“…Plasma (pCr) or serum creatinine (sCr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) have usually been used as indicators, or biomarkers, for kidney injury in human GPSH intoxication (El-Shenawy, 2009;Lee et al, 2008;Moon and Chun, 2010;Talbot et al, 1991;Tominack et al, 1991). Recently, several studies have suggested that pCr is not sensitive enough to detect early kidney injury or predict subsequent functional change (Sherwin et al, 2012;Toto, 1995;Vaidya et al, 2008b;Woitas et al, 2000). Other biomarkers including interleukin-18 (IL-18), cystatin-C (Cys-C), kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), 2-microglobulin (2-M), albumin (Alb), neutrophil gelatinaseassociated lipocalin (NGAL) and osteopontin (Opn) have been proposed for the early and sensitive detection of AKI and functional loss Ferguson et al, 2008;Nguyen and Devarajan, 2008;Noiri et al, 2009;Vaidya et al, 2008a;Vaidya et al, 2008b), and may have greater sensitivity than pCr.…”