VDBP and kidney injury molecule-1 were identified as early and very sensitive markers of contrast-induced nephropathy, [12] whereas interleukin-18 and kidney injury molecule-1 predicted early-stage AKI in burn patients [13].An upcoming marker could be hemoglobin subunit beta (HBβ), a component of hemoglobin [13]. This evidence concerns the gene HAVCR1 and acute kidney injury.