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Observational studyScientific reports2019

Acute Tubular Injury is Associated With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: in Vitro Study on Human Tubular Epithelial Cells.

Federica Civiletti, Barbara Assenzio, Anna Teresa Mazzeo, Davide Medica, Fulvia Giaretta, Ilaria Deambrosis, Vito Fanelli, Vito Marco Ranieri, Vincenzo Cantaluppi, Luciana Mascia

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Observational study in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Federica CivilettiDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza - Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Barbara AssenzioDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza - Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Anna Teresa MazzeoDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza - Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Davide MedicaCenter for Experimental Medical Research (CeRMS), University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza- Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Fulvia GiarettaCenter for Experimental Medical Research (CeRMS), University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza- Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Ilaria DeambrosisCenter for Experimental Medical Research (CeRMS), University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza- Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Vito FanelliDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza - Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Vito Marco RanieriAnesthesia and Intensive Care, Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo CantaluppiCenter for Experimental Medical Research (CeRMS), University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza- Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Luciana MasciaDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza - Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy. luciana.mascia@uniroma1.it.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute kidney injury following traumatic brain injury is associated with poor outcome. We investigated in vitro the effects of plasma of brain injured patients with acute tubular kidney injury on kidney tubular epithelial cell function. we performed a prospective observational clinical study in ICU in a trauma centre of the University hospital in Italy including twenty-three ICU patients with traumatic brain injury consecutively enrolled. Demographic data were recorded on admission: age 39 ± 19, Glasgow Coma Score 5 (3-8). Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin and inflammatory mediators were measured in plasma on admission and after 24, 48 and 72 hours; urine were collected for immunoelectrophoresis having healthy volunteers as controls. Human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells were stimulated with patients or controls plasma. Adhesion of freshly isolated human neutrophils and trans-epithelial electrical resistance were assessed; cell viability (XTT assay), apoptosis (TUNEL staining), Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin and Megalin expression (quantitative real-time PCR) were measured. All patients with normal serum creatinine showed increased plasmatic Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin and increased urinary Retinol Binding Protein and α1-microglobulin. Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin was significantly correlated with both inflammatory mediators and markers of tubular damage. Patient' plasma incubated with tubular cells significantly increased adhesion of neutrophils, reduced trans-epithelial electrical resistance, exerted a cytotoxic effect and triggered apoptosis and down-regulated the endocytic receptor Megalin compared to control. Plasma of brain injured patients with increased markers of subclinical acute kidney induced a pro-inflammatory phenotype, cellular dysfunction and apoptotic death in tubular epithelial cells.

Indexed as

Acute Kidney InjuryAdultApoptosisBiomarkersBrain Injuries, TraumaticCells, CulturedCytokinesEpithelial CellsFemaleHumansKidney Tubules, ProximalLipocalin-2Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-2MaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesBiomarkersCytokinesLCN2 protein, humanLipocalin-2Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-2LRP2 protein, human

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PMID30988316
PMCPMC6465296

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