Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kidney Disease in African Americans

Dense mapping of MYH9 localizes the strongest kidney disease associations to the region of introns 13 to 15

(2010) George W. Nelson et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Worldwide Distribution of the MYH9 Kidney Disease Susceptibility Alleles and Haplotypes: Evidence of Historical Selection in Africa

(2010) Taras K. Oleksyk et al.   PLoS One

A Composite of Multiple Signals Distinguishes Causal Variants in Regions of Positive Selection

(2010) S. R. Grossman et al.   SCIENCE

Polymorphisms in the non-muscle myosin heavy chain 9 gene (MYH9) are strongly associated with end-stage renal disease historically attributed to hypertension in African Americans

(2009) Barry I. Freedman et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Non-muscle myosin heavy chain 9 gene MYH9 associations in African Americans with clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus-associated ESRD

(2009) B. I. Freedman et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Trypanosome Lytic Factor, an Antimicrobial High-Density Lipoprotein, Ameliorates Leishmania Infection

(2009) Marie Samanovic et al.   PLoS Pathogens

C-Terminal Mutants of Apolipoprotein L-I Efficiently Kill Both Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

(2009) Laurence Lecordier et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Natural selection has driven population differentiation in modern humans

(2008) Luis B Barreiro et al.   NATURE GENETICS

MYH9 is associated with nondiabetic end-stage renal disease in African Americans

(2008) W H Linda Kao et al.   NATURE GENETICS

MYH9 is a major-effect risk gene for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

(2008) Jeffrey B Kopp et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis: Where Do We Stand and What Comes Next?

(2008) Pere P Simarro et al.   PLOS MEDICINE