Development of intestinal ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury in rats with or without chronic kidney disease: Cytokine/chemokine response and effect of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone

Conclusion Both the functional parameters and the cytokine/chemokine response are as dramatic when AKI is superimposed onto CKD as onto non-CKD. No convincing protective effect of α-MSH was detected.
Source: Kidney Research and Clinical Practice - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research