Renal Klotho expression in patients with acute kidney injury is associated with the severity of the injury
Min Young Seo, Jihyun Yang, Jun Yong Lee, Kitae Kim, Sun Chul Kim, Hyojeong Chang, Nam Hee Won, Myung-Gyu Kim, Sang-Kyung Jo, Wonyong Cho, Hyoung Kyu Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(4):489-495. Published online June 29, 2015
Background/Aims: The potential physiologic roles of Klotho in acute kidney injury (AKI) have recently been demonstrated in animal models. However, to date, there have been no human studies investigating the expression of renal Klotho in AKI.
Methods: We retrospectively collected biopsy specimens a..
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