title: Genetic studies of IgA nephropathy: past, present, and future.
abstract: Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common form of primary glomerulonephritis worldwide and an important cause of kidney disease in young adults. Highly variable clinical presentation and outcome of IgAN suggest that this diagnosis may encompass multiple subsets of disease that are not distinguishable by currently available clinical tools. Marked differences in disease prevalence between individuals of European, Asian, and African ancestry suggest the existence of susceptibility genes that are present at variable frequencies in these populations. Familial forms of IgAN have also been reported throughout the world but are probably underrecognized because associated urinary abnormalities are often intermittent in affected family members. Of the many pathogenic mechanisms reported, defects in IgA1 glycosylation that lead to formation of immune complexes have been consistently demonstrated. Recent data indicates that these IgA1 glycosylation defects are inherited and constitute a heritable risk factor for IgAN. Because of the complex genetic architecture of IgAN, the efforts to map disease susceptibility genes have been difficult, and no causative mutations have yet been identified. Linkage-based approaches have been hindered by disease heterogeneity and lack of a reliable noninvasive diagnostic test for screening family members at risk of IgAN. Many candidate-gene association studies have been published, but most suffer from small sample size and methodological problems, and none of the results have been convincingly validated. New genomic approaches, including genome-wide association studies currently under way, offer promising tools for elucidating the genetic basis of IgAN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1150 St. Nicholas Avenue, Russ Berrie Pavilion #413, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiryluk
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Julian
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wyatt
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scolari
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Novak
authors.forename: Ali G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Gharavi
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000378:metabolism; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A
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