Tan, Weizhen
Lovric, Svjetlana
Ashraf, Shazia
Rao, Jia
Schapiro, David
Airik, Merlin
Shril, Shirlee
Gee, Heon Yung
Baum, Michelle
Daouk, Ghaleb
Ferguson, Michael A.
Rodig, Nancy
Somers, Michael J. G.
Stein, Deborah R.
Vivante, Asaf
Warejko, Jillian K.
Widmeier, Eugen
Hildebrandt, Friedhelm http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4167-8411
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK076683)
National Institutes of Health (DK007726)
American Society of Nephrology (FP01014311)
National Academy of Science Leopoldina (LPDS 2015-07)
Article History
Received: 22 June 2017
Revised: 19 August 2017
Accepted: 21 August 2017
First Online: 18 September 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
: Approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) on human subjects’ research of the Boston Children’s Hospital. The cohort consisted of 77 individuals (72 families), who were recruited following informed consent.
: FH receives royalties from Claritas Genomics and is a cofounder of Goldfinch Bio.None of the other authors has any competing financial interests to disclose.