| CPC C12N 15/1137 (2013.01) [A61K 31/085 (2013.01); A61K 31/14 (2013.01); A61K 31/282 (2013.01); A61K 31/381 (2013.01); A61K 31/427 (2013.01); A61K 31/454 (2013.01); A61K 31/4985 (2013.01); A61K 31/506 (2013.01); A61K 31/519 (2013.01); A61K 31/549 (2013.01); A61K 31/7056 (2013.01); A61K 33/243 (2019.01); A61K 39/3955 (2013.01); A61P 13/12 (2018.01); C12N 2310/11 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |

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1. A method of protecting kidney function in a subject comprising: treating a subject having cisplatin-treated cancer with:
i) an apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 2 (APE2) inhibitor, wherein said APE2 inhibitor comprises: i) an antisense oligonucleotide directed toward APE2 mRNA or DNA, or ii) an siRNA sequence directed toward APE2 mRNA, and
ii) a drug agent that causes increased expression of APE2 in said subject, wherein said drug agent comprises cisplatin,
and wherein said subject is administered an amount of said drug agent that is at least 15 mg/kg, and causes acute kidney injury in said subject in the absence of said APE2 inhibitor, and
wherein said APE2 inhibitor is administered before said drug agent.
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