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ABSTRACT:
Methods: This is an observational cross-sectional study. Afro-descendant patients with ESRD in waitlist or recipients of kidney transplant were evaluated. Clinical data were collected from the electronic medical records. Genotyping was carried out by amplification of the exon 7 of the APOL1 gene. For the identification of risk genotypes, the bioinformatics tool BLAST was used.
Results: We enrolled 102 participants. The frequency of APOL1 risk variants was 67.2%, in which 24.5% (n?=?25) were G1 heterozygous and 5.8% (n?=?6) were G2 heterozygous and 37% of the patients had high-risk status with two alleles in homozygous (G1/G1?=?21 and G2/G2?=?3) or compound heterozygote (G1/G2?=?14) form.
SUBMITTER: Duran CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6935820 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature