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SUBMITTER: McCurley A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5461783 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McCurley Amy A Alimperti Stella S Campos-Bilderback Silvia B SB Sandoval Ruben M RM Calvino Jenna E JE Reynolds Taylor L TL Quigley Catherine C Mugford Joshua W JW Polacheck William J WJ Gomez Ivan G IG Dovey Jennifer J Marsh Graham G Huang Angela A Qian Fang F Weinreb Paul H PH Dolinski Brian M BM Moore Shaun S Duffield Jeremy S JS Chen Christopher S CS Molitoris Bruce A BA Violette Shelia M SM Crackower Michael A MA
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20170106 6
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a leading cause of AKI. This common clinical complication lacks effective therapies and can lead to the development of CKD. The <i>α</i>v<i>β</i>5 integrin may have an important role in acute injury, including septic shock and acute lung injury. To examine its function in AKI, we utilized a specific function-blocking antibody to inhibit <i>α</i>v<i>β</i>5 in a rat model of renal IRI. Pretreatment with this anti-<i>α</i>v<i>β</i>5 antibody significantly reduce ...[more]