Genetic determinants of urine and plasma metabolite levels

Seth L Alper^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology and Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. salper@bidmc.harvard.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. salper@bidmc.harvard.edu.
³ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. salper@bidmc.harvard.edu.
⁴ Division of Nephrology and Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. dfriedma@bidmc.harvard.edu.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. dfriedma@bidmc.harvard.edu.
⁶ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. dfriedma@bidmc.harvard.edu.

Seth L Alper et al. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;21(7):441-442.

doi: 10.1038/s41581-025-00953-2.

Seth L Alper^{1

2

3}, David J Friedman^{4

5

6}

¹ Division of Nephrology and Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. salper@bidmc.harvard.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. salper@bidmc.harvard.edu.
³ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. salper@bidmc.harvard.edu.
⁴ Division of Nephrology and Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. dfriedma@bidmc.harvard.edu.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. dfriedma@bidmc.harvard.edu.
⁶ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. dfriedma@bidmc.harvard.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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