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No Evidence of Human Polyomavirus 9, WU and KI DNA in Kidney and Urinary Bladder Tumour Tissue Samples [PDF]
, 2016 KAL
Bidiga, László +3 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 BackgroundBK polyomavirus replication leads to progressive tubulointerstitial nephritis and ureteral stenosis, with a considerable risk of subsequent graft failure in kidney transplant recipients. Since specific antiviral therapies are lacking, new tools
Kenza Zoubir +14 more
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BK polyomavirus—pathogen, paradigm and puzzle
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2019 AbstractBK virus is a polyomavirus with seroprevalence rates of 80% in adults. Infection is usually acquired during childhood, and the virus is benign or pathologic depending on immune status. The virus reactivates in immunodeficiency states, mostly among transplant (either kidney or bone marrow) recipients.
Suman Krishna Kotla +3 more
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BK polyomavirus: latency, reactivation, diseases and tumorigenesis
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023 The identification of the first human polyomavirus BK (BKV) has been over half century, The previous epidemiological and phylogenetic studies suggest that BKV prevailed and co-evolved with humans, leading to high seroprevalence all over the world. In general, BKV stays latent and symptomless reactivation in healthy individuals.
Xianfeng Zhou +4 more
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Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Previous studies regarding the prevention of BK viremia following renal transplantation with fluoroquinolone have yielded conflicting results. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the evidence regarding the efficacy of fluoroquinolone in ...
Tu-Run Song +6 more
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Indian Journal of Transplantation, 2022 Purpose: Hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) which occurs in 9%–31% of recipients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality.
Ayça Koca Yozgat +7 more
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BK Virus in Cancer Development
Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, 2018 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).
Pasternak Justyna +2 more
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Detection of Bk Polyomavirus Antigen in Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Diyala Journal of Medicine, 2023 Background: BK polyomavirus that is acquired in early childhood as BKPyV is near ubiquitous in adults with a seroprevalence of >80%, it has been found as the main cause of hemorrhagic cystitis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients, due to
Safa H Ali , +3 more
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Detection and differentiation of human polyomaviruses JC and BK by LightCycler PCR [PDF]
, 2001 Human polyomaviruses JC and BK may cause several clinical manifestations in immunocompromised hosts, including progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and hemorrhagic cystitis.
Whiley, David M. +2 more
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Natalizumab affects T-cell phenotype in multiple sclerosis: implications for JCV reactivation [PDF]
, 2016 The anti-CD49d monoclonal antibody natalizumab is currently an effective therapy against the relapsing-remitting form of multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Natalizumab therapeutic efficacy is limited by the reactivation of the John Cunningham polyomavirus (JCV ...
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