The Case: Chronic Kidney Disease Unmasked by Single-Subject Research

We present a 42-year-old man with a BMI of 32, who was referred because of proteinuria and decreased renal function. We were impressed by his markedly muscular physique. A renal biopsy was performed, which showed focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS). Is this patient merely an obese person with FSGS or is something else going on here? We performed extensive clinical and laboratory examinations, genetic testing, and anthropometric data monitoring over time. We transferred our methodology for routine FSGS mutation screening (Sanger sequencing) to the Ion Torrent PGM platform with a new custom-targeted NGS gene panel (Ion Ampliseq FSGS panel) and tested the performance of the system in two cohorts of patients with FSGS. We discuss FSGS in bodybuilders, including possible mechanisms, and review the literature..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis - 8(2018), 2, Seite 90-97

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Benjamin Gollasch [VerfasserIn]
Oskar Wischnewski [VerfasserIn]
Birgit Rudolph [VerfasserIn]
Yoland-Marie Anistan [VerfasserIn]
Friedrich C. Luft [VerfasserIn]
Maik Gollasch [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bodybuilder
Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
Focal segmental glomerular sclerosis
Genetic testing
Next-generation sequencing

doi:

10.1159/000489087

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DOAJ07951314X