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Dr. Yang, Ruey-Bing (Ray)

Acting Director
Research Fellow
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Specialty:

Signal transduction

Receptor biology

Vascular biology


Education and Positions:
  • Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

    Postdoctoral Fellow, Genentech, Inc.


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Plasma Galectin-9 Is a Useful Biomarker for Predicting Renal Function in Patients Undergoing Native Kidney Biopsy

Dr. Yang, Ruey-Bing (Ray)
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, Jun 10, 2022

 

 

 

Objective.—: To investigate the association between plasma galectin-9 levels, proteinuria, tubulointerstitial lesions, and renal function in different CKD stages.

Results.—: To analyze the relationship between galectin-9 and clinical features, we divided the patients into 2 groups according to median plasma galectin-9 levels. The high galectin-9 group tended to be older, have decreased renal function, higher proteinuria, and greater interstitial fibrosis. After multivariable adjustment, elevated plasma galectin-9 levels were independently associated with stage 3b or higher CKD. An analysis of gene expression in the tubulointerstitial compartment in the biopsy samples showed a significant positive correlation between intrarenal galectin-9 mRNA expression and plasma galectin-9 levels. Immunohistochemistry confirmed increased galectin-9 expression in the renal interstitium of patients with advanced CKD, and most galectin-9-positive cells were macrophages, as determined by double-immunofluorescence staining. In vitro experiments showed that galectin-9 expression in macrophages was significantly increased after interferon-γ stimulation.

 

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