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APOL1 and APOL1-Associated Kidney Disease: A Common Disease, an Unusual Disease Gene – Proceedings of the Henry Shavelle Professorship
25 Jan 2023
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Background: Genetic variants in APOL1 are a major contributor to the increased risk of kidney disease in people of recent African ancestry. Summary: Two alleles in the APOL1 gene, referred to as G1 and G2, confer increased risk of kidney disease under a recessive model of risk inheritance. Disease risk is inherited as a recessive trait: People with genotypes G1/G1, G2/G2, and G1/G2 (i.e., a risk allele from each...
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