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Identification of Biomarkers for PKD1 Using Urinary Exosomes.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jul 2015
Hogan Marie C, Bakeberg Jason L, Gainullin Vladimir G, Irazabal Maria V, Harmon Amber J, Lieske John C, Charlesworth M Cristine, Johnson Kenneth L, Madden Benjamin J, Zenka Roman M, McCormick Daniel J, Sundsbak Jamie L, Heyer Christina M, Torres Vicente E, Harris Peter C, Ward Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a common cause of ESRD. Affected individuals inherit a defective copy of either PKD1 or PKD2, which encode polycystin-1 (PC1) or polycystin-2 (PC2), respectively. PC1 and PC2 are secreted on urinary exosome-like vesicles (ELVs) (100-nm diame...
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