Translational strategies to uncover the etiology of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract.

ABSTRACT: While up to 50% of children requiring kidney replacement therapy have congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), they represent only a fraction of the total patient population with CAKUT. The extreme variability in clinical outcome underlines the fundamental need to devise personalized clinical management strategies for individuals with CAKUT. Better understanding of the pathophysiology of abnormal kidney and urinary tract development provides a framework for precise diagnoses and prognostication of patients, the identification of biomarkers and disease modifiers, and, thus, the development of personalized strategies for treatment. In this review, we provide a state-of-the-art overview of the currently known genetic causes, including rare variants in kidney and urinary t

SUBMITTER: Vendrig LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11753331 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature