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Abstract
The M-type receptor for phospholipase A2 (PLA2R1) is the major target antigen in idiopathic membranous nephropathy (iMN). Our recent genome-wide association study showed that genetic variants in an HLA-DQA1 and phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R1) allele associate most significantly with biopsy-proven iMN, suggesting that rare genetic variants within the coding region of the PLA2R1 gene may contribute to antibody formation. Here, we sequenced PLA2R1 in a cohort of 95 white patients with biopsy-proven iMN and assessed all 30 exons of PLA2R1, including canonical (GT-AG) splice sites, by Sanger sequencing. Sixty patients had anti-PLA2R1 in serum or detectable PLA2R1 antigen in kidney tissue. We identified 18 sequence variants, comprising 2 not previously described, 7 reported as rare variants (
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 677-683 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29 Mar 2013 |
Keywords
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Humans
- Adult
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranous
- Aged
- Receptors, Phospholipase A2
- Middle Aged
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Male
- Genomic Structural Variation
- Female
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IMMUNOSUPPRESSION FOR PROGRESSIVE MEMBRANOUS NEPHROPATHY
Mathieson, P. W.
1/04/99 → 1/04/09
Project: Research