HIF meets NF-κB signaling.

Willam, Carsten · Kidney Int · 2014

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Abstract

An inflammatory stimulus prior to an ischemic insult can be protective in acute kidney injury (AKI) as well as other acute organ injury models, an effect called cross-tolerance. He et al. investigated mechanisms of cross-tolerance whereby pretreatment with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) protects from a subsequent ischemic insult of the kidney. The protection was mediated by LPS-induced nuclear factor-κB and hypoxia-inducible factor-2α (HIF-2α) signaling. These results link two central cellular pathways and give new insight into HIF-mediated renoprotection in AKI models.

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