Alport familial nephritis. Absence of 28 kilodalton non-collagenous monomers of type IV collagen in glomerular basement membrane.
M M Kleppel, … , A J Fish, A F Michael
M M Kleppel, … , A J Fish, A F Michael
Published July 1, 1987
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1987;80(1):263-266. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI113057.
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Alport familial nephritis. Absence of 28 kilodalton non-collagenous monomers of type IV collagen in glomerular basement membrane.

Abstract

Alport-type familial nephritis (FN), a genetic disorder, results in progressive renal insufficiency and sensorineural hearing loss. Immunochemical and biochemical analyses of the non-collagenous (NC1) domain of type IV collagen isolated from the glomerular basement membranes (GBM) of three males with this disease demonstrate absence of the normally occurring 28-kilodalton (kD) NC1 monomers, but persistence of the 26- and 24-kD monomeric subunits derived from alpha 1 and 2 (both type IV) collagen chains, respectively.

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M M Kleppel, C E Kashtan, R J Butkowski, A J Fish, A F Michael

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