Extracellular mtDNA can act as a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP), triggering the activation of innate immune receptors such as toll-like receptors (TLRs) and inducing the production of type I interferons (IFNs) [131]
The US National Kidney Foundation did not recommend routine administration of L-carnitine to subjects undergoing dialysis yet encouraged the development of trials in patients with select symptoms that do not respond to standard therapy, i.e., persistent muscle cramps or hypotension during dialysis, severe fatigue, skeletal muscle weakness or myopathy, cardiomyopathy, and anemia requiring large doses of erythropoietin (74, 75)
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This lipotoxicity and oxidative stress vicious cycle creates a metabolic trap, which is particularly evident in glomerular mesangial cells and proximal tubular cells, thereby driving extracellular matrix deposition and the development of renal fibrosis
