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    Serum endocan levels associated with hypertension and loss of renal function in pediatric patients after two years from renal transplant
    (Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2016) de Souza, Livia Victorino [UNIFESP]; Oliveira, Vanessa [UNIFESP]; Laurindo, Aline Oliveira [UNIFESP]; Huarachi, DelmaRegina Gomes [UNIFESP]; Koch Nogueira, Paulo Cesar [UNIFESP]; Feltran, Luciana de Santis [UNIFESP]; Medina-Pestana, Jose Osmar [UNIFESP]; Franco, Andmaria do Carmo [UNIFESP]
    Endocan is an important biomarker of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction that increases in association with several chronic diseases. Few published data have described the role of endocan in pediatric renal transplant (RT) patients. We evaluated the endocan concentrations in 62 children who underwent renal transplantation and assessed their relationships with the patients' blood pressure and loss of renal function. The endocan levels were significantly elevated in the pediatric RT patients who had hypertension and a loss of renal function. We determined positive correlations between the endocan concentrations and the hemodynamic variables (systolic blood pressure: r = 0.416