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SUBMITTER: Palanisamy A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3809028 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Palanisamy Amudha A Reeves-Daniel Amber M AM Freedman Barry I BI
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 20130609 9
Dramatic improvements have been seen in short-term kidney allograft survival over recent decades with introduction of more potent immunosuppressant medications and regimens. Unfortunately, improvements in long-term graft survival have lagged behind. The genomics revolution is providing new insights regarding the potential impact of kidney donor genotypes on long-term graft survival. Variation in the donor apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1), caveolin 1 (CAV1), and multi-drug resistance 1 encoding P-glycop ...[more]