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No evidence for a role of cosmc-chaperone mutations in European IgA nephropathy patients.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Jan 2009
Malycha Friederike, Eggermann Thomas, Hristov Mihail, Schena Francesco Paolo, Mertens Peter R, Zerres Klaus, Floege Jürgen, Eitner Frank
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BACKGROUND: Altered IgA1 galactosylation is involved in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). The galactosyltransferase core-1 beta3-galactosyltransferase-1 (C1GALT1) and its chaperone cosmc are specifically required for O-galactosylation of the IgA1 hinge region. Mutations in the cosmc gen...
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