| AKI | acute kidney injury |
| IL | interleukin |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| TM | thrombomodulin |
| rTM | recombinant human soluble TM |
| APC | anticoagulant protein C |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| IFN-γ | interferon-gamma |
| i.p. | intraperitoneally |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| CCL2/MCP-1 | chemokine ligand 2/monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 |
| Kim-1 | kidney injury molecule-1 |
| TEC | tubular epithelial cells |
| APCs | antigen-presenting cells |
| TLR4 | toll-like receptor4 |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal kinase |
| Hsp70 | heat shock protein 70 |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |