miR-107 was dramatically increased in the circulating endothelial cells (CECs) of septic AKI patients compared with non-septic AKI and septic non-AKI patients, and miR-107 increased TNF-α secretion by targeting dual-specificity phosphatase 7 (DUSP7) in endothelial cells (Wang et al., 2017). This evidence concerns the gene DUSP7 and acute kidney injury.