Of mice and women: do sex-dependent responses to ischemia-reperfusion injury in rodents have implications for delayed graft function in humans?
Author(s) -
Christina Wyatt,
P Coates,
William Reeves
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
kidney international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.499
H-Index - 276
eISSN - 1523-1755
pISSN - 0085-2538
DOI - 10.1016/j.kint.2016.05.008
Subject(s) - reperfusion injury , ischemia , medicine
In rodent models, female sex has been shown to be protective against ischemia-reperfusion injury. A recent publication suggests that this sex-dependent response to injury may have clinical implications for delayed graft function after kidney transplantation.
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