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Accelerated development of collapsing glomerulopathy in mice congenic for the HIVAN1 locus.
Kidney international - 1 Feb 2009
Chan Ka T, Papeta Natalia, Martino Jeremiah, Zheng Zongyu, Frankel Rachelle Z, Klotman Paul E, D'Agati Vivette D, Lifton Richard P, Gharavi Ali G
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 transgenic mice on the FVB/NJ background (TgFVB) are a well validated model of HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN). A mapping study between TgFVB and CAST/EiJ (CAST) strains showed this trait to be influenced by a major susceptibility locus on chromosome 3A1-A3 (HIVAN1), with CAST alleles associated with increased risk of disease. We introgressed a 50 Mb interval, encompassing this HIVAN1 locus, from CAST...
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