APOL1 and Proteinuria in the AASK

Authors :: Leslie A. Bruggeman
John F. O'Toole
John R. Sedor
Source :: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 12:1723-1725
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017.
Abstract: Nucleic acid variants in the sequence of the gene for APOL1 , which change the amino acid sequence, strongly associate with nondiabetic kidney diseases only in blacks ([1][1]). APOL1 risk genotype–associated kidney disease phenotypes in blacks include hypertension-associated kidney disease, FSGS