Genetic variation in APOL1 and MYH9 genes is associated with chronic kidney disease among Nigerians

Genetics of kidney failure and the evolving story of APOL1

(2011) David J. Friedman et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

APOL1 Variants Increase Risk for FSGS and HIVAN but Not IgA Nephropathy

(2011) N. Papeta et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Missense mutations in the APOL1 gene are highly associated with end stage kidney disease risk previously attributed to the MYH9 gene

(2010) Shay Tzur et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

African ancestry allelic variation at the MYH9 gene contributes to increased susceptibility to non-diabetic end-stage kidney disease in Hispanic Americans

(2010) Doron M. Behar et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Arrest of the true culprit and acquittal of the innocent? Genetic revelations charge APOL1 variants with kidney disease susceptibility

(2010) Martin Zenker et al.   INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY

The Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) Gene and Nondiabetic Nephropathy in African Americans

(2010) B. I. Freedman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

A risk allele for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in African Americans is located within a region containing APOL1 and MYH9

(2010) Giulio Genovese et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

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

Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kidney Disease in African Americans

(2010) G. Genovese et al.   SCIENCE

Polymorphisms in the Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain 9 Gene (MYH9) Are Associated with Albuminuria in Hypertensive African Americans: The HyperGEN Study

(2009) Barry I. Freedman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY

The origin of malignant malaria

(2009) S. M. Rich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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