HIV-associated nephropathy patients with and without apolipoprotein L1 gene variants have similar clinical and pathological characteristics
Kidney International, 04/18/2012
Atta MG et al. – The authors' study suggests that although the majority of African–American patients with HIV–associated nephropathy have two APOL1 risk alleles other as yet unknown factors in the host, including genetic risk variants and environmental or viral factors, may influence the development of this disorder in those with zero or one APOL1 risk allele.
