Mackay Memorial Hospital 2 articles published in JoVE Medicine Technical Refinement of a Bilateral Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Mouse Model for Acute Kidney Injury Research Hui-Chun Ku1, Cheng-Wei Huang1, Shih Yi Lee2,3 1Department of Life Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, 2MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, 3Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital This study established a protocol focusing on the technical refinement of a mouse model of bilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion for acute kidney injury research. Medicine Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Ligation for Ischemia-Reperfusion Research: Model Improvement via Technical Modifications and Quality Control Hui-Chun Ku1, Ding-Kuo Chien2,3,4,5, Chuan-Lei Chao5,6, Shih-Yi Lee5,7 1Department of Life Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, 2Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, 3Department of Emergency Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, 4Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, 5MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, 6Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taitung Mackay Memorial Hospital, 7Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital Herein, we present a protocol focusing on the quality control of the left anterior descending coronary artery ligation by technically modifying the traditional procedure in rats for acute myocardial ischemia-reperfusion research.
