Review Article
Mediators of Inflammation in Acute Kidney Injury
Table 1
Inflammatory mediators of AKI.
| Caspases | Caspase-1 |
| Alpha-MSH |
| Cytokines | (IFN-γ) | (TGF-) | (TNF-) | (IL-6) | (IL-10) | (IL-18) |
| Chemokines | (CXCL1 (also known as KC or IL-8 in mice)) | (CX3CL1 (also known as fractalkine)) | (CCR1 (Chemokine receptor-1) ligands MIP-1alpha and RANTES) | (MCP-1) | (MIP-2) |
| Adhesion molecules | (ICAM-1) | (P-selectin, E-selectin) | (CD147) |
| Complement | Alternative pathway | C3A |
| TLRs | TLR-2 | TLR-4 | TLR-9 |
| Neutrophils |
| Lymphocytes | CD4 | CD8 | B cells | Tregs | NK cells |
| Macrophages |
| Dendritic cells |
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