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ArticleScientific reports2021

Urinary microRNAs as non-invasive biomarkers for toxic acute kidney injury in humans.

Fathima Shihana, Wilson K M Wong, Mugdha V Joglekar, Fahim Mohamed, Indika B Gawarammana, Geoffrey K Isbister, Anandwardhan A Hardikar, Devanshi Seth, Nicholas A Buckley

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Fathima ShihanaClinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Group, Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. fhan0023@sydney.edu.au.
Wilson K M WongDiabetes and Islet Biology Group, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.
Mugdha V JoglekarDiabetes and Islet Biology Group, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.
Fahim MohamedClinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Group, Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Indika B GawarammanaSouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Geoffrey K IsbisterClinical Toxicology Research Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Anandwardhan A HardikarDiabetes and Islet Biology Group, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.
Devanshi SethCentenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Nicholas A BuckleyClinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Group, Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. nicholas.buckley@sydney.edu.au.
Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals · AUUniversity of Peradeniya · LKRoskilde University · DKRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital · AUSouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration · LKUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AUUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs in biofluids are potential biomarkers for detecting kidney and other organ injuries. We profiled microRNAs in urine samples from patients with Russell's viper envenoming or acute self-poisoning following paraquat, glyphosate, or oxalic acid [with and without acute kidney injury (AKI)] and on healthy controls. Discovery analysis profiled for 754 microRNAs using TaqMan OpenArray qPCR with three patients per group (12 samples in each toxic agent). From these, 53 microRNAs were selected and validated in a larger cohort of patients (Russell's viper envenoming = 53, paraquat = 51, glyphosate = 51, oxalic acid = 40) and 27 healthy controls. Urinary microRNAs had significantly higher expression in patients poisoned/envenomed by different nephrotoxic agents in both discovery and validation cohorts. Seven microRNAs discriminated severe AKI patients from no AKI for all four nephrotoxic agents. Four microRNAs (miR-30a-3p, miR-30a-5p, miR-92a, and miR-204) had > 17 fold change (p < 0.0001) and receiver operator characteristics area-under-curve (ROC-AUC) > 0.72. Pathway analysis of target mRNAs of these differentially expressed microRNAs showed association with the regulation of different nephrotoxic signaling pathways. In conclusion, human urinary microRNAs could identify toxic AKI early after acute injury. These urinary microRNAs have potential clinical application as early non-invasive diagnostic AKI biomarkers.

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Acute Kidney InjuryAnimalsBiomarkersDaboiaGlycineGlyphosateHumansMicroRNAsOxalic AcidParaquatReproducibility of ResultsViper VenomsBiomarkersGlycineGlyphosateMicroRNAsOxalic AcidParaquatViper Venoms

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