Downie, Mallory L;
Gupta, Sanjana;
Chan, Melanie MY;
Sadeghi-Alavijeh, Omid;
Cao, Jingjing;
Parekh, Rulan S;
Diz, Carmen Bugarin;
... Gale, Daniel P; + view all
(2023)
Shared genetic risk across different presentations of gene test–negative idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.
Pediatric Nephrology
, 38
(6)
pp. 1793-1800.
10.1007/s00467-022-05789-7.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Idiop athic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is classified in children according to response to initial corticosteroid therapy into steroid-sensitive (SSNS) and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), and in adults according to histology into minimal change disease (MCD) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). However, there is well-recognised phenotypic overlap between these entities. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have shown a strong association between SSNS and variation at HLA, suggesting an underlying immunological basis. We sought to determine whether a risk score generated from genetic variants associated with SSNS could be used to gain insight into the pathophysiology of INS presenting in other ways. METHODS: We developed an SSNS genetic risk score (SSNS-GRS) from the five variants independently associated with childhood SSNS in a previous European GWAS. We quantified SSNS-GRS in independent cohorts of European individuals with childhood SSNS, non-monogenic SRNS, MCD, and FSGS, and contrasted them with SSNS-GRS quantified in individuals with monogenic SRNS, membranous nephropathy (a different immune-mediated disease-causing nephrotic syndrome), and healthy controls. RESULTS: The SSNS-GRS was significantly elevated in cohorts with SSNS, non-monogenic SRNS, MCD, and FSGS compared to healthy participants and those with membranous nephropathy. The SSNS-GRS in all cohorts with non-monogenic INS were also significantly elevated compared to those with monogenic SRNS. CONCLUSIONS: The shared genetic risk factors among patients with different presentations of INS strongly suggests a shared autoimmune pathogenesis when monogenic causes are excluded. Use of the SSNS-GRS, in addition to testing for monogenic causes, may help to classify patients presenting with INS. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Shared genetic risk across different presentations of gene test–negative idiopathic nephrotic syndrome |
| Location: | Germany |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00467-022-05789-7 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-022-05789-7 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, Genetic risk score, Minimal change disease, Monogenic, Paediatrics, Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome, Steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Renal Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10159666 |
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