ulrike Lossner, BS1,
- Matthias Blüher, MD2,
- Michael Stumvoll, MD2 and
- Mathias Fasshauer, MD2
- 1University of Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Leipzig, Germany
- 2Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), Leipzig, Germany
- Address correspondence to Mathias Fasshauer, Ph.-Rosenthal-Str.27, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. E-mail: mathias.fasshauer{at}medizin.uni-leipzig.de
We thank Papavasileiou et al. (1) for their comments concerning our recent findings on circulating retinol-binding protein (RBP)-4 in relation to renal function. The authors describe findings similar to those in our study: upregulation of circulating RBP-4 in hemodialysis patients and a significant correlation between RBP-4 and serum creatinine in univariate analysis. …
