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Mutations in the INF2 gene account for a significant proportion of familial but not sporadic focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.
Kidney international - 1 Feb 2013
Barua Moumita, Brown Elizabeth J, Charoonratana Victoria T, Genovese Giulio, Sun Hua, Pollak Martin R
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the inverted formin 2 gene (INF2) have recently been identified as the most common cause of autosomal dominant focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). To quantify the contribution of various genes contributing to FSGS, we sequenced INF2 where all mutations have previously been described (exons 2 to 5) in a total of 215 probands and 281 sporadic individuals with FSGS, along with other known...
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