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Gut Microbiota and Their Metabolites in Acute Kidney Injury: Classification, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Potential

Paper D Peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

This review sorts through what gut bacteria and the chemicals they make do during sudden kidney injury, which is a fast drop in kidney function rather than the slow kind. It describes how some of those chemicals appear to inflame or protect kidney tissue, and lists possible treatments that target them. Almost all of the underlying work is in animals and cells, not people. Treat this as an early research direction, not something to act on.

Who did this work

Ziyi Qiu (Nanjing Medical University) · Hao Zhang (Nanjing Medical University) · Meng-qing Ma (Nanjing Medical University) · Binbin Pan (Nanjing Medical University) · Changchun Cao (Nanjing Medical University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-09
https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo16090660