Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) is a frequent cause of progressive renal function decline and affects millions of people. In a recent study, 30% of SRNS cases evaluated were the result of monogenic mutations in 1 of 27 different genes. Here, using homozygosity mapping and whole-exome sequencing, we identified recessive mutations in
Heon Yung Gee, Fujian Zhang, Shazia Ashraf, Stefan Kohl, Carolin E. Sadowski, Virginia Vega-Warner, Weibin Zhou, Svjetlana Lovric, Humphrey Fang, Margaret Nettleton, Jun-yi Zhu, Julia Hoefele, Lutz T. Weber, Ludmila Podracka, Andrej Boor, Henry Fehrenbach, Jeffrey W. Innis, Joseph Washburn, Shawn Levy, Richard P. Lifton, Edgar A. Otto, Zhe Han, Friedhelm Hildebrandt
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