Intrarenal modulation of NF-κB activity attenuates cardiac injury in a swine model of CKD: a renal-cardio axis

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive disorder with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This work supports the role of inflammatory cytokines of renal origin in renal-cardio pathophysiology in CKD and that the heart may be a target. Furthermore, it supports the feasibility of a new strategy in a translational fashion, using targeted inhibition of renal NF-κB signaling to offset the development of cardiac injury in CKD.