Acute kidney injury can result from a multitude of factors, including drug-induced causes. Medications like vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam have shown to be correlated with deterioration of the kidneys when used in excess or concomitantly with other potential offending agents [1,2]. While these agents have been both been associated with potential nephrotoxcity there is limited data on th...

BACKGROUND Hypertonic saline (HTS) reduces the severity of lung injury in ischemia-reperfusion, endotoxin-induced and ventilation-induced lung injury. However, the potential for HTS to modulate the resolution of lung injury is not known. We investigated the potential for hypertonic saline to modulate the evolution and resolution of oleic acid induced lung injury. METHODS Adult male Sprague Da...

ABSTRACT Background Kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1) is a transmembrane glycoprotein expressed by proximal tubular cells, recognized as an early, sensitive and specific urinary biomarker for kidney injury. Blood KIM-1 was recently associated with the severity of acute chronic damage but its value in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis glomerulonephritis (ANCA-GN) ...

In spinal cord injuries, direct trauma by edges of sublaxated or dislocated vertebrae and indirect ischemia as a result of vascular injury necrotize the neural tissue. After spinal cord injury, tissue loss appears as micro- or macrocavitation. Accumulations of non-neuronal cells substitute spared tissue and halts axon regrowth. Lack of supporting cells (secreting trophic factors and matrix) agg...