Renal biomarkers predict nephrotoxicity after paraquat

• Main Authors: Klintean Wunnapuk, Xin Liu, Philip Peake, Glenda Gobe, Zoltan Endre, Jeffrey E. Grice, Michael S. Roberts, Nicholas A. Buckley
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84884197083&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/52963
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Paraquat is a widely used herbicide which has been involved in many accidental and intentional deaths. Nephrotoxicity is common in severe acute paraquat poisoning. We examined seven renal injury biomarkers, including cystatin-C, kidney injury molecule-1, β2-microglobulin, clusterin, albumin, neutrop...