ACTH  Adrenocorticotropic hormone  AIF  Apoptosis inducing factor  AKI  Acute kidney injury  BMSC  Bone marrow derived stem cells  CIN  Contrast-induced nephropathy  COMP-Ang1  Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein-angiopoietin-1  CysLT1R  Cysteinyl leukotriene-1 receptor  DMARD  Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs  eNOS  Endothelial nitric oxide synthase  eEPCs  Endothelial progenitor cells  HDAC  Histone deacetylase  HSPC  Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells  IRI  Ischemia–reperfusion injury  ICAM-1  Intercellular adhesion molecule-1  JNK  c-Jun N-terminal kinase  KIF3B  Kinesin family member 3B  KIM-1  Kidney injury molecule 1  MAPK  Mitogen-activated protein kinase  MCP-1  Monocyte chemotactic protein-1  α-MSH  Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone  MFG-E8  Milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor-factor VIII  MPT  Mitochondrial permeability transition  MSCs  Mesenchymal stem cells  NGAL  Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin  MDM2  Murine double minute-2  MMP-2  Matrix metallopeptidase 2  mTOR  Mammalian target of rapamycin  PI3K  Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase  PACAP  Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide  RAAS  Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system  RANTES  Regulated upon activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted  RIP1  Receptor-interacting protein 1  TNF-α  Tumor necrosis factor-alpha  TWEAK  TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis  VDRA  Vitamin D receptor agonist  Acute kidney injury  Kidney protection  Kidney repair  Renoprotection  Ischemia–reperfusion  Nephrotoxicity  

anti-inflammation  human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells  lentiviral vector  alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone  

Psychological stress  Toll-like 4  NF-κB  Cytokines  Innate immune  Atherosclerosis  HPA  hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal  SAM  sympathetic-adrenal-medullary  SNS  sympathetic nervous system  Th1, Th2  T helper cell type1, T helper cell type 2  NE  norepinephrine  CRF  corticotropin-releasing factor  POMC  proopiomelanocortin  ACTH  adrenocorticotropic hormone  α-MSH  alpha melanocyte-stimulating hormone  CNS  central nervous system  CRP  C-reactive protein  CD  cluster of differentiation  NK  natural killer  CMV  cytomegalovirus  HSV  herpes simplex virus  VZV  varicella zoster virus  IL-1, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10  interleukin-1, interleukin-4, interleukin-6, interleukin-8, interleukin-10  NF-κB  nuclear factor-κB  PBMCs  peripheral blood monocytes  apoE−/− mice  apolipoprotein E knockout mice  LDL  low-density lipoprotein  TLRs, TLR4  Toll-like receptors, Toll-like receptor 4  PRRs  pattern-recognition receptors  SRs  scavenger receptors  oxLDL  oxidized low density lipoprotein  PAMPs  pathogen-associated molecular patterns  PNI  psychoneuroimmunology  GC  glucocorticoid  MR  mineraloreceptor  GR  glucocorticoid receptor  TNF-α  tumor necrosis factor-alpha  LPS  lipopolysaccharide  APPs  acute phase proteins  APR  acute phase response  HSP  heat shock protein  EDA  extra domain A  DAMPs  damage-associated molecular patterns  siRNA  small interfering RNA  MAPKs  mitogen activated protein kinases  MyD88  myeloid differentiation factor-88  TRIF  TIR domain-containing adapter protein inducing IFN-β  ACS  acute coronary syndrome  CHD  coronary heart disease  M-CSF  macrophage-colony-stimulating factor  ICAM-1  intercellular adhesion molecule-1  VCAM-1  vascular cell adhesion molecule-1  MMPs  matrix-degrading matrix metalloproteinases  β-AR  beta-adrenergic receptor  CI  confidence interval  

alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone  magnetic resonance imaging  diffusion  brain ischemia