Clinical and Translational AKI
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Courtesy of Anesthesiology. 2023; 138: 184-194.
Our laboratory is able to obtain human patient samples from the operating room and intensive care unit to study cellular and genetic contributors in human AKI. We also collaborate with our Division of Critical Care Medicine’s Critical Care and Perioperative Population Health Research (CAPER) and the Multi-Center Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG) unit to use epidemiological data to study risk factors and mediators of AKI. One of our major interests is examining the effect of age and sex on AKI, with a particular interest in determining whether sex hormones regulate postoperative AKI.