Comment on

• APOL1 localization in normal kidney and nondiabetic kidney disease.

  Madhavan SM, O'Toole JF, Konieczkowski M, Ganesan S, Bruggeman LA, Sedor JR. Madhavan SM, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Nov;22(11):2119-28. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2011010069. Epub 2011 Oct 13. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011. PMID: 21997392 Free PMC article.
• APOL1 genetic variants in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and HIV-associated nephropathy.

  Kopp JB, Nelson GW, Sampath K, Johnson RC, Genovese G, An P, Friedman D, Briggs W, Dart R, Korbet S, Mokrzycki MH, Kimmel PL, Limou S, Ahuja TS, Berns JS, Fryc J, Simon EE, Smith MC, Trachtman H, Michel DM, Schelling JR, Vlahov D, Pollak M, Winkler CA. Kopp JB, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Nov;22(11):2129-37. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2011040388. Epub 2011 Oct 13. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011. PMID: 21997394 Free PMC article.
• Population-based risk assessment of APOL1 on renal disease.

  Friedman DJ, Kozlitina J, Genovese G, Jog P, Pollak MR. Friedman DJ, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Nov;22(11):2098-105. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2011050519. Epub 2011 Oct 13. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011. PMID: 21997396 Free PMC article.
• APOL1 variants increase risk for FSGS and HIVAN but not IgA nephropathy.

  Papeta N, Kiryluk K, Patel A, Sterken R, Kacak N, Snyder HJ, Imus PH, Mhatre AN, Lawani AK, Julian BA, Wyatt RJ, Novak J, Wyatt CM, Ross MJ, Winston JA, Klotman ME, Cohen DJ, Appel GB, D'Agati VD, Klotman PE, Gharavi AG. Papeta N, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Nov;22(11):1991-6. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2011040434. Epub 2011 Oct 13. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011. PMID: 21997397 Free PMC article.
• Genetic variation in APOL1 associates with younger age at hemodialysis initiation.

  Kanji Z, Powe CE, Wenger JB, Huang C, Ankers E, Sullivan DA, Collerone G, Powe NR, Tonelli M, Bhan I, Bernhardy AJ, Dibartolo S, Friedman D, Genovese G, Pollak MR, Thadhani R. Kanji Z, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Nov;22(11):2091-7. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2010121234. Epub 2011 Oct 13. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011. PMID: 21997398 Free PMC article.