Association of circulatory asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) with diabetic nephropathy in Asian Indians and its causative role in renal cell injury

We are suggesting a causative role of ADMA in the development of kidney injury in terms of renal fibrosis and also a cut point of 0.666 μM/l of plasma ADMA level appears to be a predictive risk threshold for diabetic nephropathy in south Asian Indian population.