Involvement of Cytoskeletal Components in BK Virus Infectious Entry

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Posttransplant reactivation of BK virus (BKV) in the renal allograft progresses to polyomavirus-associated nephropathy in 1% to 8% of kidney recipients. Graft dysfunction and loss in 30% to 45% of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy-affected patients are secondary to extensive tubular epithelial cell injury induced by the lytic replication of BKV. The early events in productive BKV infection are not thoroughly...

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