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Chronic Kidney Disease: Public Health and Genomic Insights - June 30, 2015

CDC and Related Info

• Protect your kidneys
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• National Chronic Kidney Disease Fact Sheet, 2014  [PDF 1 MB]
• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Surveillance Project
• Genes reported in relation to chronic kidney disease, including genomewide association studies via theHuGE Navigator

APOL1 genetic variants, chronic kidney diseases and hypertension in mixed ancestry South Africans.
Matsha TE et al. BMC Genet. 2015 (1) 69

Whole-exome sequencing reveals genetic variants associated with chronic kidney disease characterized by tubulointerstitial damages in North Central Region, Sri Lanka.
Nanayakkara S et al. Environ Health Prev Med 2015 Jun 25.

APOL1 risk alleles are associated with exaggerated age-related changes in glomerular number and volume in African-American adults: An autopsy study.
Hoy WE et al. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2015 Jun 2.

CDC information: Most people with kidney disease aren't aware of it. Get diagnosed early.

APOL1 nephropathy: from gene to mechanisms of kidney injury.
Kruzel-Davila E et al. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2015 Jan 5.

Association of a polymorphism of the interleukin 6 receptor gene with chronic kidney disease in Japanese individuals.
Horibe H et al. Nephrology (Carlton) 2014 Dec 18.

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase single nucleotide polymorphism and left ventricular function in early chronic kidney disease.
Chand S et al. PLoS ONE 2015 (1) e0116160

Prevalence and related factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among long-lived individuals (LLI) over 95 years of age.
Liu Z et al. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2015 Mar-Apr (2) 354-8

Chronic kidney disease in disadvantaged populations.
Garcia-Garcia G et al. Pediatr. Nephrol. 2015 Feb (2) 183-7

Progress in risk prediction for people with chronic kidney disease.
Taal MW et al. Curr. Opin. Nephrol. Hypertens. 2014 Nov (6) 519-24

The role of genetic polymorphisms of the Renin-Angiotensin System in renal diseases: A meta-analysis.
Braliou GG et al. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2014 Jun (16) 1-7

Chronic Kidney Disease: Polcystic Kidney Disease and Recent Genetic Insights - November 19, 2014

CDC's Chronic Kidney Disease Initiative seeks to prevent and control risk factors for CKD, to raise awareness, to promote early diagnosis, and to improve outcomes and quality of life  

A quest — halting the progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. 
David H. Ellison et al, NEJM November 15, 2014

Blood pressure in early autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. 
Robert W. Schrier et al. NEJM, November 15, 2014

Tolvaptan in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. 
Vicente E. Torres, et al. NEJM (2012)

What is polycystic kidney disease? From the Genetics Home Reference

Association of sickle cell trait with chronic kidney disease and albuminuria in African Americans. 
Rakhi P. Naik et al. JAMA, November 13, 2014 

APOL1 kidney risk alleles: population genetics and disease associations.
Limou S, et al. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2014 Sep;21(5):426-33

March is National Chronic Kidney Disease Month: Role of Family Health History and Genetics - March 6, 2014

CDC information:  National Chronic Kidney Disease fact sheet, 2014 risk factors include family health history  [PDF 1 MB]

CDC Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Surveillance System documents the burden of CKD and its risk factors in the U.S. population over time

The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends to consider family health history of chronic kidney disease as a risk factor in determining whether to screen adults for chronic kidney disease

What is polycystic kidney disease? A genetic disorder affecting more than half a million people in the US and is a significant cause of chronic kidney disease. From the NIH Genetics Home Reference

Find out more about genetic disorders associated with polycystic kidney disease and available genetic tests from the NIH Genetic Testing Registry

Did you know? More than 1000 genes have been reported in relation to risk and outcomes of chronic kidney disease including 15 genomewide association studies. To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator