Urinary Apolipoprotein M Could Be Used as a Biomarker of Acute Renal Injury: An Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Model of Kidney in Rat
Background. It has been well documented that apolipoprotein M (apoM) is principally expressed in hepatocytes as well as renal tubular epithelial cells. The importance of apoM in the kidney is unknown. In the present study we examined urinary any apoM after short-term ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) of kidney in a rat model. Methods. The kidneys of 11 male Sprague-Dawley rats were rendered ischem