Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations of the podocin gene.
Glucocorticoids can better be avoided in patients with genetically confirmed steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome. Afters transplantation, recurrence of FSGS is rare, so the patients are best treated by kidney transplant.
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Boute N et al. (2000) NPHS2, encoding the glomerular protein podocin, is mutated in autosomal recessive steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. |
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Huber TB et al. (2003) Molecular basis of the functional podocin-nephrin complex: mutations in the NPHS2 gene disrupt nephrin targeting to lipid raft microdomains. |
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Orphanet article Orphanet ID 357502 |
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OMIM.ORG article Omim 600995 |
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Wikipedia article Wikipedia EN (Nephrotic_syndrome) |