Selective estrogen receptor modulators in chronic renal failure
Autor: | Raul G. Carlini, Ezequiel Bellorin-Font, Ita Pfeferman Heilberg, José R. Weisinger, Eddy Hernandez |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Osteoporosis menopause Estrogen receptor raloxifene Internal medicine medicine Humans Raloxifene Renal osteodystrophy Osteoporosis Postmenopausal Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder hemodialysis business.industry Estrogens Hormone replacement therapy (menopause) selective estrogen receptor modulator medicine.disease osteoporosis Menopause hormone replacement therapy Endocrinology Selective estrogen receptor modulator Estrogen Nephrology Kidney Failure Chronic Female bone mineral density business medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Kidney International. 63:S62-S65 |
ISSN: | 0085-2538 |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1523-1755.63.s85.15.x |
Popis: | Selective estrogen receptor modulators in chronic renal failure. Background In addition to renal osteodystrophy, postmenopausal women on dialysis could be at risk of osteoporosis. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could have beneficial effects as well as potentially serious risks, especially in uremic women, due to the pharmacokinetics of estradiol in renal failure. Therapeutic alternatives, such as the selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), have shown the benefits of estrogen on bone and serum lipid levels, without its adverse effects on the breast and endometrium, in nonuremic women. Methods Recent data on the effect of the SERM raloxifene in bone and lipid metabolism in osteoporotic postmenopausal women on dialysis is reviewed. Since the estrogen receptor (ER) gene has been suggested as a candidate marker for osteoporosis, we investigated whether ER polymorphism could have predicted the BMD response to raloxifene. Results Hemodialyzed women on raloxifene demonstrated increased trabecular bone mineral density (BMD) and decreased bone resorption markers. Similarly, LDL-cholesterol values dropped significantly. ER gene polymorphism analysis of baseline BMD parameters did not differ between PP/xx or Pp/Xx groups. Nevertheless, patients on raloxifene with PP/xx genotypes, but not those with Pp/Xx, showed a higher trabecular BMD after one year on treatment, suggesting that homozygous women for P or x alleles of the ER have a better BMD response to raloxifene. Conclusion Raloxifene and, most likely, other SERMs, could represent a good alternative to HRT in postmenopausal uremic women. |
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