PINK1 and acute kidney injury: When looking into PINK1 function in other organs, such as kidney, PINK1-mediated mitophagy has a protective role, preventing renal tubular epithelial cells apoptosis and tissue damage in contrast-induced acute kidney injury by reducing mitochondrial ROS and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation, in mice [61].