The IgA nephropathy Biobank. An important starting point for the genetic dissection of a complex trait

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Schena, Francesco P ^a   Cerullo, Giuseppina ^a   Torres, Diletta D ^a   Scolari, Francesco ^b   Foramitti, Marina ^b   Amoroso, Antonio ^c   Pirulli, Doroti ^d   Floege, Jürgen ^e   Mertens, Peter R ^e   Zerres, Klaus ^e   Alexopoulos, Efstathios ^f   Kirmizis, Dimitrios ^f   Zelante, Leopoldo ^g   Bisceglia, Luigi ^g   Ghiggeri, Gian M ^h   Frascà, Giovanni M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INTERNET; KIDNEY BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 29244462570     PISSN: 14712369     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-6-14     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Schena FP: A retrospective analysis of the natural history of primary IgA nephropathy worldwide. Am J Med 1990, 89:209-215.
2. Maisonneuve P, Agodoa L, Gellert R, Stewart JH, Buccianti G, Lowenfels AB, Wolfe RA, Jones E, Disney AP, Briggs D, McCredie M, Boyle P: Distribution of primary renal diseases leading to end-stage renal failure in the United States, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand: results from an international comparative study. Am J Kidney Dis 2000, 35:157-165.
3. D'Amico G: The commonest glomerulonephritis in the world: IgA nephropathy. Q J Med 1987, 64:709-727.
4. Julian BA, Waldo FB, Rifai A, Mestecky J: IgA nephropathy, the most common glomerulonephritis worldwide. A neglected disease in the United States? Am J Med 1988, 84:129-132.
5. Jennette JC, Wall SD, Wilkman AS: Low incidence of IgA nephropathy in blacks. Kidney Int 1985, 28:944-950.
6. Hoy WE, Hughson MD, Smith SM, Megill DM: Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis in southwestern American Indians. Am J Kidney Dis 1993, 21:486-496.
7. Julian BA, Quiggins PA, Thompson JS, Woodford SY, Gleason K, Wyatt RJ: Familial IgA nephropathy. Evidence of an inherited mechanism of disease. N Engl J Med 1985, 312:202-208.
8. Wyatt RJ, Rivas ML, Julian BA, Quiggins PA, Woodford SY, McMorrow RG, Baehler RW: Regionalization in hereditary IgA nephropathy. Am J Hum Genet 1987, 41:36-50.
9. Scolari F, Amoroso A, Savoldi S, Mazzola G, Prati E, Valzorio B, Viola BF, Nicola B, Movilli E, Sandrini M, Campanini M, Maiorca R: Familial clustering of IgA nephropathy: further evidence in an Italian population. Am J Kidney Dis 1999, 33:857-865.
10. Schena FP, Cerullo G, Rossini M, Lanzilotta SG, D'Altri C, Manno C: Increased risk of end-stage renal disease in familial IgA nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002, 13:453-460.
11. Schena FP: Immunogenetic aspects of primary IgA nephropathy. Kidney Int 1995, 48:1998-2013.
12. Egido J, Julian BA, Wyatt RJ: Genetic factors in primary IgA nephropathy. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1987, 2:134-142.
13. Schena FP, Scivittaro V, Ranieri E: IgA nephropathy: pros and cons for a familial disease. Contrib Nephrol 1993, 104:36-45.
14. Gharavi AG, Yan Y, Scolari F, Schena FP, Frasca GM, Ghiggeri GM, Cooper K, Amoroso A, Viola BF, Battini G, Caridi G, Canova C, Farhi A, Subramanian V, Nelson-Williams C, Woodford S, Julian BA, Wyatt RJ, Lifton RP: IgA nephropathy, the most common cause of glomerulonephritis, is linked to 6q22-23. Nature Genetics 2000, 26:354-357.
15. Dean M: Approaches to identify genes for complex human diseases: Lessons from Mendelian disorders. Hum Mutat 2003, 22:261-274.
16. Spielman RS, McGinnis RE, Ewens WJ: Transmission test for linkage disequilibrium: the insulin gene region and insulindependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Am J Hum Genet 1993, 52:506-516.
17. IgAN Consortium website [http://www.igan.net]
18. Cockcroft DW, Gault MH: Prediction of creatinine clearance from serum creatinine. Nephron 1976, 16:31-41.
19. National Kidney Foundation: K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification. Am J Kidney Dis 2002, 39:S1-S266.
20. Cifkova R, Erdine S, Fagard R, Farsang C, Heagerty AM, Kiowski W, Kjeldsen S, Luscher T, Mallion JM, Mancia G, Poulter N, Rahn KH, Rodicio JL, Ruilope LM, van Zwieten P, Waeber B, Williams B, Zanchetti A, ESH/ESC Hypertension Guidelines Committee: Practice guidelines for primary care physicians: 2003 ESH/ESC hypertension guidelines. J Hypertens 2003, 21:1779-1786.
21. Churg J, Sobin LH: Renal Disease. Classification and atlas of glomerular disease Igaku-Shoin, Tokyo, New York; 1982.
22. Schena FP, Coppo R: IgA nephropathies. In Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology 3rd edition. Edited by: Davison AM, Cameron JS, Grünfeld JP, Ponticelli C, Ritz E, Winearls CG, van T persele C. Oxford University Press; 2005:469-501.
23. The "Technology Marketplace" website [http://www.cordis.lu/ marketplace]
24. Risch NJ: Searching for genetic determinants in the new millennium. Nature 2000, 405:847-856.
25. Gulcher JR, Stefánsson K: The Icelandic healthcare database and informed consent. New Eng J Med 2000, 342:1827-1830.
26. Abbott A: Manhattan versus Reykjavik. Nature 2000, 406:340-342.
27. Barbour V: UK Biobank: a project in search of a protocol? Lancet 2003, 361:1734-1738.
28. Annas GJ: Rules for research on human genetic variation - Lessons from Iceland. New Eng J Med 2000, 342:1830-1833.
29. Eaves IA, Merriman TR, Barber RA, Nutland S, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Tuomilehto J, Cucca F, Todd JA: The genetically isolated populations of Finland and Sardinia may not be a panacea for linkage disequilibrium mapping of common disease genes. Nature Genet 2000, 25:320-323.
30. Riboli E, Hunt KJ, Slimani N, Ferrari P, Norat T, Fahey M, Charrondiere UR, Hemon B, Casagrande C, Vignat J, Overvad K, Tjonneland A, Clavel-Chapelon F, Thiebaut A, Wahrendorf J, Boeing H, Trichopoulos D, Trichopoulou A, Vineis P, Palli D, Bueno-De-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, Lund E, Engeset D, Gonzalez CA, Barricarte A, Berglund G, Hallmans G, Day NE, Key TJ, Kaaks R, Saracci R: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection. Public Health Nutr 2002, 5:1113-1124.