The reno-vascular A2B adenosine receptor protects the kidney from ischemia.

The reno-vascular A2B adenosine receptor protects the kidney from ischemia.

BACKGROUND: Acute renal failure from ischemia significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality in clinical settings, and strategies to improve renal resistance to ischemia are urgently needed. Here, we identified a novel pathway of renal protection from ischemia using ischemic preconditioning (I...

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Main Authors: Almut Grenz, Hartmut Osswald, Tobias Eckle, Dan Yang, Hua Zhang, Zung Vu Tran, Karin Klingel, Katya Ravid, Holger K Eltzschig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2504049?pdf=render

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