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SUBMITTER: Schmitz B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391429 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schmitz Boris B Kleber Marcus E ME Lenders Malte M Delgado Graciela E GE Engelbertz Christiane C Huang Jie J Pavenstädt Hermann H Breithardt Günter G Brand Stefan-Martin SM März Winfried W Brand Eva E
Scientific reports 20190226 1
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for onset and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD). Discovery of predisposing loci for kidney function in CAD patients was performed using a genome-wide association approach. Inclusion criteria were CAD with ≥50% stenosis (≥1 coronary artery) and a creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 30-75 ml/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup>. An association of rs139401390 located to a region 58.8 kb upstream of renalase (RNLS) w ...[more]