Geographic Differences in Genetic Susceptibility to IgA Nephropathy: GWAS Replication Study and Geospatial Risk Analysis

IgA nephropathy (IgAN), major cause of kidney failure worldwide, is common in Asians, moderately prevalent in Europeans, and rare in Africans. It is not known if these differences represent variation in genes, environment, or ascertainment. In a recent GWAS, we localized five IgAN susceptibility loc...

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Main Authors: Kiryluk, Krzysztof, Li, Yifu, Sanna-Cherchi, Simone, Rohanizadegan, Mersedeh, Suzuki, Hitoshi, Eitner, Frank, Snyder, Holly J., Choi, Murim, Hou, Ping, Scolari, Francesco, Izzi, Claudia, Gigante, Maddalena, Gesualdo, Loreto, Savoldi, Silvana, Amoroso, Antonio, Cusi, Daniele, Zamboli, Pasquale, Julian, Bruce A., Novak, Jan, Wyatt, Robert J., Mucha, Krzysztof, Perola, Markus, Kristiansson, Kati, Viktorin, Alexander, Magnusson, Patrik K., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stefansson, Kari, Boland, Anne, Metzger, Marie, Thibaudin, Lise, Wanner, Christoph, Jager, Kitty J., Goto, Shin, Maixnerova, Dita, Karnib, Hussein H., Nagy, Judit, Panzer, Ulf, Xie, Jingyuan, Chen, Nan, Tesar, Vladimir, Narita, Ichiei, Berthoux, Francois, Floege, Jürgen, Stengel, Benedicte, Zhang, Hong, Lifton, Richard P., Gharavi, Ali G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3380840/