Trans-ethnic kidney function association study reveals putative causal genes and effects on kidney-specific disease aetiologies.

By Amir Safavi | January 3, 2019 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07867-7 Authors: Morris, Andrew P; Le, Thu H; Wu, Haojia; Akbarov, Artur; van der Most, Peter J; Hemani, Gibran; Smith, George Davey; Mahajan, Anubha; Gaulton, Kyle J; Nadkarni, Girish N; Valladares-Salgado, Adan; Wacher-Rodarte, Niels; Mychaleckyj, Josyf C; Dueker, Nicole D; Guo, Xiuqing; Hai, Yang; Haessler, Jeffrey; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Stilp, Adrienne M; Zhu, Gu; Cook,…

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Fecal microbiota analysis of polycystic kidney disease patients according to renal function: A pilot study.

By Amir Safavi | December 12, 2018 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/1535370218818175 Authors: Yacoub, Rabi; Nadkarni, Girish N; McSkimming, Daniel I; Chaves, Lee D; Abyad, Sham; Bryniarski, Mark A; Honan, Amanda M; Thomas, Shruthi A; Gowda, Madan; He, John C; Uribarri, Jaime Abstract: The heterogeneity of the renal disease, therapeutic interventions, and the original cause of the renal failure, all directly affect the microbiota. We…

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HIV-1 Envelope Glycoproteins from Diverse Clades Differentiate Antibody Responses and Durability among Vaccinees.

By Amir Safavi | March 28, 2018 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01843-17 Authors: Yates, Nicole L; deCamp, Allan C; Korber, Bette T; Liao, Hua-Xin; Irene, Carmela; Pinter, Abraham; Peacock, James; Harris, Linda J; Sawant, Sheetal; Hraber, Peter; Shen, Xiaoying; Rerks-Ngarm, Supachai; Pitisuttithum, Punnee; Nitayapan, Sorachai; Berman, Phillip W; Robb, Merlin L; Pantaleo, Giuseppe; Zolla-Pazner, Susan; Haynes, Barton F; Alam, S Munir; Montefiori, David C; Tomaras,…

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