Acute kidney injury: Targeting Treg cells to protect the kidney

Nature Reviews Nephrology 13, 444 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2017.90 Author: Ellen F. Carney A hybrid cytokine created by linking IL-2 and IL-33 (IL233) might protect against acute kidney injury (AKI). In mice, IL233 increased the numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells in the blood, spleen and kidneys and prevented renal ischaemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) more efficiently than

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Source: Nature Reviews Nephrology - June 12, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ellen F. Carney Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

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