Review Article

Exosomes: Emerging Therapy Delivery Tools and Biomarkers for Kidney Diseases

Table 1

The diagnostic role of urine-derived exosomal miRNA in renal disease.

Kidney diseasesChangeable moleculesMechanismsRef.

AKIUpregulation: ↑
miR-200c, miR-9a, miR-141, miR-200a, miR-429
Target Zeb1/2
Regulate TGF-β-associated fibrosis
[45]
miR-16, miR-24, miR-30c-5p, miR-192-5p-[45, 46]

T2DNUpregulation: ↑
miR-19b-3p
Target SOCS-1
Regulate inflammation
[47]
miR-320cTarget TSP-1
Regulate TGF-β-associated fibrosis
[48]
miR-150-5p, miR-362-3p, miR-877-3pRegulate p53, mTOR, AMPK pathways
Involve in oxidative stress and fibrosis
[49]
miR-133b, miR-30a, miR-342, miR-192, miR-15b, miR-34a, miR-636, miR-let-7c-5pRegulate fibrosis[5053]
Downregulation: ↓
miR-let-7i-3p, miR-24-3p, miR-27b-3p,
Involve in Wnt/β-catenin signaling[54]

T1DNUpregulation: ↑
miR-145, miR-30a
Downregulation: ↓
miR-155, miR-424
-[55, 56]

LNUpregulation: ↑
miR-26a
Regulate podocyte differentiation and cytoskeletal integrity[57]
miR-21, miR-150Target VEGFA and SP1
Regulate fibrosis
[58]
miR-146aTarget IRAK1 and TRAF6
Regulate inflammation
[59]
Downregulation: ↓
miR-29c, miR-let-7a
-[60, 61]

PKDDownregulation: ↓
miR-30a-5p, miR-30d-5p, miR-194-5p
-[62]

RCCUpregulation: ↑
miR-150-5p, miR-204-5p
-[63, 64]
Downregulation: ↓
miR-126-3p
-[63]

FSGSUpregulation: ↑
miR-155
Downregulation: ↓
miR-1915, miR-663
-[65]

NSUpregulation: ↑
miR-194-5p, miR-146b-5p, miR-378-3p, miR-23b-3p, miR-30a-5p
-[66]