APOL1, apolipoprotein L1, 8542

N. diseases: 115; N. variants: 9
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE APOL1 is expressed in renal cells, however, the pathogenic events that lead to renal cell damage and kidney disease are not fully understood. 31661509 2019
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE APOL1 is expressed in glomerular podocytes and does not vary with underlying kidney disease diagnoses or APOL1 genotypes, suggesting that the kidney disease-associated variants dysregulate its function rather than its localization or abundance. 28724794 2017
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE No evidence for association between APOL1 kidney disease risk alleles and Human African Trypanosomiasis in two Ugandan populations. 29470556 2018
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE These include: (1) the intra-renal renin-angiotensin system (RAS), one based on molecular variations in angiotensinogen; (2) the Na, K, 2Cl cotransporter (NKCC2) and its regulators in the thick ascending limb, which are associated with a variety of phenotypes consistent with a more active cotransporter in blacks; and (3) the genes for MYH9 and APOL 1, which have been associated with kidney disease in blacks. 23397215 2013
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Here, we discuss the possibility that abnormal efflux of cellular potassium or other cations may be relevant to the pathogenesis of APOL1 nephropathy. 29110762 2017
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE MYH9 and APOL1 are both associated with sickle cell disease nephropathy. 21910715 2011
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Gene-gene interactions in APOL1-associated nephropathy. 24157943 2014
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE This article reviews the current status of APOL1-associated nephropathy and discusses research questions under active investigation in the search for a cure for these severe and often progressive kidney diseases. 24119848 2013
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Since HIVAN has the strongest association with APOL1 genotype of any of the APOL1-associated nephropathies, studies to determine the mechanisms by which HIV and APOL1 risk variants together promote kidney injury hold great promise to improve our understanding of the pathogenesis of APOL1-mediated kidney diseases. 29930940 2018
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Transcript analysis of mouse kidney disease models, including folic-acid (FA)-induced nephropathy, unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO), or apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1)-associated kidney disease, indicated that Jag1 and Notch2 levels were higher in all analyzed kidney fibrosis models. 30226866 2018
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Our study not only reveals the contribution of each domain of the APOL1 protein to cell injury, but also highlights some potential suggested targets for drug design to prevent or treat APOL1-associated nephropathy. 26091559 2015
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Detection of APOL1 associations with kidney diseases and delineation of injury pathways brings hope for effective treatment for these kidney diseases. 30343724 2018
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Heterogeneity in study population and study design has led to differing reports on the role of APOL1 nephropathy risk variants in CVD. 31082862 2019
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The linkage peak on chromosome 22q overlaps the MYH9/APOL1 gene region, previously implicated in AA diabetic and nondiabetic nephropathies. 21454968 2011
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Thus, although variants with small individual effects cannot be ruled out and are likely to exist, our results suggest that APOL1-environment interactions may be of greater clinical importance in triggering nephropathy in African Americans than APOL1 interactions with other single nucleotide polymorphisms. 29885931 2018
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE APOL1-associated nephropathy typically occurs in association with certain environmental factors or systemic diseases. 31601430 2020
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Further studies to identify additional second hits are necessary to better understand the pathologic mechanisms of donor APOL1-associated kidney disease in the recipient. 30054024 2019
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE APOL1 nephropathy risk alleles. 31563468 2020
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Therapeutic strategies for APOL1-associated nephropathies will require the prevention and treatment of these 'second hits' and the development of drugs to protect the APOL1 downstream renal injury pathways. 25561578 2016
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE An evolving understanding of the pathogenesis of APOL1-mediated kidney damage may aid in personalized medicine approaches to APOL1 attributable kidney disease. 29406442 2018
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The APOL1-associated spectrum of nondiabetic nephropathy also includes proteinuric kidney diseases, idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, collapsing glomerulopathy, severe lupus nephritis, and sickle cell nephropathy. 31023447 2019
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Combined Effects of GSTM1 Null Allele and APOL1 Renal Risk Alleles in CKD Progression in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension Trial. 26940095 2016
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Uncontrolled or poorly controlled human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is the most potent susceptibility factor for APOL1 nephropathy that has been identified to date. 29110758 2017
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Second hits appear necessary for the initiation of APOL1-associated nephropathy. 22695330 2012
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Therefore, IONIS-APOL1Rx may be an effective therapeutic for APOL1 nephropathies and warrants further development. 31217349 2019