WNK2 and acute kidney injury: Analysis of renal immunoreactive levels of pro-inflammatory markers: phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (p-STAT3), Cathepsin L, I Kappa B (IKB), and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) showed that the WT mice exhibit an increased elevation in renal expression of these markers following AKI.