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Blood HER2 and Uromodulin as Causal Mediators of CKD.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Apr 2018
Sjaarda Jennifer, Gerstein Hertzel C, Yusuf Salim, Treleaven Darin, Walsh Michael, Mann Johannes F E, Hess Sibylle, Paré Guillaume
Abstract excerpt
Many biomarkers have been epidemiologically linked with CKD; however, the possibility that such associations are due to reverse causation or confounding limits the utility of these biomarkers. To overcome this limitation, we used a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to identify causal mediators of CKD. We performed MR by first identifying genetic determinants of 227 serum protein biomarkers assayed in 4147...
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