Genomic insights into renal diseases: advancements and implications

N Aderinto, G Olatunji, E Kokori, IJ Ogieuhi… - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Renal diseases pose significant challenges to global health. With conditions like chronic
kidney disease (CKD) on the rise, there is an urgent need for deeper insights into their …

Genetics of diabetic kidney disease—from the worst of nightmares to the light of dawn?

RCW Ma, ME Cooper - Journal of the American Society of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Despiteimprovedclinicalcareinpatientswithd…, diabetic complications remain a major
healthcare burden. The management of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hyperlipidemia …

Meta-analysis of African ancestry genome-wide association studies identified novel locus and validates multiple loci associated with kidney function

C Kintu, O Soremekun, T Machipisa, R Mayanja… - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Despite recent efforts to increase diversity in genome-wide association studies (GWASs),
most loci currently associated with kidney function are still limited to European ancestry due …

SOS2 and ACP1 loci identified through large-scale exome chip analysis regulate kidney development and function

M Li, Y Li, O Weeks, V Mijatovic, A Teumer… - Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified> 50 common variants associated with
kidney function, but these variants do not fully explain the variation in eGFR. We performed a …

Genome-wide meta-analysis and omics integration identifies novel genes associated with diabetic kidney disease

N Sandholm, JB Cole, V Nair, X Sheng, H Liu… - Diabetologia, 2022 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of kidney failure and
has a substantial genetic component. Our aim was to identify novel genetic factors and …

A Multivariate Analysis of Genome-Wide Association (GWAS) Data to Identify Genes Associated with CKD: PO1330

AJ Osborne, A Bierzynska, GI Welsh… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), a major public health burden, is characterised
by a progressive loss of nephron function which leads to an impaired ability to filter the …

Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) in the Million Veteran Program of Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) Highlights Biology of the Glomerular Basement Membrane …

A Hung, HC Chen, LF Fried, R Tao, Y Sun… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Diabetes is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
worldwide. Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) is defined by reduced kidney function and/or …

Common variants in Mendelian kidney disease genes and their association with renal function

A Parsa, C Fuchsberger, A Koettgen… - Journal of the …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Many common genetic variants identified by genome-wide association studies for complex
traits map to genes previously linked to rare inherited Mendelian disorders. A systematic …

Trans-ethnic kidney function association study reveals putative causal genes and effects on kidney-specific disease aetiologies

AP Morris, TH Le, H Wu, A Akbarov… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects~ 10% of the global population, with considerable
ethnic differences in prevalence and aetiology. We assemble genome-wide association …

The genetics of common kidney disease: a pathway toward clinical relevance

PE Drawz, JR Sedor - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2011 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have advanced our understanding of the
genetic basis for common renal diseases, including chronic kidney disease (CKD) and …