Overexpression of Intrarenal Renin-Angiotensin System in Human Acute Tubular Necrosis

• Main Authors: Wei Cao (Author), Lingwei Jin (Author), Zhanmei Zhou (Author), Manqiu Yang (Author), Chunyi Wu (Author), Liling Wu (Author), Shuang Cui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Acute tubular necrosis (ATN), a leading cause of acute kidney injury (AKI), is associated with decreased survival and increased progression of chronic kidney disease. A barrier to improving the clinical outcomes is the incomplete understanding of the pathogenesis of AKI. Our objecti...