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The W258X mutation in SLC22A12 is the predominant cause of Japanese renal hypouricemia.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jul 2004
Komoda Fusako, Sekine Takashi, Inatomi Jun, Enomoto Atsushi, Endou Hitoshi, Ota Toshiyuki, Matsuyama Takeshi, Ogata Tsutomu, Ikeda Masahiro, Awazu Midori, Muroya Koji, Kamimaki Isamu, Igarashi Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Recently, a urate transporter, hURAT1 (human uric acid transporter 1) encoded by SLC22A12, was isolated from the human kidney. hURAT1 is presumed to play the central role in reabsorption of urate from glomerular filtrate. In the present study, we analyzed SLC22A12 in seven unrelated Japanese patients with renal hypouricemia whose serum level of urate was less than 1.0 mg/dl, and their family members. We performed...
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