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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Jochen Reiser, Chicago, IL (US);
Salim Hayek, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arshed A. Quyyumi, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jochen Reiser, Chicago, IL (US);
Salim Hayek, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arshed A. Quyyumi, Atlanta, GA (US);
Emory University, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and compositions for treating acute kidney injury in a subject are provided. The methods include measuring or having measured a level of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in a biological sample from the subject, determining or having determined the level of suPAR in the sample compared to a control suPAR level, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that antagonizes soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) to the subject having an elevated level of suPAR relative to the control suPAR level.