| AKI | Acute kidney injury |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| IL | Interleukin |
| TLRs | Toll-like receptors |
| DHP-I | Dehydropeptidase-I |
| CLP | Cecal ligation puncture |
| BUN | Blood urea nitrogen |
| GFR | Glomerular filtration rate |
| KIM-1 | Kidney injury molecule-1 |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 |
| VCAM-1 | Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 |
| ICAM-1 | Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| LBP | Lipopolysaccharide Binding Protein |
| Myd88 | Myeloid differentiation factor 88 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor-κB |
| NLRP3 | Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, leucine-rich repeat and pyrin domain-containing protein 3 |
| CTGF | Connective tissue growth factor |
| TGFβ | Transforming growth factor beta |
| PBS-T | Phosphate-buffered saline-Tween 20 |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride |