DKK3 and acute kidney injury: In this regard, advanced urinary injury markers, e.g., neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), Dickkopf-3 (DKK3), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 (TIMP2), insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP-7), and kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), which are considered to reflect tubular and glomerular renal damage more precisely, were recently introduced for monitoring acute kidney injury (AKI) [20,21,22,23,24].