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The metabolic pathway regulation in kidney injury and repair

Wenbin Tang1,2, Qingqing Wei2

  • 1Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

Frontiers in Physiology
|January 29, 2024
PubMed

Keywords:
acute kidney injuryamino acidsfatty acid β-oxidationglycolysisketone bodiesmaladaptive repairoxidative phosphorylationpentose phosphate pathwaykidney injury metabolismacute kidney injury pathwaysrenal metabolic regulationmetabolic repair mechanisms

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