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Urinary and circulatory netrin-1 as biomarker in diabetes and its related complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Circulating netrin-1 levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.EJIFCC · 2026Review
- Selected Emerging Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Insights and Implications for Precision Care.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Utility of urinary netrin-1 levels in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy and its correlation with renal function.BMC endocrine disorders · 2025Article
- Fetuin-A levels in diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Review
- Transient renal tubular injury among children and adolescents during diabetic ketoacidosis: severity, renal perfusion, and urinary netrin- 1 interplay.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Circulating netrin-1 levels are reduced and related to corneal nerve fiber loss in patients with diabetic neuropathy.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundNovel biomarkers have been suggested for the diagnosis and prognosis of diabetes mellitus. The biomarker utility of netrin-1 in diabetes as an extracellular protein has been investigated. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we reviewed the role of netrin-1 as a biomarker in prediabetes, diabetes, and complications of diabetes.
methodsPubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science were systematically searched for studies that measured circulatory and/or urinary netrin-1 levels in diabetes and compared them with non-diabetic patients or evaluated the prognostic role of this marker. Standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using random-effect meta-analysis to compare netrin-1 levels between groups. The impact of mean age, male sex percentage, sample size, mean body mass index, and publication year on the overall heterogeneity was assessed using meta-regression.
resultsAmong 413 records from international databases, 19 original studies were included with 2061 cases (1137 diabetics, 196 prediabetics, and 728 healthy controls). Meta-analysis of eight studies measuring netrin-1 in patients with diabetes and comparing it with healthy controls showed no significant difference between the two groups (SMD 0.69, 95% CI -0.78 to 2.16, I
conclusionNetrin-1 showed promising results as a biomarker in diabetes prognosis. However, more studies are required to confirm our findings, and higher sample size studies are needed to evaluate the diagnostic utility of this marker.
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