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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Nephrol. 2015 Feb 3;11(5):264–276. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2015.3

Figure 1.

Figure 1

A summary of some of the mechanisms involved in initial tissue injury and subsequent repair of the kidney after acute kidney injury. Maladaptive and incomplete repair leads to the development of fibrosis and, ultimately, chronic kidney disease.