Urinary exosomal viral microRNA as a marker of BK virus nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients.

Bkv-miR-B1-5p, one of the microRNAs encoded by BK virus, was recently reported to be elevated in the blood among the patients with BK virus nephropathy (BKVN). Urinary exosome was suggested to be a possible source of biomarker for kidney diseases, but it was unknown whether it could contain viral mi...

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Main Authors: Myeong Hee Kim, Yu Ho Lee, Jung-Woo Seo, Haena Moon, Jin Sug Kim, Yang Gyun Kim, Kyung-Hwan Jeong, Ju-Young Moon, Tae Won Lee, Chun-Gyoo Ihm, Chan-Duck Kim, Jae Berm Park, Byung Ha Chung, Young-Hoon Kim, Sang-Ho Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5739476?pdf=render