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A metabolite-GWAS (mGWAS) approach to unveil chronic kidney disease progression.
Kidney international - 1 Jun 2017
Zhang Guanshi, Saito Rintaro, Sharma Kumar
Abstract excerpt
In this issue, McMahon et al. report that, by combining phenotypic, metabolomic, and genetic data, they could better detect chronic kidney disease at the early stages and provide insight into its pathobiology. The most significant findings of the study are that several urinary metabolites (e.g., glycine and histidine) were identified as early risk factors for chronic kidney disease, and metabolites with...
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