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Pathogenicity of BK virus on the urinary system
Central European Journal of Urology, 2020 Introduction The polyomaviruses are omnipresent in nature. The major sites of BK virus appearance are the kidney tubular epithelial cells and urinary bladder surface transitional cells.
W. Krajewski +6 more
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BK virus-specific T-cell immune reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Blood Advances, 2020 Clinical disease caused by BK virus reactivation is a frequent complication of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Because of the lack of effective antiviral agents, BK virus-specific T cells are emerging as a potential therapy for BK ...
E. Espada +19 more
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Virology Journal, 2010 Background BK virus infections can have clinically significant consequences in immunocompromised individuals. Detection and monitoring of active BK virus infections in certain situations is recommended and therefore PCR assays for detection of BK virus ...
Stevens Wesley T +13 more
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Journal of General Virology, 1982 Human embryonic fibroblasts (HEF) have been transformed by BK virus (BKV) DNA and by u.v.-inactivated or live BKV alone or in association with methyl-cholanthrene (MTC). The transformed cells produced BKV large T and small t antigens as well as the cellular 53 kdal protein, detected by immunofluorescence and immunoprecipitation.
GROSSI, Maria Pia +8 more
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Prevalence and Viral Load Determination of BK Polyomavirus among Iranian Patients with Brain Tumors
Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Background: Due to persistent infections of human central nervous system (CNS), polyomaviruses have been identified as one of the risk factors for brain tumor development.
Saghar Saber Amoli +6 more
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 1977 A total of 173 sera from isolated Brazilian Indian populations, 39 from the Diauarun area, and 68 from the Alto Xingú area, respectively in the North and the South of the Xingú National Park and 66 Kren-Akorore Indians, were examined for hemagglutination
J. A. N. Candeias +3 more
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BK virus nephropathy in a heart transplant recipient
Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2021 BK virus nephropathy in kidney transplantation is widely recognized as an important cause of graft dysfunction and loss. In the case of transplants of organs other than kidney, BK virus nephropathy in native kidneys has been recognized as a cause of ...
John Fredy Nieto-Ríos +6 more
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BK Virus in Cancer Development [PDF]
Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, 2018 Abstract Polyomavirus (PyV) was discovered by accident in 1950 in the course of describing an infectious factor causing multiple tumours in rodents. The term is derived from two Greek words: poly (many) and oma (tumour). At present the family of human polyomaviruses (HPyV) consists of 10 members.
Pasternak Justyna +2 more
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American Society of Nephrology. Clinical Journal, 2020 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The published tissue adequacy requirement of kidney medulla for BK virus allograft nephropathy diagnosis lacks systematic verification and competes against potential increased procedural risks from deeper sampling.
B. Nankivell +3 more
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Hematology Reports, 2017 BK virus is a human polyoma virus. It is acquired in early childhood and remains life-long latent in the genitourinary system. BK virus replication is more common in receiving immunosuppressive therapy receiving patients and transplant patients. BK virus
Duygu Mert +7 more
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