title: Dynamic multiphoton microscopy: focusing light on acute kidney injury.
abstract: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major global health problem; much research has been conducted on AKI, and numerous agents have shown benefit in animal studies, but none have translated into treatments. There is, therefore, a pressing unmet need to increase knowledge of the pathophysiology of AKI. Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) provides a tool to non-invasively visualize dynamic events in real time and at high resolution in rodent kidneys, and in this article we review its application to study novel mechanisms and treatments in different forms of AKI.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and andrew.hall@uzh.ch.
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Molitoris
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000818:Animals; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D036641:Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology