Dietary Oxalate Induces Urinary Nanocrystals in Humans.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Crystalluria is thought to be associated with kidney stone formation and can occur when urine becomes supersaturated with calcium, oxalate, and phosphate. The principal method used to identify urinary crystals is microscopy, with or without a polarized light source. This method can detect crystals above 1 μm in diameter (microcrystals). However, analyses of calcium oxalate kidney stones have indicated that crystallite components in these calculi are 50-100 nm in diameter. Recent studies have suggested that nanocrystals (<200 nm) elicit more injury to renal cells compared to microcrystals. The purpose of this study was to determine whether (i) urinary nanocrystals can be detected and quantified by nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA, a high-resolution imaging technology

SUBMITTER: Kumar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335953 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature