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Genetic variants and cell-free hemoglobin processing in sickle cell nephropathy.
Haematologica - 1 Oct 2015
Saraf Santosh L, Zhang Xu, Shah Binal, Kanias Tamir, Gudehithlu Krishnamurthy P, Kittles Rick, Machado Roberto F, Arruda Jose A L, Gladwin Mark T, Singh Ashok K, Gordeuk Victor R
Abstract excerpt
Intravascular hemolysis and hemoglobinuria are associated with sickle cell nephropathy. ApoL1 is involved in cell-free hemoglobin scavenging through association with haptoglobin-related protein. APOL1 G1/G2 variants are the strongest genetic predictors of kidney disease in the general African-American population. A single report associated APOL1 G1/G2 with sickle cell nephropathy. In 221 patients with sickle cell...
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