from Section 6 - Cystic Diseases
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 August 2023
Genetic renal diseases account for an underestimated group of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney failure (ESKD). Nephronophthisis (NPH) and autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease (ADTKD) are two forms of hereditary tubulointerstitial disease with variable genetic transmission, e.g., autosomal recessive in NPH and autosomal dominant in ADTKD, and different underlying mutations and pathophysiology, but similar renal morphology with non-specific tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis as the most prominent features. NPH is a ciliary disease belonging to the NPH-related ciliopathies (NPH-RC) with currently more than 90 known genes, affecting primarily children and adolescent patients where it represents the most common cause of ESKD. ADTKD affects mostly adults and can be divided into five major forms with specific associated gene mutations leading to misfolded proteins that confer altered tubular energy supply and protein trafficking. Both diseases are associated with a poor renal prognosis and lack specific treatment.
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