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From: Postoperative remote lung injury and its impact on surgical outcome

Fig. 2

Primary kidney injury and remote lung injury. Primary kidney injury causes the release of DAMP molecules, which in turn results in the upregulation of inflammatory responses in the distant lung. Immune cells, such as neutrophils, monocytes and T cells, contribute to the exacerbation of remote lung injury (Modified and reproduced with permission) (Springer Nature; Nature Reviews Nephrology) [13]

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