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Toll-like receptor 9 affects severity of IgA nephropathy.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Dec 2008
Suzuki Hitoshi, Suzuki Yusuke, Narita Ichiei, Aizawa Masashi, Kihara Masao, Yamanaka Takahiro, Kanou Tatsuya, Tsukaguchi Hiroyasu, Novak Jan, Horikoshi Satoshi, Tomino Yasuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Environmental pathogens are suspected to aggravate renal injury in IgA nephropathy (IgAN), but neither underlying mechanisms nor specific exogenous antigens have been identified. In this study, a genome-wide scan of ddY mice, which spontaneously develop IgAN, was performed, and myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) was identified as a candidate gene for progression of renal injury (chi(2) = 21.103, P =...
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