Research Article

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Ameliorates Acute Kidney Injury due to Contrast Exposure in Rats through Augmented O-GlcNAcylation

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Renoprotection against CI-AKI by RIPC in rats. RIPC significantly lowered SCr (a) and urinary NGAL (b) levels at 24 h after CM injection; RIPC also decreased the level of serum NGAL but without a significant difference (c). (d, e) Representative photomicrographs of kidney tissue sections and the injury scores. Scale bars represent 100 μm (original magnification, ×200). compared with the sham + NS group; , compared with the sham + CM group; .
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