Study the Possible Levels of Inflammatory Marker TNF-? and Microalbuminuria in Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathy Patients of Babylon Province/Iraq

Background: Diabetic nephropathy is referred to as the kidney damage that occurs in people with diabetes developing it over many years characterized by gradually increasing urinary albumin excretion (>300µg/ mg) from microalbuminuria proteinuria, blood pressure, and declining glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (thickening glomerulus) which represents late event. Aim: Study relationship between levels of TNF-? progression diabetic type2 patients. Objective: Fasting urine samples were collected seventy patients enrollment age, duration, Body Mass Index (BMI) each patient. established ELISA. Results: forty-patients have normal albuminuria (Albumin/Creatinine Ratio <30 µg/mg) only thirtypatients Ratio>300 increased levels. Conclusions: A significant positive sever microalbuminuria.