However, following AKI, the lymphangiogenic ligands VEGF‐C and VEGF‐D are significantly elevated within days and lymphatic density is increased over time throughout the kidney, findings recapitulated in both human biopsy samples and several mouse models (Hasegawa et al., 2017; Kasinath et al., 2019; Kinashi et al., 2017; Pei et al., 2019; Sakamoto et al., 2009; Zarjou et al., 2019). This evidence concerns the gene VEGFD and acute kidney injury.