摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a method and a kit for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis of acute kidney injury in early stage and determination of treatment in subjects suffering thereof. The method comprises the steps of a) providing a urine sample; b) enriching the urine sample in exosomes present in the urine sample using at least one step of immunopurification; c) detecting an acute kidney injury (AKI) marker in the exosome. The invention also relates to a kit for determining the presence and/or level of a specific kidney injury marker, for simple and early determination of the onset of AKI in a subject, the kit comprising means for enriching the urine sample in exosomes using at least one step of immunopurification, and means for detecting a predetermined kidney injury marker of a condition. The method and kit of the invention have the advantage to provide a specific, simple and early detection of kidney injury markers that is no possible with the standard methods applied until now. The method and kit of the invention also provide the advantage of identifying the specific structure that is injured in the kidney, since it uses specific antibodies for specific proteins present in specific structures of the kidney.</p> |