Table 1.

Relationship between IL-36α expression and renal dysfunction in the folic acid (FA)-induced AKI model.

Indices		FA-induced AKI model
		Renal function
		Blood urea nitrogen	Serum creatinine (Cr)	Urinary Cr
Kim-1 mRNA	ρ	0.660	0.850	−0.660
	P	0.018*	0.016*	0.020*
	N	12	7	12
Il1f6 mRNA	ρ	0.660	0.780	−0.830
	P	0.020*	0.041*	0.01<**
	N	12	7	12
IL-36α protein	ρ	0.880	0.685	−0.710
	P	0.01<**	0.090	0.010*
	N	12	7	12

Male B6 mice at 10 weeks of age were analyzed after FA injection for 8 h. ρ, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.

*P < 0.05.

**P < 0.01.