BACKGROUND: Protein undernutrition is prevalent mainly among elderly people, and it could develop diseases such as sarcopenia. Urinary metabolites may become biomarkers reflecting protein undernutrition, but this has been insufficiently investigated.
OBJECTIVE:
Proteus mirabilis is a predominant cause of catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), and a key virulence factor is its urease enzyme which hydrolyzes urea to ammonia. This process results in the formation of urinary stones, facilitating catheter blockage and bacteremia. The o...
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common kidney malignancy. Yet, no rapid, non-invasive biomarkers are available for diagnosis or screening. Urine represents an ideal analyte matrix due to its accessibility, low invasiveness, longitudinal sampling and the kidney’s central role i...
Urinary metabolites and their concentrations serve as biomarkers for identification of metabolic pathways that relate to specific diseases; therefore, fast and accurate quantification of the metabolites in urine is essential in health assessment and diagnosis. As many urinary metabolites are of p...