Insights to the genetics of diabetic nephropathy through a genome-wide association study of the GoKinD collection.

ABSTRACT: The Genetics of Kidneys in Diabetes (GoKinD) study was initiated to facilitate research aimed at identifying genes involved in diabetic nephropathy (DN) in type 1 diabetes. In this review, we present an overview of this study and the various reports that have used its collection. At the forefront of these efforts is the recent genome-wide association scan implemented on the GoKinD collection. We highlight the results from our analysis of these data and describe compelling evidence from animal models that further support the potential role of associated loci in the susceptibility of DN. To enhance our analysis of genetic associations in GoKinD, using genome-wide imputation, we expanded our analysis of this collection to include genotype data from more than 2.4 million common single nucleoti

SUBMITTER: Pezzolesi MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2847588 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature