Tissue-specific exosome biomarkers for noninvasively monitoring immunologic rejection of transplanted tissue
Vallabhajosyula P, Korutla L, Habertheuer A, Yu M, Rostami S, Yuan CX, Reddy S, Liu C, Korutla V, Koeberlein B, Trofe-Clark J, Rickels MR, Naji A. Tissue-specific exosome biomarkers for noninvasively monitoring immunologic rejection of transplanted tissue. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2017, 127: 1375-1391. PMID: 28319051, PMCID: PMC5373894, DOI: 10.1172/jci87993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal transplantationImmunologic rejectionTransplanted tissueClinical settingBiomarker platformAppearance of hyperglycemiaIslet transplant modelIslet β-cellsDonor exosomesTransplant isletsHLA antibodiesRecipient bloodTransplant modelRecipient circulationXenogeneic modelRecipient plasmaRenal epithelial cellsTransplant tissueHuman isletsΒ-cellsBiomarker potentialTransplantationNoninvasive windowEpithelial cellsExosomal microRNAs