Urinary actin, as a potential marker of sepsis-related acute kidney injury: A pilot study.

Dániel RagánPéter KustánZoltán Horváth-SzalaiBalázs SzirmayBeáta BugyiAndrea LudányAttila MisetaBálint NagyDiána Mühl

Published in: PloS one (2021)

U-actin may be a complementary diagnostic biomarker to se-creatinine in sepsis-related AKI while higher u-actin levels also seem to reflect the severity of AKI. Further investigations may elucidate the importance of u-actin release in sepsis-related AKI.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
cardiac surgery
intensive care unit
cell migration
septic shock
risk assessment