TY - JOUR
T1 - Reactive oxygen species and acute renal failure
AU - Nath, Karl A.
AU - Norby, Suzanne M.
PY - 2000/12/1
Y1 - 2000/12/1
N2 - Acute renal failure is commonly due to acute tubular necrosis (ATN), the latter representing an acute, usually reversible loss of renal function incurred from ischemic or nephrotoxic insults occurring singly or in combination. Such insults instigate a number of processes - hemodynamic alterations, aberrant vascular responses, sublethal and lethal cell damage, inflammatory responses, and nephron obstruction - that initiate and maintain ATN. Eventually, reparative and regenerative processes facilitate the resolution of renal injury and the recovery of renal function. Focusing mainly on ischemic ATN, this article reviews evidence indicating that the inordinate or aberrant generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) may contribute to the initiation and maintenance of ATN. This review also discusses the possibility that ROS may instigate adaptive as well as maladaptive responses in the kidney with ATN, and raises the possibility that ROS may participate in the recovery phase of ATN. (C) 2000 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.
AB - Acute renal failure is commonly due to acute tubular necrosis (ATN), the latter representing an acute, usually reversible loss of renal function incurred from ischemic or nephrotoxic insults occurring singly or in combination. Such insults instigate a number of processes - hemodynamic alterations, aberrant vascular responses, sublethal and lethal cell damage, inflammatory responses, and nephron obstruction - that initiate and maintain ATN. Eventually, reparative and regenerative processes facilitate the resolution of renal injury and the recovery of renal function. Focusing mainly on ischemic ATN, this article reviews evidence indicating that the inordinate or aberrant generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) may contribute to the initiation and maintenance of ATN. This review also discusses the possibility that ROS may instigate adaptive as well as maladaptive responses in the kidney with ATN, and raises the possibility that ROS may participate in the recovery phase of ATN. (C) 2000 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00612-4
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00612-4
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 11099687
AN - SCOPUS:0034562783
SN - 0002-9343
VL - 109
SP - 665
EP - 678
JO - American Journal of Medicine
JF - American Journal of Medicine
IS - 8
ER -