Table 3 Urinary candidate biomarkers of tubular injury.

From: A comprehensive analysis and annotation of human normal urinary proteome

Protein Name

Uniprot ID

Protein Group

Nephron segment25, 40, 80

Location

Molecular Function

Biomarker Application

Ref.

Beta-2-microglobulin

P61769

1D

Proximal tubule

Plasma Membrane

transmembrane receptor

Acute renal allograft rejection, acute kidney injury, diabetic nephropathy

81, 82

GST-alpha

P09210

1D

Proximal tubule

Cytoplasm

enzyme

Acute kidney injury

83

GSTP1

P09211

1D

Distal tubule

Cytoplasm

enzyme

Acute renal failure

81

Clusterin

P10909

1D

Proximal tubule & distal tubule

Cytoplasm

other

Renal-cell carcinoma, acute kidney injury

84

Cubilin

O60494

1D

Proximal tubule

Plasma Membrane

transmembrane receptor

Type 1 diabetes

85

Liver-type fatty acid-binding protein acid-binding protein

P07148

2D

Proximal tubule

Cytoplasm

transporter

Diabetic nephropathy, contrast nephropathy, IgA nephropathy

40

Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein

P05413

2D

Distal tubule

Cytoplasm

transporter

Acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery

86

Cystatin-C

P01034

1D

Glomerulus & proximal tubule

Extracellular Space

other

Acute kidney injury, acute renal dysfunction

87, 88

Calbindin

P05937

1D

Distal tubule & collecting duct

Cytoplasm

other

Distal nephron segment injuries

89

CYR61

O00622

2D

Proximal tubule

Extracellular Space

other

Glomerular disease

90

Alkaline phosphatase, tissue-nonspecific isozyme

P09923

2D

Proximal tubule

Plasma Membrane

phosphatase

Acute renal failure

91

Intestinal-type alkaline phosphatase

P05186

2D

Proximal tubule

Plasma Membrane

phosphatase

Diabetic nephropathy, acute renal failure

92

Alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase

P54802

1D

Proximal tubule

Cytoplasm

enzyme

Acute kidney injury

93

Netrin-1

O95631

3D

Proximal tubule

Extracellular Space

growth factor

Acute kidney injury, diabetic nephropathy

94

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin

P80188

1D

Proximal tubule & distal tubule

Extracellular Space

transporter

Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease

95

Osteopontin

P10451

1D

Proximal tubule & loop of henle & distal tubule

Extracellular Space

cytokine

Progressive renal injury

96

Interleukin-18

Q14116

2D

Proximal tubule

Extracellular Space

cytokine

Acute kidney injury

97

Retinol-binding protein

P02753, P82980, P50120, P09455

1D

Proximal tubule

Extracellular Space, Cytoplasm

transporter

Acute kidney injury, renal failure

98