Renal Diagnostics and Therapeutics Unit
of the Kidney Diseases Branch
Conducts clinical and laboratory studies on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of acute kidney injury.
Select Publications
- Calpastatin controls polymicrobial sepsis by limiting procoagulant microparticle release.
- Zafrani L, Gerotziafas G, Byrnes C, Hu X, Perez J, Lévi C, Placier S, Letavernier E, Leelahavanichkul A, Haymann JP, Elalamy I, Miller JL, Star RA, Yuen PS, Baud L.
- Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012 Apr 1) 185:744-55. Abstract/Full Text
- Chronic kidney disease worsens sepsis and sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by releasing High Mobility Group Box Protein-1.
- Leelahavanichkul A, Huang Y, Hu X, Zhou H, Tsuji T, Chen R, Kopp JB, Schnermann J, Yuen PS, Star RA.
- Kidney Int (2011 Dec) 80:1198-211. Abstract/Full Text