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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Nephrol. 2013 Sep;33(5):10.1016/j.semnephrol.2013.07.004. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2013.07.004

Table 2.

Kidney Diseases Associated With APOL1 (and MYH9)

Histopathology Clinical Diagnosis Population Group (s) Comments
FSGS Idiopathic FSGS African and European 1,2,9
HIV-associated collapsing
 glomerulopathy
HIV-associated nephropathy African 9
Nondiabetic ESKD (likely FGGS
 and FSGS)
Hypertension-attributed ESKD African and Hispanic Hispanics from New York City had
 significant African admixture1,2
FGGS with arteriolar changes
 and interstitial fibrosis
Hypertension-attributed
 nephropathy
African 1,2,17
Sickle cell nephropathy Sickle cell nephropathy African 31
Lupus nephritis-associated
 ESKD
Advanced lupus nephritis with
 ESKD
African 35
Progressive IgA nephropathy Advanced IgA nephropathy Chinese MYH9 association11
Diabetic and nondiabetic CKD Nondiabetic CKD (nonspecific
 glomerulosclerosis)
European MYH9 association4,5,10

Abbreviation: CKD, chronic kidney disease.