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We investigated whether patients with minimal change disease (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MCD<\/jats:styled-content>) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSGS<\/jats:styled-content>) have distinct circulating and urinary mi<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content>expression profiles that could lead to potential development of noninvasive biomarkers of the disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Exosome mi<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content>s were extracted from plasma and urine samples of patients with primary<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSGS<\/jats:styled-content>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a016) or<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MCD<\/jats:styled-content>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a05) and healthy controls (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a05). Differences in mi<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content>abundance were examined using Affymetrix GeneChip mi<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content>3.0 arrays.<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">QRT<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content>was used to validate the findings from the array.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Comparison analysis of<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSGS<\/jats:styled-content>versus<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MCD<\/jats:styled-content>revealed 126 and 155 differentially expressed mi<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content>s in plasma and in urine, respectively. Only 38 of these mi<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content>s were previously cited, whereas the remaining mi<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content>s have not been described. Comparison analysis showed that a significant number of mi<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content>s were downregulated in both plasma and urine samples of patients with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSGS<\/jats:styled-content>compared to those with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MCD<\/jats:styled-content>. Plasma levels of miR\u201030b, miR\u201030c, miR\u201034b, miR\u201034c and miR\u2010342 and urine levels of mir\u20101225\u20105p were upregulated in patients with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MCD<\/jats:styled-content>compared to patients with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSGS<\/jats:styled-content>and controls (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00\u00b7001). Urinary levels of mir\u20101915 and miR\u2010663 were downregulated in patients with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSGS<\/jats:styled-content>compared to<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MCD<\/jats:styled-content>and controls (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00\u00b7001), whereas the urinary levels of miR\u2010155 were upregulated in patients with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSGS<\/jats:styled-content>when compared to patients with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MCD<\/jats:styled-content>and controls (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00\u00b7005).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSGS<\/jats:styled-content>and<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MCD<\/jats:styled-content>have a unique circulating and urinary mi<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content>profile. 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