Review Article

TNF Superfamily: A Growing Saga of Kidney Injury Modulators

Table 1

TNF superfamily cytokines and receptors involved in kidney injury. Common names as well as TNFSF and TNFRSF numbers are provided.

CytokinesReceptorsDecoy/soluble receptors

TNF (TNFSF2)TNFR1 (TNFRSF1A)TNFR2 (TNFRSF1B)sTNFR
FasL/Apo1L/CD95L (TNFSF6)Fas/Apo1/CD95 (TNFRSF6)DcR3(TNFRSF6B)
TRAIL/Apo2L (TNFSF10)TRAILR1/DR4 (TNFRSF10A)TRAILR2/DR5 (TNFRSF10B)TRAILR3/DcR1 (TNFRSF10C)TRAILR4/DcR2 (TNFRSF10D)
Osteoprotegerin (TNFRSF11B)
TWEAK/Apo3L (TNFSF12)TWEAKR/Fn14 (TNFRSF12A)CD163