Abstract: Methods are provided of diagnosing, monitoring or determining the severity of disease or injury by measuring individual molecular forms of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in bodily fluids, including the diagnosis and monitoring of acute renal injury leading to acute renal failure in a human or mammalian subject by determining the concentration of the free monomer form of NGAL.
Abstract: A method is provided of diagnosing and monitoring acute renal injury leading to acute renal failure in a human or mammalian subject by determining the ratio of the concentration of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in urine to that in plasma or serum.