The copy number variation landscape of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

M Verbitsky, R Westland, A Perez, K Kiryluk, Q Liu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are a major cause of pediatric
kidney failure. We performed a genome-wide analysis of copy number variants (CNVs) in …

[HTML][HTML] Copy-number disorders are a common cause of congenital kidney malformations

S Sanna-Cherchi, K Kiryluk, KE Burgess… - The American Journal of …, 2012 - cell.com
We examined the burden of large, rare, copy-number variants (CNVs) in 192 individuals with
renal hypodysplasia (RHD) and replicated findings in 330 RHD cases from two independent …

Whole-exome sequencing identifies causative mutations in families with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

AT Van Der Ven, DM Connaughton, H Ityel… - Journal of the …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are the most
prevalent cause of kidney disease in the first three decades of life. Previous gene panel …

[HTML][HTML] Copy number variation analysis identifies novel CAKUT candidate genes in children with a solitary functioning kidney

R Westland, M Verbitsky, K Vukojevic, BJ Perry… - Kidney international, 2015 - Elsevier
Copy number variations associate with different developmental phenotypes and represent a
major cause of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT). Because rare …

Whole-exome sequencing in the molecular diagnosis of individuals with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract and identification of a new causative …

MR Bekheirnia, N Bekheirnia, MN Bainbridge… - Genetics in …, 2017 - nature.com
Purpose: To investigate the utility of whole-exome sequencing (WES) to define a molecular
diagnosis for patients clinically diagnosed with congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary …

Clinical integration of genome diagnostics for congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

R Westland, KY Renkema… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Revolutions in genetics, epigenetics, and bioinformatics are currently changing the outline of
diagnostics and clinical medicine. From a nephrologist's perspective, individuals with …

Single-gene causes of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) in humans

A Vivante, S Kohl, DY Hwang, GC Dworschak… - Pediatric …, 2014 - Springer
Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) cover a wide range of
structural malformations that result from defects in the morphogenesis of the kidney and/or …

Exome sequencing discerns syndromes in patients from consanguineous families with congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract

A Vivante, DY Hwang, S Kohl, J Chen… - Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) are the leading cause of
CKD in children, featuring a broad variety of malformations. A monogenic cause can be …

Genetic basis of human congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

S Sanna-Cherchi, R Westland… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The clinical spectrum of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT)
encompasses a common birth defect in humans that has significant impact on long-term …

The genetic basis of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

M Kagan, O Pleniceanu, A Vivante - Pediatric Nephrology, 2022 - Springer
During the past decades, remarkable progress has been made in our understanding of the
molecular basis of kidney diseases, as well as in the ability to pinpoint disease-causing …