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© 2018 The Author(s) The increasing use of extended criteria organs to meet the demand for kidney transplantation raises an important question of how the severity of early ischaemic injury influences long-term outcomes. Significant acute ischaemic kidney injury is associated with delayed graft function, increased immune-associated events and, ultimately, earlier deterioration of graft function. A comprehensive understanding of immediate molecular events that ensue post-ischaemia and their potential long-term consequences are key to the discovery of novel therapeutic targets. Acute ischaemic injury primarily affects tubular structure and function. Depending on the severity and persistence of the insult, this may resolve completely, leading to restoration of normal function, or be sustained, resulting in persistent renal impairment and progressive functional loss. Long-term effects of acute renal ischaemia are mediated by several mechanisms including hypoxia, HIF-1 activation, endothelial dysfunction leading to vascular rarefaction, sustained pro-inflammatory stimuli involving innate and adaptive immune responses, failure of tubular cells to recover and epigenetic changes. This review describes the biological relevance and interaction of these mechanisms based on currently available evidence.
Author(s): Situmorang GR, Sheerin NS
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Pediatric Nephrology
Year: 2019
Volume: 34
Issue: 6
Pages: 951-963
Print publication date: 01/06/2019
Online publication date: 30/03/2018
Acceptance date: 02/03/2018
Date deposited: 12/04/2018
ISSN (print): 0931-041X
ISSN (electronic): 1432-198X
Publisher: Springer Verlag
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-018-3940-4
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-018-3940-4
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