A number of novel diagnostic biomarkers are also related to both AKI severity and kidney recovery among the aforementioned biomarkers such as such as alanine aminopeptidase, alkaline phosphatase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, CysC, hepcidin, TIMP-2, IGFBP7, KIM-1, NGAL, and proenkephalin A in Table 1. The gene discussed is TIMP2; the disease is acute kidney injury.