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Exposure of HK-2 cells to reperfusion may predispose them to further injury and death by immunosuppressants.This implies that pre-conditioning at the time of retrieval may prevent subsequent injury and thus DGF.
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Daly, P., Healy, D.A., Power, R.E. et al. Hypoxia protects human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells from cyctotoxic immunosuppressant medications and reperfusion injury in a model of kidney preservation. Ir J Med Sci 174 (Suppl 1), 27 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03170144
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03170144