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Sinha SK, Nicholas SB. Pathomechanisms of Diabetic Kidney Disease. J Clin Med 2023; 12:7349. [PMID: 38068400 PMCID: PMC10707303 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12237349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2024] Open
Abstract
The worldwide occurrence of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is swiftly rising, primarily attributed to the growing population of individuals affected by type 2 diabetes. This surge has been transformed into a substantial global concern, placing additional strain on healthcare systems already grappling with significant demands. The pathogenesis of DKD is intricate, originating with hyperglycemia, which triggers various mechanisms and pathways: metabolic, hemodynamic, inflammatory, and fibrotic which ultimately lead to renal damage. Within each pathway, several mediators contribute to the development of renal structural and functional changes. Some of these mediators, such as inflammatory cytokines, reactive oxygen species, and transforming growth factor β are shared among the different pathways, leading to significant overlap and interaction between them. While current treatment options for DKD have shown advancement over previous strategies, their effectiveness remains somewhat constrained as patients still experience residual risk of disease progression. Therefore, a comprehensive grasp of the molecular mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of DKD is imperative for the continued creation of novel and groundbreaking therapies for this condition. In this review, we discuss the current achievements in fundamental research, with a particular emphasis on individual factors and recent developments in DKD treatment.
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- Satyesh K. Sinha
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
- College of Medicine, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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Tziastoudi M, Cholevas C, Theoharides TC, Stefanidis I. Meta-Analysis and Bioinformatics Detection of Susceptibility Genes in Diabetic Nephropathy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010020. [PMID: 35008447 PMCID: PMC8744540 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The latest meta-analysis of genome-wide linkage studies (GWLS) identified nine cytogenetic locations suggestive of a linkage with diabetic nephropathy (DN) due to type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and seven locations due to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In order to gain biological insight about the functional role of the genes located in these regions and to prioritize the most significant genetic loci for further research, we conducted a gene ontology analysis with an over representation test for the functional annotation of the protein coding genes. Protein analysis through evolutionary relationships (PANTHER) version 16.0 software and Cytoscape with the relevant plugins were used for the gene ontology analysis, and the overrepresentation test and STRING database were used for the construction of the protein network. The findings of the over-representation test highlight the contribution of immune related molecules like immunoglobulins, cytokines, and chemokines with regard to the most overrepresented protein classes, whereas the most enriched signaling pathways include the VEGF signaling pathway, the Cadherin pathway, the Wnt pathway, the angiogenesis pathway, the p38 MAPK pathway, and the EGF receptor signaling pathway. The common section of T1DM and T2DM results include the significant over representation of immune related molecules, and the Cadherin and Wnt signaling pathways that could constitute potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of DN, irrespective of the type of diabetes.
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- Maria Tziastoudi
- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larisa, Greece;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +30-2413501667; Fax: +30-2413501015
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- First Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, AHEPA Hospital, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece;
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larisa, Greece;
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Govender MA, Brandenburg JT, Fabian J, Ramsay M. The Use of 'Omics for Diagnosing and Predicting Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Scoping Review. Front Genet 2021; 12:682929. [PMID: 34819944 PMCID: PMC8606569 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.682929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Globally, chronic kidney disease (CKD) contributes substantial morbidity and mortality. Recently, various ‘omics platforms have provided insight into the molecular basis of kidney dysfunction. This scoping review is a synthesis of the current literature on the use of different ‘omics platforms to identify biomarkers that could be used to detect early-stage CKD, predict disease progression, and identify pathways leading to CKD. This review includes 123 articles published from January 2007 to May 2021, following a structured selection process. The most common type of ‘omic platform was proteomics, appearing in 55 of the studies and two of these included a metabolomics component. Most studies (n = 91) reported on CKD associated with diabetes mellitus. Thirteen studies that provided information on the biomarkers associated with CKD and explored potential pathways involved in CKD are discussed. The biomarkers that are associated with risk or early detection of CKD are SNPs in the MYH9/APOL1 and UMOD genes, the proteomic CKD273 biomarker panel and metabolite pantothenic acid. Pantothenic acid and the CKD273 biomarker panel were also involved in predicting CKD progression. Retinoic acid pathway genes, UMOD, and pantothenic acid provided insight into potential pathways leading to CKD. The biomarkers were mainly used to detect CKD and predict progression in high-income, European ancestry populations, highlighting the need for representative ‘omics research in other populations with disparate socio-economic strata, including Africans, since disease etiologies may differ across ethnic groups. To assess the transferability of findings, it is essential to do research in diverse populations.
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- Melanie A Govender
- Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.,Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.,Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Tziastoudi M, Dardiotis E, Pissas G, Filippidis G, Golfinopoulos S, Siokas V, Tachmitzi SV, Eleftheriadis T, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Tsironi E, Stefanidis I. Serpin Family E Member 1 Tag Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy: An Association Study and Meta-Analysis Using a Genetic Model-Free Approach. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:1887. [PMID: 34946835 PMCID: PMC8701119 DOI: 10.3390/genes12121887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Many lines of evidence highlight the genetic contribution on the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). One of the studied genes is SERPINE1 whose the role in the risk of developing DN remains questionable. In order to elucidate the contribution of SERPINE1 in DN progression in the context of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), we conducted an association study and meta-analysis of SERPINE1 genetic variants. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 190 patients with DN, 150 T2DM (type 2 diabetes mellitus) patients without DN and 238 healthy controls were recruited. We selected five tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the HapMap. The generalized odds ratio (ORG) was calculated to estimate the risk on DN development. Subgroup analyses based on ethnicity and type of diabetes were also performed. RESULTS Both the present association study regarding SERPINE1 SNPs (rs2227667, rs2070682, rs1050813, rs2227690, rs2227692) did not found any significant association between SERPINE1 variants and DN and the meta-analysis of variant 4G>5G (rs1799889) did not also reveal a significant association between 4G>5G variant and DN in main and subgroup analyses. DISCUSSION In conclusion, the present association study and meta-analysis provides strong evidence that SERPINE1 genetic variant 4G>5G is not implicated in the risk or development of DN in Caucasians. Further studies in other populations remain to further investigate the role of this variant in the course of DN.
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- Maria Tziastoudi
- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (G.P.); (G.F.); (S.G.); (T.E.); (I.S.)
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (E.D.); (V.S.); (G.M.H.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (G.P.); (G.F.); (S.G.); (T.E.); (I.S.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (G.P.); (G.F.); (S.G.); (T.E.); (I.S.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (G.P.); (G.F.); (S.G.); (T.E.); (I.S.)
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (E.D.); (V.S.); (G.M.H.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (S.V.T.); (E.T.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (G.P.); (G.F.); (S.G.); (T.E.); (I.S.)
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (E.D.); (V.S.); (G.M.H.)
- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 22006, Cyprus
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (S.V.T.); (E.T.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (G.P.); (G.F.); (S.G.); (T.E.); (I.S.)
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Kim SS, Hudgins AD, Yang J, Zhu Y, Tu Z, Rosenfeld MG, DiLorenzo TP, Suh Y. A comprehensive integrated post-GWAS analysis of Type 1 diabetes reveals enhancer-based immune dysregulation. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257265. [PMID: 34529725 PMCID: PMC8445446 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease, whereby immune cell-mediated killing leads to loss of the insulin-producing β cells in the pancreas. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified over 200 genetic variants associated with risk for T1D. The majority of the GWAS risk variants reside in the non-coding regions of the genome, suggesting that gene regulatory changes substantially contribute to T1D. However, identification of causal regulatory variants associated with T1D risk and their affected genes is challenging due to incomplete knowledge of non-coding regulatory elements and the cellular states and processes in which they function. Here, we performed a comprehensive integrated post-GWAS analysis of T1D to identify functional regulatory variants in enhancers and their cognate target genes. Starting with 1,817 candidate T1D SNPs defined from the GWAS catalog and LDlink databases, we conducted functional annotation analysis using genomic data from various public databases. These include 1) Roadmap Epigenomics, ENCODE, and RegulomeDB for epigenome data; 2) GTEx for tissue-specific gene expression and expression quantitative trait loci data; and 3) lncRNASNP2 for long non-coding RNA data. Our results indicated a prevalent enhancer-based immune dysregulation in T1D pathogenesis. We identified 26 high-probability causal enhancer SNPs associated with T1D, and 64 predicted target genes. The majority of the target genes play major roles in antigen presentation and immune response and are regulated through complex transcriptional regulatory circuits, including those in HLA (6p21) and non-HLA (16p11.2) loci. These candidate causal enhancer SNPs are supported by strong evidence and warrant functional follow-up studies.
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- Seung-Soo Kim
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- The Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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DeFronzo RA, Abdul-Ghani M. Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and the Kidney. Diabetes Spectr 2021; 34:225-234. [PMID: 34511848 PMCID: PMC8387612 DOI: 10.2337/ds20-0071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) accounts for about half of individuals entering end-stage renal disease programs. Patients with DKD frequently have associated microvascular complications and are at very high risk for developing macrovascular complications. Comprehensive treatment involves slowing or preventing the decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and preventing macrovascular and further microvascular complications. Maintaining an A1C <6.5% represents primary prevention; in established DKD, tight blood pressure control is essential. ACE inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors can be used in combination to slow the rate of decline in GFR. This article reviews the general approach to DKD treatment and summarizes renal outcomes in four cardiovascular outcomes trials of SGLT2 inhibitors. Together, these trials provide conclusive evidence that SGLT2 inhibitors, added to an ACE inhibitor or ARB, slow the progression of DKD.
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Palmer MB, Abedini A, Jackson C, Blady S, Chatterjee S, Sullivan KM, Townsend RR, Brodbeck J, Almaani S, Srivastava A, Avasare R, Ross MJ, Mottl AK, Argyropoulos C, Hogan J, Susztak K. The Role of Glomerular Epithelial Injury in Kidney Function Decline in Patients With Diabetic Kidney Disease in the TRIDENT Cohort. Kidney Int Rep 2021; 6:1066-1080. [PMID: 33912757 PMCID: PMC8071659 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Introduction Although diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is responsible for more than half of all chronic and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), the association of light (LM) and electron microscopic (EM) structural changes with clinical parameters and prognosis in DKD is incompletely understood. Methods This is an interim analysis of 62 patients diagnosed with biopsy-confirmed DKD from the multicenter TRIDENT (Transformative Research in Diabetic Nephropathy) study. Twelve LM and 8 EM descriptors, representing changes in glomeruli, tubulointerstitium, and vasculature were analyzed for their relationship with clinical measures of renal function. Patients were followed every 6 months. Results Multivariable linear regression analysis revealed that estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) upon enrollment correlated the best with interstitial fibrosis. On the other hand, the rate of kidney function decline (eGFR slope) correlated the most with glomerular lesions including global glomerulosclerosis and mesangiolysis. Unbiased clustering analysis based on histopathologic data identified 3 subgroups. The first cluster, encompassing subjects with the mildest histologic lesions, had the most preserved kidney function. The second and third clusters had similar degrees of kidney dysfunction and structural damage, but differed in the degree of glomerular epithelial cell and podocyte injury (podocytopathy DKD subtype). Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that subjects in cluster 2 had the highest risk to reach ESKD (hazard ratio: 17.89; 95% confidence interval: 2.13–149.79). Glomerular epithelial hyperplasia and interstitial fibrosis were significant predictors of ESKD in the multivariate model. Conclusion The study highlights the association between fibrosis and kidney function and identifies the role of glomerular epithelial changes and kidney function decline.
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- Matthew B Palmer
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute of Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute of Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute of Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute of Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute of Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Inflammation & Respiratory Therapeutics, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, United States
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- Division of Nephrology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Nephrology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA
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- University of North Carolina Kidney Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute of Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Horton WB, Barrett EJ. Microvascular Dysfunction in Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiometabolic Disease. Endocr Rev 2021; 42:29-55. [PMID: 33125468 PMCID: PMC7846151 DOI: 10.1210/endrev/bnaa025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
This review takes an inclusive approach to microvascular dysfunction in diabetes mellitus and cardiometabolic disease. In virtually every organ, dynamic interactions between the microvasculature and resident tissue elements normally modulate vascular and tissue function in a homeostatic fashion. This regulation is disordered by diabetes mellitus, by hypertension, by obesity, and by dyslipidemia individually (or combined in cardiometabolic disease), with dysfunction serving as an early marker of change. In particular, we suggest that the familiar retinal, renal, and neural complications of diabetes mellitus are late-stage manifestations of microvascular injury that begins years earlier and is often abetted by other cardiometabolic disease elements (eg, hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia). We focus on evidence that microvascular dysfunction precedes anatomic microvascular disease in these organs as well as in heart, muscle, and brain. We suggest that early on, diabetes mellitus and/or cardiometabolic disease can each cause reversible microvascular injury with accompanying dysfunction, which in time may or may not become irreversible and anatomically identifiable disease (eg, vascular basement membrane thickening, capillary rarefaction, pericyte loss, etc.). Consequences can include the familiar vision loss, renal insufficiency, and neuropathy, but also heart failure, sarcopenia, cognitive impairment, and escalating metabolic dysfunction. Our understanding of normal microvascular function and early dysfunction is rapidly evolving, aided by innovative genetic and imaging tools. This is leading, in tissues like the retina, to testing novel preventive interventions at early, reversible stages of microvascular injury. Great hope lies in the possibility that some of these interventions may develop into effective therapies.
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- William B Horton
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine.,Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Tziastoudi M, Stefanidis I, Stravodimos K, Zintzaras E. Identification of Chromosomal Regions Linked to Diabetic Nephropathy: A Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Linkage Scans. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2019; 23:105-117. [DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2018.0209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Maria Tziastoudi
- Department of Biomathematics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- 1st University Department of Urology, Laiko General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian Athens University, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biomathematics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
- The Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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Gurley SB, Ghosh S, Johnson SA, Azushima K, Sakban RB, George SE, Maeda M, Meyer TW, Coffman TM. Inflammation and Immunity Pathways Regulate Genetic Susceptibility to Diabetic Nephropathy. Diabetes 2018; 67:2096-2106. [PMID: 30065034 PMCID: PMC6152345 DOI: 10.2337/db17-1323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a leading cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide, but its molecular pathogenesis is not well defined, and there are no specific treatments. In humans, there is a strong genetic component determining susceptibility to DN. However, specific genes controlling DN susceptibility in humans have not been identified. In this study, we describe a mouse model combining type 1 diabetes with activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), which develops robust kidney disease with features resembling human DN: heavy albuminuria, hypertension, and glomerulosclerosis. Additionally, there is a powerful effect of genetic background regulating susceptibility to nephropathy; the 129 strain is susceptible to kidney disease, whereas the C57BL/6 strain is resistant. To examine the molecular basis of this differential susceptibility, we analyzed the glomerular transcriptome of young mice early in the course of their disease. We find dramatic differences in regulation of immune and inflammatory pathways, with upregulation of proinflammatory pathways in the susceptible (129) strain and coordinate downregulation in the resistant (C57BL/6) strain. Many of these pathways are also upregulated in rat models and in humans with DN. Our studies suggest that genes controlling inflammatory responses, triggered by hyperglycemia and RAS activation, may be critical early determinants of susceptibility to DN.
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- Susan B Gurley
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC
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- Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC
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- Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC
- Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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Grosjean F, Yubero-Serrano EM, Zheng F, Esposito V, Swamy S, Elliot SJ, Cai W, Vlassara H, Salem F, Striker GE. Pharmacologic control of oxidative stress and inflammation determines whether diabetic glomerulosclerosis progresses or decreases: A pilot study in sclerosis-prone mice. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0204366. [PMID: 30252878 PMCID: PMC6155507 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is characterized by progressive glomerulosclerosis (GS). ROP mice have a sclerosis-prone phenotype. However, they develop severe, rapidly progressive GS when rendered diabetic. Since GS also develops in aged C57Bl6 mice, and can be reversed using bone marrow from young mice which have lower oxidative stress and inflammation (OS/Infl), we postulated that this might also apply to DKD. Therefore, this pilot study asked whether reducing OS/Infl in young adult sclerosis-prone (ROP) diabetic mice leads to resolution of existing GS in early DKD using safe, FDA-approved drugs.After 4 weeks of stable streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia 8-12 week-old female mice were randomized and treated for 22 weeks as follows: 1) enalapril (EN) (n = 8); 2) pyridoxamine (PYR)+EN (n = 8); 3) pentosan polysulfate (PPS)+EN (n = 7) and 4) PPS+PYR+EN (n = 7). Controls were untreated (non-DB, n = 7) and hyperglycemic (DB, n = 8) littermates. PPS+PYR+EN reduced albuminuria and reversed GS in DB. Treatment effects: 1) Anti-OS/Infl defenses: a) PPS+PYR+EN increased the levels of SIRT1, Nrf2, estrogen receptor α (ERα) and advanced glycation endproduct-receptor1 (AGER1) levels; and b) PYR+EN increased ERα and AGER1 levels. 2) Pro-OS/Infl factors: a) PPS+PYR+EN reduced sTNFR1, b) all except EN reduced MCP1, c) RAGE was reduced by all treatments. In summary, PYR+PPS+EN modulated GS in sclerosis-prone hyperglycemic mice. PYR+PPS+EN also decreased albuminuria, OS/Infl and the sclerosis-prone phenotype. Thus, reducing OS/Infl may reverse GS in early diabetes in patients, and albuminuria may allow early detection of the sclerosis-prone phenotype.
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- Fabrizio Grosjean
- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, and CIBER Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutricion (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Nephrology and Basic Science Laboratory, Union Hospital Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Fondazione IRCCS Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Division of Experimental Diabetes and Aging, Department of Geriatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Experimental Diabetes and Aging, Department of Geriatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave Levy Place, Annenberg 15–235, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Experimental Diabetes and Aging, Department of Geriatrics and Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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Razi F, Daneshpour MS, Karimoei M, Mehrabzadeh M, Bandarian F, Bahreini E, Qorbani M, Pasalar P. AGTR1 rs5186 variants in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and nephropathy. Meta Gene 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mgene.2017.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Barrett EJ, Liu Z, Khamaisi M, King GL, Klein R, Klein BEK, Hughes TM, Craft S, Freedman BI, Bowden DW, Vinik AI, Casellini CM. Diabetic Microvascular Disease: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2017; 102:4343-4410. [PMID: 29126250 PMCID: PMC5718697 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-01922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes adversely affect the microvasculature in multiple organs. Our understanding of the genesis of this injury and of potential interventions to prevent, limit, or reverse injury/dysfunction is continuously evolving. This statement reviews biochemical/cellular pathways involved in facilitating and abrogating microvascular injury. The statement summarizes the types of injury/dysfunction that occur in the three classical diabetes microvascular target tissues, the eye, the kidney, and the peripheral nervous system; the statement also reviews information on the effects of diabetes and insulin resistance on the microvasculature of skin, brain, adipose tissue, and cardiac and skeletal muscle. Despite extensive and intensive research, it is disappointing that microvascular complications of diabetes continue to compromise the quantity and quality of life for patients with diabetes. Hopefully, by understanding and building on current research findings, we will discover new approaches for prevention and treatment that will be effective for future generations.
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- Eugene J. Barrett
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
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- Section of Vascular Cell Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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- Section of Vascular Cell Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53705
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53705
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- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
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- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
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- Divisions of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Centers for Diabetes Research, and Center for Human Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
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- Divisions of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Centers for Diabetes Research, and Center for Human Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
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- EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical Center, Norfolk, Virginia 23510
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- EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical Center, Norfolk, Virginia 23510
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Choi JW, Moon S, Jang EJ, Lee CH, Park JS. Association of prediabetes-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms with microalbuminuria. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171367. [PMID: 28158221 PMCID: PMC5291388 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Increased glycemic exposure, even below the diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus, is crucial in the pathogenesis of diabetic microvascular complications represented by microalbuminuria. Nonetheless, there is limited evidence regarding which single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with prediabetes and whether genetic predisposition to prediabetes is related to microalbuminuria, especially in the general population. Our objective was to answer these questions. We conducted a genomewide association study (GWAS) separately on two population-based cohorts, Ansung and Ansan, in the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES). The initial GWAS was carried out on the Ansung cohort, followed by a replication study on the Ansan cohort. A total of 5682 native Korean participants without a significant medical illness were classified into either control group (n = 3153) or prediabetic group (n = 2529). In the GWAS, we identified two susceptibility loci associated with prediabetes, one at 17p15.3-p15.1 in the GCK gene and another at 7p15.1 in YKT6. When variations in GCK and YKT6 were used as a model of prediabetes, this genetically determined prediabetes increased microalbuminuria. Multiple logistic regression analyses revealed that fasting glucose concentration in plasma and SNP rs2908289 in GCK were associated with microalbuminuria, and adjustment for age, gender, smoking history, systolic blood pressure, waist circumference, and serum triglyceride levels did not attenuate this association. Our results suggest that prediabetes and the associated SNPs may predispose to microalbuminuria before the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Further studies are needed to explore the details of the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying this genetic association.
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- Jong Wook Choi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- * E-mail: (JSP); (CHL)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- * E-mail: (JSP); (CHL)
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Kidney disease is a serious development in diabetes mellitus and poses an increasing clinical problem. Despite increasing incidence and prevalence of diabetic kidney disease, there have been no new therapies for this condition in the last 20 years. Mounting evidence supports a biological role for C-peptide, and findings from multiple studies now suggest that C-peptide may beneficially affect the disturbed metabolic and pathophysiological pathways leading to the development of diabetic nephropathy. Studies of C-peptide in animal models and in humans with type 1 diabetes all suggest a renoprotective effect for this peptide. In diabetic rodents, C-peptide reduces glomerular hyperfiltration and albuminuria. Cohort studies of diabetic patients with combined islet and kidney transplants suggest that maintained C-peptide secretion is protective of renal graft function. Further, in short-term studies of patients with type 1 diabetes, administration of C-peptide is also associated with a lowered hyperfiltration rate and reduced microalbuminuria. Thus, the available information suggests that type 1 diabetes should be regarded as a dual hormone deficiency disease and that clinical trials of C-peptide in diabetic nephropathy are both justified and urgently required.
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- N J Brunskill
- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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Jin L, Wang T, Jiang S, Chen M, Zhang R, Hu C, Jia W, Liu Z. The Association of a Genetic Variant in SCAF8-CNKSR3 with Diabetic Kidney Disease and Diabetic Retinopathy in a Chinese Population. J Diabetes Res 2017; 2017:6542689. [PMID: 28401168 PMCID: PMC5376416 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6542689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background. Genome-wide association studies found rs955333 located in 6q25.2 was associated with diabetic kidney disease in multiple ethnic populations, including European Americans, African Americans, and Mexican Americans. We aimed to investigate the association between the variant rs955333 in SCAF8-CNKSR3 and DKD susceptibility in Chinese type 2 diabetes patients. Methods. The variant rs955333 was genotyped in 1884 Chinese type 2 diabetes patients. Associations of the variant rs955333 with DKD and DR susceptibility and related quantitative traits were evaluated. Results. The variant rs955333 was not associated with DKD in our samples, while subjects with genotype GG were associated with DR (P = 0.047, OR = 0.5525 [0.308,0.9911]), and it also showed association with microalbuminuria (P = 0.024, beta = -0.1812 [-0.339, -0.024]). Conclusion. Our data suggests the variant rs955333 was not associated with DKD but showed association with diabetic retinopathy in Chinese type 2 diabetes patients.
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- Li Jin
- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210016, China
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Heinzel A, Mühlberger I, Stelzer G, Lancet D, Oberbauer R, Martin M, Perco P. Molecular disease presentation in diabetic nephropathy. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2016. [PMID: 26209734 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfv267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Diabetic nephropathy, as the most prevalent chronic disease of the kidney, has also become the primary cause of end-stage renal disease with the incidence of kidney disease in type 2 diabetics continuously rising. As with most chronic diseases, the pathophysiology is multifactorial with a number of deregulated molecular processes contributing to disease manifestation and progression. Current therapy mainly involves interfering in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers. Better understanding of molecular processes deregulated in the early stages and progression of disease hold the key for development of novel therapeutics addressing this complex disease. With the advent of high-throughput omics technologies, researchers set out to systematically study the disease on a molecular level. Results of the first omics studies were mainly focused on reporting the highest deregulated molecules between diseased and healthy subjects with recent attempts to integrate findings of multiple studies on the level of molecular pathways and processes. In this review, we will outline key omics studies on the genome, transcriptome, proteome and metabolome level in the context of DN. We will also provide concepts on how to integrate findings of these individual studies (i) on the level of functional processes using the gene-ontology vocabulary, (ii) on the level of molecular pathways and (iii) on the level of phenotype molecular models constructed based on protein-protein interaction data.
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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- emergentec biodevelopment GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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Davoudi S, Sobrin L. Novel Genetic Actors of Diabetes-Associated Microvascular Complications: Retinopathy, Kidney Disease and Neuropathy. Rev Diabet Stud 2016; 12:243-59. [PMID: 26859656 DOI: 10.1900/rds.2015.12.243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus can lead to the common microvascular complications of diabetic retinopathy, kidney disease, and neuropathy. Diabetic patients do not universally develop these complications. Long duration of diabetes and poor glycemic control explain a lot of the variability in the development of microvascular complications, but not all. Genetic factors account for some of the remaining variability because of the heritability and familial clustering of these complications. There have been a large number of investigations, including linkage studies, candidate gene studies, and genome-wide association studies, all of which have sought to identify the specific variants that increase susceptibility. For retinopathy, several genome-wide association studies have been performed in small or midsize samples, but no reproducible loci across the studies have been identified. For diabetic kidney disease, genome-wide association studies in larger samples have been performed, and loci for this complication are beginning to emerge. However, validation of the existing discoveries, and further novel discoveries in larger samples is ongoing. The amount of genetic research into diabetic neuropathy has been very limited, and much is dedicated to the understanding of genetic risk factors only. Collaborations that pool samples and aim to detect phenotype classifications more precisely are promising avenues for a better explanation of the genetics of diabetic microvascular complications.
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- Samaneh Davoudi
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Ma RCW. Genetics of cardiovascular and renal complications in diabetes. J Diabetes Investig 2015; 7:139-54. [PMID: 27042264 PMCID: PMC4773661 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The development of debilitating complications represents a major heathcare burden associated with the treatment of diabetes. Despite advances in new therapies for controlling hyperglycemia, the burden associated with diabetic complications remains high, especially in relation to cardiovascular and renal complications. Furthermore, an increasing proportion of patients develop type 2 diabetes at a younger age, putting them at higher risk of developing complications as a result of the increased exposure to hyperglycemia. Diabetes has become the main contributing cause to end‐stage renal disease in most countries. Although there has been important breakthroughs in our understanding of the genetics of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, bringing important insights towards the pathogenesis of diabetes, there has been comparatively less progress in our understanding of the genetic basis of diabetic complications. Genome‐wide association studies are beginning to expand our understanding of the genetic architecture relating to diabetic complications. Improved understanding of the genetic basis of diabetic cardiorenal complications might provide an opportunity for improved risk prediction, as well as the development of new therapies.
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- Ronald C W Ma
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong; Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong; Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
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Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Patients with diabetic nephropathy have a high cardiovascular risk, comparable to patients with coronary heart disease. Accordingly, identification and management of risk factors for diabetic nephropathy as well as timely diagnosis and prompt management of the condition are of paramount importance for effective treatment. A variety of risk factors promotes the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy, including elevated glucose levels, long duration of diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and dyslipidemia. Most of these risk factors are modifiable by antidiabetic, antihypertensive, or lipid-lowering treatment and lifestyle changes. Others such as genetic factors or advanced age cannot be modified. Therefore, the rigorous management of the modifiable risk factors is essential for preventing and delaying the decline in renal function. Early diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy is another essential component in the management of diabetes and its complications such as nephropathy. New markers may allow earlier diagnosis of this common and serious complication, but further studies are needed to clarify their additive predictive value, and to define their cost-benefit ratio. This article reviews the most important risk factors in the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy and summarizes recent developments in the diagnosis of this disease.
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- Konstantinos Tziomalos
- First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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The global prevalence of diabetic nephropathy is rising in parallel with the increasing incidence of diabetes in most countries. Unfortunately, up to 40 % of persons diagnosed with diabetes may develop kidney complications. Diabetic nephropathy is associated with substantially increased risks of cardiovascular disease and premature mortality. An inherited susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy exists, and progress is being made unravelling the genetic basis for nephropathy thanks to international research collaborations, shared biological resources and new analytical approaches. Multiple epidemiological studies have highlighted the clinical heterogeneity of nephropathy and the need for better phenotyping to help define important subgroups for analysis and increase the power of genetic studies. Collaborative genome-wide association studies for nephropathy have reported unique genes, highlighted novel biological pathways and suggested new disease mechanisms, but progress towards clinically relevant risk prediction models for diabetic nephropathy has been slow. This review summarises the current status, recent developments and ongoing challenges elucidating the genetics of diabetic nephropathy.
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- Amy Jayne McKnight
- Nephrology Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, c/o Regional Genetics Centre, Level A, Tower Block, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AB, UK,
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Liu R, Lee K, He JC. Genetics and Epigenetics of Diabetic Nephropathy. KIDNEY DISEASES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2015; 1:42-51. [PMID: 27536664 PMCID: PMC4934801 DOI: 10.1159/000381796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2015] [Revised: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the USA and worldwide, contributing to significant morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. A genetic factor for the development of DN is strongly implicated, as only one third of diabetic patients eventually develop kidney disease. Growing evidence also supports an important role of epigenetic modifications in DN. SUMMARY Multiple studies have been performed to identify risk genes and loci associated with DN. So far, only several genes and loci have been identified, none of which showed a strong association with DN. Therefore, a better study design with a larger sample size to identify rare variants and a clinically defined patient population to identify genes and loci associated with progressive DN are still needed. In addition to genetic factors, epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation, histone modifications and microRNAs, also play a major role in the pathogenesis of DN through a second layer of gene regulation. Although a major progress has been made in this field, epigenetic studies in DN are still in the early phase and have been limited mostly due to the heterogeneity of kidney tissue samples with multiple cells. However, rapid development of high-throughput genome-wide techniques will help us to better identify genetic variants and epigenetic changes in DN. KEY MESSAGE Understanding of genetic and epigenetic changes in DN is needed for the development of new biomarkers and better drug targets against DN. Summarized in this review are important recent findings on genetic and epigenetic studies in the field of DN.
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- Ruijie Liu
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y., USA
- Renal Section, James J. Peters VAMC, New York, N.Y., USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y., USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y., USA
- Renal Section, James J. Peters VAMC, New York, N.Y., USA
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The rising global prevalence of diabetes mellitus is accompanied by an increasing burden of morbidity and mortality that is attributable to the complications of chronic hyperglycaemia. These complications include blindness, renal failure and cardiovascular disease. Current therapeutic options for chronic hyperglycaemia reduce, but do not eradicate, the risk of these complications. Success in defining new preventative and therapeutic strategies hinges on an improved understanding of the molecular processes involved in the development of these complications. This Review explores the role of human genetics in delivering such insights, and describes progress in characterizing the sequence variants that influence individual predisposition to diabetic kidney disease, retinopathy, neuropathy and accelerated cardiovascular disease. Numerous risk variants for microvascular complications of diabetes have been reported, but very few have shown robust replication. Furthermore, only limited evidence exists of a difference in the repertoire of risk variants influencing macrovascular disease between those with and those without diabetes. Here, we outline the challenges associated with the genetic analysis of diabetic complications and highlight ongoing efforts to deliver biological insights that can drive translational benefits.
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Sortica DA, Buffon MP, Souza BM, Nicoletto BB, Santer A, Assmann TS, Crispim D, Canani LH. Association between the ENPP1 K121Q polymorphism and risk of diabetic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118416. [PMID: 25794151 PMCID: PMC4368055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The potential association between the K121Q (A/C, rs1044498) polymorphism in the ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase (ENPP1) gene and risk of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) has been investigated. Nevertheless, the effect of this variant on DKD risk is still under debate, and conflicting results have been reported. To this date, no meta-analysis has evaluated the association of the K121Q polymorphism with DKD. This paper describes the first meta-analysis conducted to evaluate whether the ENPP1K121Q polymorphism is associated with DKD. A literature search was conducted to identify all case-control or cross-sectional studies that evaluated associations between the ENPP1K121Q polymorphism and DKD. Pooled odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated for allele contrast, additive, dominant and recessive inheritance models. Seven studies were eligible for inclusion in the meta-analysis, providing data on 3571 type 1 or type 2 diabetic patients (1606 cases with DKD and 1965 diabetic controls without this complication). No significant heterogeneity was observed among the studies included in the meta-analysis when assuming different inheritance models (I² < 50% or P > 0.10 for the entire sample and after stratification by ethnicity). Meta-analysis results revealed significant associations between the K121Q polymorphism and risk of DKD in Asians and Europeans when assuming the different inheritance models analyzed. The most powerful association was observed for the additive model (OR = 1.74, 95% CI 1.27-2.38 for the total sample). In conclusion, the present meta-analysis detected a significant association between the ENPP1K121Q polymorphism and increased susceptibility of DKD in European and Asian populations.
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- Denise Alves Sortica
- Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Lipner EM, Tomer Y, Noble JA, Monti MC, Lonsdale JT, Corso B, Greenberg DA. Linkage Analysis of Genomic Regions Contributing to the Expression of Type 1 Diabetes Microvascular Complications and Interaction with HLA. J Diabetes Res 2015; 2015:694107. [PMID: 26539552 PMCID: PMC4619952 DOI: 10.1155/2015/694107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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We conducted linkage analysis to follow up earlier work on microvascular complications of type 1 diabetes (T1D). We analyzed 415 families (2,008 individuals) previously genotyped for 402 SNP markers spanning chromosome 6. We did linkage analysis for the phenotypes of retinopathy and nephropathy. For retinopathy, two linkage peaks were mapped: one located at the HLA region and another novel locus telomeric to HLA. For nephropathy, a linkage peak centromeric to HLA was mapped, but the linkage peak telomeric to HLA seen in retinopathy was absent. Because of the strong association of T1D with DRB1*03:01 and DRB1*04:01, we stratified our analyses based on families whose probands were positive for DRB1*03:01 or DRB1*04:01. When analyzing the DRB1*03:01-positive retinopathy families, in addition to the novel telomeric locus, one centromeric to HLA was identified at the same location as the nephropathy peak. When we stratified on DRB1*04:01-positive families, the HLA telomeric peak strengthened but the centromeric peak disappeared. Our findings showed that HLA and non-HLA loci on chromosome 6 are involved in T1D complications' expression. While the HLA region is a major contributor to the expression of T1D, our results suggest an interaction between specific HLA alleles and other loci that influence complications' expression.
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- Ettie M. Lipner
- Integrated Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10013, USA
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- Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA 94702, USA
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- National Research Council, Neuroscience Institute, 35128 Padova, Italy
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- National Disease Research Interchange, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
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- National Research Council, Neuroscience Institute, 35128 Padova, Italy
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- Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43215, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Wexner Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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Currie G, McKay G, Delles C. Biomarkers in diabetic nephropathy: Present and future. World J Diabetes 2014; 5:763-776. [PMID: 25512779 PMCID: PMC4265863 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v5.i6.763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Revised: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of end stage renal disease in the Western world. Microalbuminuria (MA) is the earliest and most commonly used clinical index of DN and is independently associated with cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients. Although MA remains an essential tool for risk stratification and monitoring disease progression in DN, a number of factors have called into question its predictive power. Originally thought to be predictive of future overt DN in 80% of patients, we now know that only around 30% of microalbuminuric patients progress to overt nephropathy after 10 years of follow up. In addition, advanced structural alterations in the glomerular basement membrane may already have occurred by the time MA is clinically detectable.Evidence in recent years suggests that a significant proportion of patients with MA can revert to normoalbuminuria and the concept of nonalbuminuric DN is well-documented, reflecting the fact that patients with diabetes can demonstrate a reduction in glomerular filtration rate without progressing from normo-to MA. There is an unmet clinical need to identify biomarkers with potential for earlier diagnosis and risk stratification in DN and recent developments in this field will be the focus of this review article.
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Alkayyali S, Lyssenko V. Genetics of diabetes complications. Mamm Genome 2014; 25:384-400. [PMID: 25169573 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-014-9543-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chronic hyperglycemia and duration of diabetes are the major risk factors associated with development of micro- and macrovascular complications of diabetes. Although it is believed that hyperglycemia induces damage to the particular cell subtypes, e.g., mesangial cells in the renal glomerulus, capillary endothelial cells in the retina, and neurons and Schwann cells in peripheral nerves, the exact mechanisms underlying these damaging defects are not yet well understood. Clustering of micro- and macrovascular complications in families of patients with diabetes suggests a strong genetic susceptibility. However, until now only a handful number of genetic variants were reported to be associated with either nephropathy (ACE, ELMO1, FRMD3, and AKR1B1) or retinopathy (VEGF, AKR1B1, and EPO), and only a few studies were carried out for genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases (ADIPOQ, GLUL) in patients with diabetes. It is, therefore, obvious that the accumulation of more data from larger studies and better phenotypically characterized cohorts is needed to facilitate genetic discoveries and unravel novel insights into the pathogenesis of diabetic complications.
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- Sami Alkayyali
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, CRC, Lund University, Lund, Sweden,
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Reidy K, Kang HM, Hostetter T, Susztak K. Molecular mechanisms of diabetic kidney disease. J Clin Invest 2014; 124:2333-40. [PMID: 24892707 DOI: 10.1172/jci72271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 590] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of kidney failure worldwide and the single strongest predictor of mortality in patients with diabetes. DKD is a prototypical disease of gene and environmental interactions. Tight glucose control significantly decreases DKD incidence, indicating that hyperglycemia-induced metabolic alterations, including changes in energy utilization and mitochondrial dysfunction, play critical roles in disease initiation. Blood pressure control, especially with medications that inhibit the angiotensin system, is the only effective way to slow disease progression. While DKD is considered a microvascular complication of diabetes, growing evidence indicates that podocyte loss and epithelial dysfunction play important roles. Inflammation, cell hypertrophy, and dedifferentiation by the activation of classic pathways of regeneration further contribute to disease progression. Concerted clinical and basic research efforts will be needed to understand DKD pathogenesis and to identify novel drug targets.
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Kidney disease is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions and is a frequent complication of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. Recent advances in biomedical research and novel technologies have created opportunities to study kidney disease in a variety of platforms, applied to human populations. The Reviews in this series discuss the kidney in hypertension, diabetes, and monogenic forms of kidney disease, as well as the cellular and molecular mediators of acute kidney injury and fibrosis, IgA nephropathy and idiopathic membranous nephropathy, and kidney transplantation. In this introduction, we briefly review new insights into focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and the role of podocytes in health and disease. Additionally, we discuss how new technologies, therapeutics, and the availability of patient data can help shape the study of kidney disease and ultimately inform policies concerning biomedical research and health care.
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McKnight AJ, McKay GJ, Maxwell AP. Genetic and epigenetic risk factors for diabetic kidney disease. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2014; 21:287-96. [PMID: 24780457 DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2014.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Diabetes is increasing at daunting rates worldwide, and approximately 40% of affected individuals will develop kidney complications. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease, and there are significant healthcare costs providing appropriate renal replacement therapies to affected individuals. For several decades, investigators have sought to discover inherited risk factors and biomarkers for DKD. In recent years, advances in high-throughput laboratory techniques and computational analyses, coupled with the establishment of multicenter consortia, have helped to identify genetic loci that are replicated across multiple populations. Several genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been conducted for DKD with further meta-analysis of GWAS and comprehensive "single gene" meta-analyses now published. Despite these efforts, much of the inherited predisposition to DKD remains unexplained. Meta-analyses and integrated-omics pathway studies are being used to help elucidate underlying genetic risks. Epigenetic phenomena are increasingly recognized as important drivers of disease risk, and several epigenome-wide association studies have now been completed. This review describes key findings and ongoing genetic and epigenetic initiatives for DKD.
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OBJECTIVE The rationale for this study was to review the data on microalbuminuria (MA), an amount of albumin in the urine of 30-299 mg/day, in patients with diabetes in the context of cardiovascular risk and development of kidney disease. The objective was to review the pathophysiology of MA in patients with diabetes and review the data from trials regarding MA in the context of risk for cardiovascular events or kidney disease progression. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data sources were all PubMed-referenced articles in English-language peer-reviewed journals since 1964. Studies selected had to have a minimum 1-year follow-up and be either a randomized trial linking MA to cardiovascular or kidney disease outcome, a meta-analysis/systematic review, or a large observational cohort study. RESULTS The data suggest that MA is a risk marker for cardiovascular events and possibly for kidney disease development. Its presence alone, however, does not indicate established kidney disease, especially if the estimated glomerular filtration rate is >60 mL/min/1.73 m(2). An increase in MA, when blood pressure and other risk factors are controlled, portends a poor prognosis for kidney outcomes over time. Early in the course of diabetes, aggressive risk factor management focused on glycemic and blood pressure goals is important to delay kidney disease development and reduce cardiovascular risk. CONCLUSIONS MA is a marker of cardiovascular disease risk and should be monitored per guidelines once or twice a year for progression to macroalbuminuria and kidney disease development, especially if plasma glucose, lipids, and blood pressure are at guideline goals.
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Thameem F, Igo RP, Freedman BI, Langefeld C, Hanson RL, Schelling JR, Elston RC, Duggirala R, Nicholas SB, Goddard KAB, Divers J, Guo X, Ipp E, Kimmel PL, Meoni LA, Shah VO, Smith MW, Winkler CA, Zager PG, Knowler WC, Nelson RG, Pahl MV, Parekh RS, Kao WHL, Rasooly RS, Adler SG, Abboud HE, Iyengar SK, Sedor JR. A genome-wide search for linkage of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND). PLoS One 2013; 8:e81888. [PMID: 24358131 PMCID: PMC3866106 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Objective Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a measure of kidney function, is heritable, suggesting that genes influence renal function. Genes that influence eGFR have been identified through genome-wide association studies. However, family-based linkage approaches may identify loci that explain a larger proportion of the heritability. This study used genome-wide linkage and association scans to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) that influence eGFR. Methods Genome-wide linkage and sparse association scans of eGFR were performed in families ascertained by probands with advanced diabetic nephropathy (DN) from the multi-ethnic Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND) study. This study included 954 African Americans (AA), 781 American Indians (AI), 614 European Americans (EA) and 1,611 Mexican Americans (MA). A total of 3,960 FIND participants were genotyped for 6,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using the Illumina Linkage IVb panel. GFR was estimated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula. Results The non-parametric linkage analysis, accounting for the effects of diabetes duration and BMI, identified the strongest evidence for linkage of eGFR on chromosome 20q11 (log of the odds [LOD] = 3.34; P = 4.4×10−5) in MA and chromosome 15q12 (LOD = 2.84; P = 1.5×10−4) in EA. In all subjects, the strongest linkage signal for eGFR was detected on chromosome 10p12 (P = 5.5×10−4) at 44 cM near marker rs1339048. A subsequent association scan in both ancestry-specific groups and the entire population identified several SNPs significantly associated with eGFR across the genome. Conclusion The present study describes the localization of QTL influencing eGFR on 20q11 in MA, 15q21 in EA and 10p12 in the combined ethnic groups participating in the FIND study. Identification of causal genes/variants influencing eGFR, within these linkage and association loci, will open new avenues for functional analyses and development of novel diagnostic markers for DN.
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- Farook Thameem
- Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
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- National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Estus JL, Fardo DW. Combining genetic association study designs: a GWAS case study. Front Genet 2013; 4:186. [PMID: 24098305 PMCID: PMC3784826 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) explore the relationship between genome variability and disease susceptibility with either population- or family-based data. Here, we have evaluated the utility of combining population- and family-based statistical association tests and have proposed a method for reducing the burden of multiple testing. Unrelated singleton and parent-offspring trio cases and controls from the Genetics of Kidneys in Diabetes (GoKinD) study were analyzed for genetic association with diabetic nephropathy (DN) in type 1 diabetics (T1D). The Cochran-Armitage test for trend and the family-based association test were employed using either unrelated cases and controls or trios, respectively. In addition to combining single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) p-values across these tests via Fisher's method, we employed a novel screening approach to rank SNPs based on conditional power for more efficient testing. Using either the population-based or family-based subset alone predictably limited resolution to detect DN SNPs. For 384,197 SNPs passing quality control (QC), none achieved strict genome-wide significance (1.4 × 10−7) using 1171 singletons (577/594 cases/controls) or 1738 pooled singletons and offspring probands (841/897). Similarly, none of the 352,004 SNPs passing QC in 567 family trios (264/303 case/control proband trios) reached genome-wide significance. Testing the top 10 SNPs ranked using aggregated conditional power resulted in two SNPs reaching genome-wide significance, rs11645147 on chromosome 16 (p = 1.74 × 10−4 < 0.05/10 = 0.005) and rs7866522 on chromosome 9 (p = 0.0033). Efficient usage of mixed designs incorporating both unrelated and family-based data may help to uncover associations otherwise difficult to detect in the presence of massive multiple testing corrections. Capitalizing on the strengths of both types while using screening approaches may be useful especially in light of large-scale, next-generation sequencing and rare variant studies.
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- Janice L Estus
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, USA
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Susceptibility gene search for nephropathy and related traits in Mexican-Americans. Mol Biol Rep 2013; 40:5769-79. [PMID: 24057238 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2680-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/14/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The rising global epidemic of diabetic nephropathy (DN) will likely lead to increase in the prevalence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality posing a serious burden for public health care. Despite greater understanding of the etiology of diabetes and the development of novel treatment strategies to control blood glucose levels, the prevalence and incidence rate of DN is increasing especially in minority populations including Mexican-Americans. Mexican-Americans with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are three times more likely to develop microalbuminuria, and four times more likely to develop clinical proteinuria compared to non-Hispanic whites. Furthermore, Mexican-Americans have a sixfold increased risk of developing renal failure secondary to T2DM compared to Caucasians. Prevention and better treatment of DN should be a high priority for both health-care organizations and society at large. Pathogenesis of DN is multi-factorial. Familial clustering of DN-related traits in MAs show that DN and related traits are heritable and that genes play a susceptibility role. While, there has been some progress in identifying genes which when mutated influence an individual's risk, major gene(s) responsible for DN are yet to be identified. Knowledge of the genetic causes of DN is essential for elucidation of its mechanisms, and for adequate classification, prognosis, and treatment. Self-identification and collaboration among researchers with suitable genomic and clinical data for meta-analyses in Mexican-Americans is critical for progress in replicating/identifying DN risk genes in this population. This paper reviews the approaches and recent efforts made to identify genetic variants contributing to risk for DN and related phenotypes in the Mexican-American population.
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Nicholas SB, Iyengar SK. Does losartan prevent progression of early diabetic nephropathy in American Indians with type 2 diabetes? Diabetes 2013; 62:3014-6. [PMID: 23970520 PMCID: PMC3749328 DOI: 10.2337/db13-0748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Susanne B Nicholas
- Divisions of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Dörhöfer L, Lammert A, Krane V, Gorski M, Banas B, Wanner C, Krämer BK, Heid IM, Böger CA. Study design of DIACORE (DIAbetes COhoRtE) - a cohort study of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2013; 14:25. [PMID: 23409726 PMCID: PMC3577512 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2012] [Accepted: 01/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Background Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) is highly associated with increased risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), end stage renal disease (ESRD) and cardiovascular morbidity. Epidemiological and genetic studies generate hypotheses for innovative strategies in DM2 management by unravelling novel mechanisms of diabetes complications, which is essential for future intervention trials. We have thus initiated the DIAbetes COhoRtE study (DIACORE). Methods DIACORE is a prospective cohort study aiming to recruit 6000 patients of self-reported Caucasian ethnicity with prevalent DM2 for at least 10 years of follow-up. Study visits are performed in University-based recruiting clinics in Germany using standard operating procedures. All prevalent DM2 patients in outpatient clinics surrounding the recruiting centers are invited to participate. At baseline and at each 2-year follow-up examination, patients are subjected to a core phenotyping protocol. This includes a standardized online questionnaire and physical examination to determine incident micro- and macrovascular DM2 complications, malignancy and hospitalization, with a primary focus on renal events. Confirmatory outcome information is requested from patient records. Blood samples are obtained for a centrally analyzed standard laboratory panel and for biobanking of aliquots of serum, plasma, urine, mRNA and DNA for future scientific use. A subset of the cohort is subjected to extended phenotyping, e.g. sleep apnea screening, skin autofluorescence measurement, non-mydriatic retinal photography and non-invasive determination of arterial stiffness. Discussion DIACORE will enable the prospective evaluation of factors involved in DM2 complication pathogenesis using high-throughput technologies in biosamples and genetic epidemiological studies.
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- Lena Dörhöfer
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Nephrology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93042, Regensburg, Germany
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For more than 20 years, evidence in favor of a genetic basis for the susceptibility of DN in T2D has provided a foundation for studies aimed at identifying the causal genes responsible for its development. During this period, strategies used to map genes for DN have been driven by our understanding of variation across our genome and the technologies available to interrogate it; as both have evolved, so to have our approaches. The advent of next-generation sequencing technology and increased interest in the search for rare variants has begun to swing the pendulum of these efforts away from population-based studies and back to studies of pedigrees. As the field moves forward, family based approaches should greatly facilitate efforts to identify variants in genes that have a major affect on the risk of DN in T2D. To be successful, the ascertainment and comprehensive study of families with multiple affected members is critical.
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- Marcus G Pezzolesi
- Section on Genetics and Epidemiology, Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Li JY, Tan YZ, Feng GY, He L, Zhou LG, Lu H. [Advances of genetics in diabetic nephropathy]. YI CHUAN = HEREDITAS 2012; 34:1537-44. [PMID: 23262100 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1005.2012.01537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the most serious chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. The observed incidence patterns in different ethnics and familial clustering have suggested that the genetic factor plays an important role in the development and progression of DN. This paper reviews the recent advances on genetics of DN, including candidate genes association studies, linkage studies and genome-wide association studies (GWASs). Candidate genes association studies and meta-analysis showed that a few candidate genes have been reproducibly associated with DN, such as ACE, AGT and PPARG genes. Linkage studies and genome-wide linkage studies have also identified susceptibility chromosomal loci. With the development of high-throughput sequencing and chip techniques, GWAS has become an important strategy to identify variants responsible for DN. The genetic factor has been the significant contribution to the pathobiology of DN. However, it is not the only cause of the pathobiology of DN, because the environment factor also influences the pathobiology of DN. Nonetheless, genetic studies may provide valuable information for the pathobiology of nephropathy and potential targets of its treatment.
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- Jun-Yan Li
- Diabetes Research Institute, Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Clinical Medice, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
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Matsha TE, Masconi K, Yako YY, Hassan MS, Macharia M, Erasmus RT, Kengne AP. Polymorphisms in the non-muscle myosin heavy chain gene (MYH9) are associated with lower glomerular filtration rate in mixed ancestry diabetic subjects from South Africa. PLoS One 2012; 7:e52529. [PMID: 23285077 PMCID: PMC3527551 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Objective Though single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the non-muscle myosin gene (MYH9) have been reported to explain most of the excess risk of nondiabetic chronic kidney disease (CKD), in African-Americans, some studies have also shown associations with diabetic end-stage renal disease. We investigated the association of MYH9 SNPs with renal traits in a mixed-ancestry South African population prone to diabetes. Research Design and Methods Three SNPs known to be associated with CKD (rs4821480, rs5756152 and rs12107) were genotyped using Taqman assay in 716 adults (198 with diabetes) from the Bellville-South community, Cape Town. Glomerular filtration rate was estimated (eGFR) and urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) assessed. Multivariable regressions were used to relate the SNPs with renal traits. Results Mean age was 53.6 years, with the expected differences observed in characteristics by diabetic status. Significant associations were found between rs575152 and serum creatinine, and eGFR in the total population, and in diabetic participants (all p≤0.003), but not in non-diabetics (all p≥0.16), with significant interactions by diabetes status (interaction-p≤0.009). The association with ACR was borderline in diabetic participants (p = 0.05) and non-significant in non-diabetics (p = 0.85), with significant interaction (interaction p = 0.02). rs12107 was associated with fasting-, 2-hour glucose and HbA1c in diabetic participants only (interaction-p≤0.003), but not with renal traits. Conclusion MYH9 SNPs were associated with renal traits only in diabetic participants in this population. Our findings and other studies suggest that MYH9 may have a broader genetic risk effect on kidney diseases.
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- Tandi Edith Matsha
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Health Laboratory Service and University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Health Laboratory Service and University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Health Laboratory Service and University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Nursing and Radiography, Faculty of Health and Wellness Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Health Laboratory Service and University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Health Laboratory Service and University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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- NCRP for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, South African Medical Research Council & University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a devastating complication of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and leads to increased morbidity and premature mortality. Susceptibility to DN has an inherent genetic basis as evidenced by familial aggregation and ethnic-specific prevalence rates. Progress in identifying the underlying genetic architecture has been arduous with the realization that a single locus of large effect does not exist, unlike in predisposition to non-diabetic nephropathy in individuals with African ancestry. Numerous risk variants have been identified, each with a nominal effect, and they collectively contribute to disease. These results have identified loci targeting novel pathways for disease susceptibility. With continued technological advances and development of new analytic methods, additional genetic variants and mechanisms (e.g., epigenetic variation) will be identified and help to elucidate the pathogenesis of DN. These advances will lead to early detection and development of novel therapeutic strategies to decrease the incidence of disease.
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- Nicholette D. Palmer
- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC USA
- Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Nephrology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC USA
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Komorowsky CV, Brosius FC, Pennathur S, Kretzler M. Perspectives on systems biology applications in diabetic kidney disease. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2012; 5:491-508. [PMID: 22733404 PMCID: PMC3422674 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-012-9382-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a microvascular complication of type 1 and 2 diabetes with a devastating impact on individuals with the disease, their families, and society as a whole. DKD is the single most frequent cause of incident chronic kidney disease cases and accounts for over 40% of the population with end-stage renal disease. Contributing factors for the high prevalence are the increase in obesity and subsequent diabetes combined with an improved long-term survival with diabetes. Environment and genetic variations contribute to DKD susceptibility and progressive loss of kidney function. How the molecular mechanisms of genetic and environmental exposures interact during DKD initiation and progression is the focus of ongoing research efforts. The development of standardized, unbiased high-throughput profiling technologies of human DKD samples opens new avenues in capturing the multiple layers of DKD pathobiology. These techniques routinely interrogate analytes on a genome-wide scale generating comprehensive DKD-associated fingerprints. Linking the molecular fingerprints to deep clinical phenotypes may ultimately elucidate the intricate molecular interplay in a disease stage and subtype-specific manner. This insight will form the basis for accurate prognosis and facilitate targeted therapeutic interventions. In this review, we present ongoing efforts from large-scale data integration translating "-omics" research efforts into improved and individualized health care in DKD.
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- Claudiu V. Komorowsky
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Schulz A, Schütten-Faber S, van Es N, Unland J, Schulte L, Kossmehl P, de Heer E, Kreutz R. Induction of albuminuria and kidney damage in SHR by transfer of chromosome 8 from Munich Wistar Frömter rats. Physiol Genomics 2011; 44:110-6. [PMID: 22108208 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00123.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Inbred Munich Wistar Frömter [MWF/FubRkb (RGD:724569), MWF] rats develop progressive albuminuria with age that is under polygenetic influence. We previously identified a major albuminuria quantitative trait locus (QTL) on rat chromosome (RNO)8 in MWF. To test the independent role of QTL(s) for albuminuria development on RNO8, we generated a consomic SHR-Chr 8(MWF)/Rkb (SHR-8(MWF)) strain by transferring RNO8 from MWF into the albuminuria-resistant background of the spontaneously hypertensive rat [SHR/FubRkb (RGD:631696; SHR)]. Young male MWF, SHR, and SHR-8(MWF) were sham-operated or unilaterally nephrectomized (Nx) at 6 wk and followed up to 24 wk of age, respectively. Systolic blood pressure was significantly lower in SHR-8(MWF) Sham compared with SHR Sham (-19.4 mmHg, P = 0.03) at 24 wk. In contrast, transfer of MWF-RNO8 into SHR induced a significant elevation of urinary albumin excretion (UAE) between weeks 12 and 24 in SHR-8(MWF) compared with SHR Sham animals (P < 0.0001, respectively). Nx resulted in a significant increase in UAE in both strains during follow-up (P < 0.0001, respectively), with significant higher values in SHR-8(MWF) compared with SHR (P < 0.005, respectively). Renal structural changes as determined by glomerulosclerosis (GSI) and tubulointerstitial damage index (TDI) were significantly higher in consomic animals either at Sham (TDI) or Nx (GSI) conditions (P < 0.05, respectively). These data confirm the independent role of MWF QTL(s) on RNO8 for both albuminuria and structural kidney damage. Moreover, this study shows for the first time the induction of albuminuria by transferring one or more albuminuria QTL into a resistant recipient background in a consomic rat strain.
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- Angela Schulz
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité Centrum für Therapieforschung, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Liu CT, Garnaas MK, Tin A, Kottgen A, Franceschini N, Peralta CA, de Boer IH, Lu X, Atkinson E, Ding J, Nalls M, Shriner D, Coresh J, Kutlar A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Siscovick D, Akylbekova E, Wyatt S, Astor B, Mychaleckjy J, Li M, Reilly MP, Townsend RR, Adeyemo A, Zonderman AB, de Andrade M, Turner ST, Mosley TH, Harris TB, Rotimi CN, Liu Y, Kardia SLR, Evans MK, Shlipak MG, Kramer H, Flessner MF, Dreisbach AW, Goessling W, Cupples LA, Kao WL, Fox CS. Genetic association for renal traits among participants of African ancestry reveals new loci for renal function. PLoS Genet 2011; 7:e1002264. [PMID: 21931561 PMCID: PMC3169523 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 07/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasing global public health concern, particularly among populations of African ancestry. We performed an interrogation of known renal loci, genome-wide association (GWA), and IBC candidate-gene SNP association analyses in African Americans from the CARe Renal Consortium. In up to 8,110 participants, we performed meta-analyses of GWA and IBC array data for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), CKD (eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m(2)), urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), and microalbuminuria (UACR >30 mg/g) and interrogated the 250 kb flanking region around 24 SNPs previously identified in European Ancestry renal GWAS analyses. Findings were replicated in up to 4,358 African Americans. To assess function, individually identified genes were knocked down in zebrafish embryos by morpholino antisense oligonucleotides. Expression of kidney-specific genes was assessed by in situ hybridization, and glomerular filtration was evaluated by dextran clearance. Overall, 23 of 24 previously identified SNPs had direction-consistent associations with eGFR in African Americans, 2 of which achieved nominal significance (UMOD, PIP5K1B). Interrogation of the flanking regions uncovered 24 new index SNPs in African Americans, 12 of which were replicated (UMOD, ANXA9, GCKR, TFDP2, DAB2, VEGFA, ATXN2, GATM, SLC22A2, TMEM60, SLC6A13, and BCAS3). In addition, we identified 3 suggestive loci at DOK6 (p-value = 5.3×10(-7)) and FNDC1 (p-value = 3.0×10(-7)) for UACR, and KCNQ1 with eGFR (p = 3.6×10(-6)). Morpholino knockdown of kcnq1 in the zebrafish resulted in abnormal kidney development and filtration capacity. We identified several SNPs in association with eGFR in African Ancestry individuals, as well as 3 suggestive loci for UACR and eGFR. Functional genetic studies support a role for kcnq1 in glomerular development in zebrafish.
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- Ching-Ti Liu
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Renal Division, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Nephrology, University of California San Francisco Medical School and San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Health Disparities Research Section, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- General Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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- Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- University of Mississippi Division of Nephrology, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Divisions of Genetics and Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health and National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute's Framingham Heart Study and the Center for Population Studies, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Endocrinology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Wessman M, Forsblom C, Kaunisto MA, Söderlund J, Ilonen J, Sallinen R, Hiekkalinna T, Parkkonen M, Maxwell AP, Tarnow L, Parving HH, Hadjadj S, Marre M, Peltonen L, Groop PH. Novel susceptibility locus at 22q11 for diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetes. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24053. [PMID: 21909410 PMCID: PMC3164698 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Background Diabetic nephropathy (DN) affects about 30% of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and contributes to serious morbidity and mortality. So far only the 3q21–q25 region has repeatedly been indicated as a susceptibility region for DN. The aim of this study was to search for new DN susceptibility loci in Finnish, Danish and French T1D families. Methods and Results We performed a genome-wide linkage study using 384 microsatellite markers. A total of 175 T1D families were studied, of which 94 originated from Finland, 46 from Denmark and 35 from France. The whole sample set consisted of 556 individuals including 42 sib-pairs concordant and 84 sib-pairs discordant for DN. Two-point and multi-point non-parametric linkage analyses were performed using the Analyze package and the MERLIN software. A novel DN locus on 22q11 was identified in the joint analysis of the Finnish, Danish and French families by genome-wide multipoint non-parametric linkage analysis using the Kong and Cox linear model (NPLpairs LOD score 3.58). Nominal or suggestive evidence of linkage to this locus was also detected when the three populations were analyzed separately. Suggestive evidence of linkage was found to six additional loci in the Finnish and French sample sets. Conclusions This study identified a novel DN locus at chromosome 22q11 with significant evidence of linkage to DN. Our results suggest that this locus may be of importance in European populations. In addition, this study supports previously indicated DN loci on 3q21–q25 and 19q13.
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- Maija Wessman
- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Biomedicum Helsinki, Research Program in Molecular Medicine and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- * E-mail: (MW); (P-HG)
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Biomedicum Helsinki, Research Program in Molecular Medicine and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Immunogenetics Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Biomedicum Helsinki, Research Program in Molecular Medicine and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Unit of Public Health Genomics, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Nephrology Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Endocrinology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Service de Médecine Interne, Endocrinologie et Maladies Métaboliques, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Inserm CIC0802, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France and Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Nutrition, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Biomedicum Helsinki, Research Program in Molecular Medicine and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Unit of Public Health Genomics, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hingston, United Kingdom
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- * E-mail: (MW); (P-HG)
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