Prevention of acute kidney injury by tauroursodeoxycholic acid in rat and cell culture models.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) has grave short- and long-term consequences. Often the onset of AKI is predictable, such as following surgery that compromises blood flow to the kidney. Even in such situations, present therapies cannot prevent AKI. As apoptosis is a major form of cell death following AKI,...

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Main Authors: Sandeep Gupta, Shunan Li, Md Joynal Abedin, Kajohnsak Noppakun, Lawrence Wang, Tarundeep Kaur, Behzad Najafian, Cecília M P Rodrigues, Clifford J Steer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3494686?pdf=render