Article
WT1 and glomerular diseases.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Nov 2006
Niaudet Patrick, Gubler Marie-Claire
Abstract excerpt
The WT1 gene encodes a zinc finger transcription factor involved in kidney and gonadal development and, when mutated, in the occurrence of kidney tumor and glomerular diseases. Patients with Denys-Drash syndrome present with early nephrotic syndrome with diffuse mesangial sclerosis progressing rapidly to end-stage renal failure, male pseudohermaphroditism, and Wilms' tumor. Incomplete forms of the syndrome have...
Topics
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, X
- Chromosomes, Human, Y
- Denys-Drash Syndrome
- Female
- Frasier Syndrome
- Genes, Wilms Tumor
- Genetic Counseling
- Glomerular Mesangium
- Humans
- Kidney Diseases
- Male
