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The kidney protects against sepsis by producing systemic uromodulin
2021-01-09
Abstract excerpt
Sepsis is a significant cause of mortality in hospitalized patients. Concomitant development of acute kidney injury (AKI) increases sepsis mortality through unclear mechanisms. While electrolyte disturbances and toxic metabolite buildup during AKI could be important, it is possible that the kidney produces a protective molecule lost during sepsis with AKI. We previously demonstrated that systemic Tamm-Horsfall Pro...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 261a46f6-07ce-5b0b-9c5f-20689afccc8f
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.01.08.425960
