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Endothelial damage, inflammation and immunity in chronic kidney disease
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have an accelerated atherosclerosis, increased risk of thrombotic-ischemic complications, and excessive mortality rates when compared with the general population. There is also evidence of an endothelial damage in which the proinflammatory state, the enhanced oxidative stress, or the accumulation of toxins due to their reduced renal clearance in uremia play a role. Further, there is evidence that uremic endothelial cells are both involved in and victims of the activation of the innate immunity. Uremic endothelial cells produce danger associated molecular patterns (DAMPS), which by binding to specific pattern recognition receptors expressed in multiple cells, including endothelial cells, induce the expression of adhesion molecules, the production of proinflammatory cytokines and an enhanced production of reactive oxygen species in endothelial cells, which constitute a link between immunity and inflammation. The connection between endothelial damage, inflammation and defective immunity in uremia will be reviewed here.
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DIAZ RICART, M. Isabel, et al. Endothelial damage, inflammation and immunity in chronic kidney disease. Toxins. 2020. Vol. 12, num. 6. ISSN 2072-6651. [consulted: 11 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/174352