Nickan Research Institute Journal of Renal Injury Prevention 2345-2781 10 3 2021 09 01 A systematic review of the relationship between acute tubular necrosis and kidney transplantation e18 e18 10.34172/jrip.2021.18 EN Arezo Elmi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4151-3473 Mohammad Arabsorkhi Mishabi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9333-8307 Esmaeil Teymoori https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-7794 Dorrin Nikbakht https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2902-1927 Nazanin Sarraf Fatemeh Jabinian Abbas Khalilpour https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-8101 Afsaneh Askarkhah Vahid Rahmani https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1738-7550 Journal Article 10.34172/jrip.2021.18 2020 04 04 2020 07 09 Introduction: Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is a common syndrome following kidney transplantation. In this study, we reviewed systematically the relationship between ATN and kidney transplantation. Materials and Methods: International databases including PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus were considered for search of English articles by Aug 2019. Seven published articles were finally entered into the study. Keywords were ATN, acute kidney injury, kidney transplantation and renal transplantation or a combination of them in the title/abstracts. Results: There were seven published articles (conducted on 2,534 individuals) reviewed in this systematic review consisted of two retrospective, three prospective studies and two clinical trial studies. Conclusion: The administration of cyclosporine immediately following kidney transplantation is a predicting factor for development of ATN. According to the results, ATN can be associated with kidney transplantation, especially transplanted from deceased donors.