Local Inflammation But Not Kidney Cell Infection Associated with High APOL1 Expression in COVID-Associated Nephropathy

Kidney360. 2023 Dec 1;4(12):1757-1762. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000290. Epub 2023 Nov 6.

Abstract

  1. In coronavirus disease-19 biopsies, detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was rare with no evidence of viral replication, whereas autopsy tissue failed quality control.

  2. In patients with FSGS, apolipoprotein L1 expression differed by degree of immune cell infiltrates, with some podocytes exhibiting up to 18-fold higher expression.

  3. In COVAN, the predicted high induction of apolipoprotein L1 expression occurs in a pattern consistent with the stochastic nature of FSGS pathology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Apolipoprotein L1 / genetics
  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Kidney Diseases* / etiology

Substances

  • Apolipoprotein L1
  • APOL1 protein, human