Research Article

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

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Azaserine decreases protein O-GlcNAcylation and blunts the renoprotection of RIPC in CI-AKI. (a, b) Immunoblots and quantitation of the global renal O-GlcNAcylation levels from rats 24 h after iohexol treatment. (c) Detection of UDP-GlcNAc concentrations in renal tissues and analysis of serum and urine biomarkers. Serum (d) and urinary (e) NGAL; SCr (f). (g, h) Photos of renal tubular injury. Scale bars represent 100 μm (original magnification, ×200). , compared with the RIPC + CM group; , compared with the sham + CM group; .
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