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Genetic effect of the NPHS2 gene variants on proteinuria in minimal change disease and immunoglobulin A nephropathy.
Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) - 1 Dec 2009
Zhu Li, Yu Lei, Wang Chen-Dan, Lv Ji-Cheng, Li Gui-Sen, Zhang Hong, Wang Hai-Yan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Proteinuria varies in different glomerular diseases and even the same one. Podocin, encoded by gene NPHS2, is important in maintaining the integrity of slit diaphragm structure and avoiding proteinuria. Presently, case-control association studies were performed to investigate the genetic effect of variants in NPHS2 in a mass proteinuric glomerulopathy, minimal change disease (MCD) at first, followed...
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