Urinary Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Serves as a Potential Biomarker for Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Acute Pyelonephritis

• Main Authors: Ming-Yuan Hong (Author), Chin-Chung Tseng (Author), Chia-Chang Chuang (Author), Chia-Ling Chen (Author), Sheng-Hsiang Lin (Author), Chiou-Feng Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Conventional markers of kidney function that are familiar to clinicians, including the serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels, are unable to reveal genuine injury to the kidney, and their use may delay treatment. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a proinflammatory cytokine, an...