The Effect of Renin Angiotensin System Blockage (RAS) Blockade On PTX3 Levels In Diabetic Patients With Proteinuria

Long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a recently discovered multimeric inflammatory mediator structurally linked to CRP and serum amyloid P-component. There is no data about the effects of Renin angiotensin system blockage (RAS) on PTX3 levels in diabetic patients with proteinuria. The aim of this study was to find out whether the beneficial effects of RAS blockage in diabetic proteinuria has any relation with the alteration of PTX3 levels. We searched for the effects of ACE inhibitor ramipril on the clinical and laboratory parameters of diabetic patients with proteinuria.