Open AccessUrinary Netrin-1 Is an Early Predictive Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Ganesan Ramesh,
Catherine D. Krawczeski,
Jessica G. Woo,
Yu Wang,
Prasad Devarajan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.05140709
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , biomarker , urinary system , kidney , urology , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry
Netrin-1, a laminin-related axon guidance molecule, is highly induced and excreted in the urine after acute kidney injury (AKI) in animals. Here, we determined the utility of urinary netrin-1 levels to predict AKI in humans undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).
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