2019
Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor (SLPI)—A Novel Predictive Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study
Averdunk L, Fitzner C, Levkovich T, Leaf DE, Sobotta M, Vieten J, Ochi A, Moeckel G, Marx G, Stoppe C. Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor (SLPI)—A Novel Predictive Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2019, 8: 1931. PMID: 31717603, PMCID: PMC6912354, DOI: 10.3390/jcm8111931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecretory leukocyte protease inhibitorAcute kidney injuryCardiac surgeryLeukocyte protease inhibitorKidney injuryEarly diagnosisBiomarkers of AKIPathogenesis of AKINon-AKI patientsProspective observational studyNovel predictive biomarkerStandard clinical predictorsNovel candidate biomarkersProtease inhibitorsAKI patientsFrequent complicationSerum creatinineClinical predictorsUrine outputPoor outcomeUrinary levelsPredictive biomarkersObservational studyIndependent cohortSurgery
2013
Chitinase-Like Protein Brp-39/YKL-40 Modulates the Renal Response to Ischemic Injury and Predicts Delayed Allograft Function
Schmidt IM, Hall IE, Kale S, Lee S, He CH, Lee Y, Chupp GL, Moeckel GW, Lee CG, Elias JA, Parikh CR, Cantley LG. Chitinase-Like Protein Brp-39/YKL-40 Modulates the Renal Response to Ischemic Injury and Predicts Delayed Allograft Function. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2013, 24: 309-319. PMID: 23291472, PMCID: PMC3559482, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2012060579.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdipokinesAnimalsApoptosisBiomarkersCells, CulturedChitinase-3-Like Protein 1Delayed Graft FunctionDisease Models, AnimalEpithelial CellsGlycoproteinsHumansKidneyKidney TransplantationLectinsMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPredictive Value of TestsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReperfusion InjurySignal TransductionTransplantation, HomologousConceptsBRP-39/YKLGraft functionKidney injuryYKL-40Reparative responseDeceased donor kidney transplantationKidney ischemia/reperfusionHours of transplantImmediate graft functionDelayed graft functionTubular cell deathIschemia/reperfusionDegree of injuryAllograft functionCell apoptotic deathKidney hypoperfusionKidney transplantationSystemic hypotensionRenal failureIschemic injuryRenal ischemiaRenal responseUrinary levelsBRP-39Activation of Akt