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IgA1 Glycosylation Is Heritable in Healthy Twins.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Lomax-Browne, Hannah J. Visconti, Alessia Pusey, Charles D. Cook, H. Terence Spector, Timothy David Pickering, Matthew C. Falchi, María Pía |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common form of primary GN and an important cause of kidney failure. Characteristically, patients with IgAN have increased serum levels of undergalactosylated IgA1 (gd-IgA1). To assess the degree to which serum gd-IgA1 levels are genetically determined in healthy individuals, we determined serum IgA and gd-IgA1 levels by ELISA in a sample of 148 healthy female twins, including 27 monozygotic and 47 dizygotic pairs. Using the classic twin model, we found the heritability of serum gd-IgA1 and IgA levels to be 80% (95% confidence interval, 66% to 89%) and 46% (95% confidence interval, 15% to 69%), respectively. These data indicate that serum gd-IgA1 levels are highly heritable. Elucidating the genetic basis of this heritability will be important in understanding the pathogenesis of IgAN. |
| Starting Page | 64 |
| Ending Page | 68 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.twinsuk.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IgA1-Glycosylation-Is-Heritable-in-Healthy-Twins.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/53517897/Lomax_Browne.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 27313232v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2016020184 |
| DOI | 10.1681/ASN.2016020184 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN |
| Volume Number | 28 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Confidence Intervals Eighty Nine Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Gadolinium DTPA IGA Glomerulonephritis Immunoglobulin A Kidney Diseases Kidney Failure Patients Sixty Nine |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |