HAVCR1 and kidney injury: Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (Kim-1) mRNA levels , recently identified as sensitive indicator in monitoring tubular kidney injury [3] and Vimentin mRNA levels, a marker of mesenchymal phenotype and dedifferentiation of tubular cells [13] also showed peak expression at 24 hr after injury while the expression decreased to control levels after 120 hr (Figure 1C and 1D).