Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (KIM-1): A novel biomarker for human renal proximal tubule injury

Kidney Injury Molecule -1 (Kim-1): A Tissue and Urinary Biomarker for Nephrotoxicant-Induced Renal Injury

Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1): a novel kidney-specific injury molecule playing potential double-edged functions in kidney injury.

Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), a recently discovered transmembrane protein, is expressed in dedifferentiated proximal renal tubular epithelial cells in damaged regions. It may participate in the progress of renal injury or repair. Many studies have illustrated the different functions of KIM-1 in various renal diseases including protective functions in acute kidney injury and damaging functio...

Urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (Kim-1): a sensitive quantitative biomarker for early detection of kidney tubular injury

Sensitive and specific biomarkers are needed to detect early kidney injury. The objective of the present work was to develop a sensitive quantitative urinary test to identify renal injury in the rodent to facilitate early assessment of pathophysiological influence and drug toxicity. Two mouse monoclonal antibodies were made against the purified ectodomain of kidney injury molecule-1 (Kim-1) and...

Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1): a urinary biomarker and much more.

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Complement activation and kidney injury molecule-1-associated proximal tubule injury in severe preeclampsia.

Kidney injury with proteinuria is a characteristic feature of preeclampsia, yet the nature of injury in specific regions of the nephron is incompletely understood. Our study aimed to use existing urinary biomarkers to describe the pattern of kidney injury and proteinuria in pregnancies affected by severe preeclampsia. We performed a case-control study of pregnant women from Brigham and Women's ...