| AKI | Acute Kidney Injury |
| ATN | Acute Tubular Necrosis |
| β-gal | β-galactosidase |
| BMDMs | Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages |
| BUN | Blood Urea Nitrogen |
| CAMARADES | Collaborative Approach to Meta-Analysis and Review of Animal Data from Experimental Studies |
| CD206 | Cluster of Differentiation 206 |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease |
| DFO | DesFerrOxamine |
| DNA | DeoxyriboNucleic Acid |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| H&E | Hematoxylin and Eosin |
| HPF | High Power Field |
| IDMS | Isotope Dilution liquid chromatography–Mass Spectrometry |
| IFTA | Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1β |
| IL-10 | Interleukin-10 |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| iNOS | inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| IP | IntraPeritoneal |
| IRI | Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury |
| IV | IntraVenous |
| KIM-1 | Kidney Injury Molecule-1 |
| Lcn2 | lipocalin-2 |
| MI | Myocardial Infraction |
| MPO | MyeloPreOxidase |
| mRNA | messenger RiboNucleic Acid |
| PAS | Periodic Acid–Schiff |
| PCNA | Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen |
| PICO | Population, Interventions, Comparison, Outcomes |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RANTES | Regulated on Activation, Normal T cell Expressed and Secreted |
| RoB | Risk of Bias |
| saRNA | small activating RiboNucleic Acid |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SYRCLE | Systematic Review Centre for Laboratory Animal Experimentation |
| TECs | Tubular Epithelial Cells |
| TEM | Transition Electron Microscopy |
| Th1 | T helper type 1 |
| Th2 | T helper type 2 |
| TNF-α | Tissue Necrosis Factor α |
| TUNEL | Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUtp Nick-End Labelling |
| WIT | Warm Ischemia Time |