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Sayaka Oshikawa1, Hiroko Sonoda2, Masahiro Ikeda3

  • 1Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan. oshikawa.sayaka.g3@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
|June 21, 2016
PubMed
Summary

Urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) and their aquaporins (AQPs) show promise as biomarkers for kidney disease. This review covers current knowledge on AQPs in uEVs, from discovery to potential clinical uses.

Keywords:
aquaporin-1aquaporin-2exosomesextracellular vesicleskidneyurine

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