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Editorial
. 2026 Jan 30;11(3):103803.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.103803. eCollection 2026 Mar.

The Long and the Short of it: How Cubilin Isoforms are Affected by Genetic Variants

Matias Simons  1
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The Long and the Short of it: How Cubilin Isoforms are Affected by Genetic Variants

Matias Simons. Kidney Int Rep. .
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Figure 1
Schematic drawings of full-length and truncated versions of cubilin and the respective genotype-phenotype correlation. IF, intrinsic factor; IGS, Imerslund–Gräsbeck syndrome; Vit. B12, vitamin B12.
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  • Clinical and Genetic Insights Into Isolated Proteinuria With CUBN Variants.
    Sakakibara N, Ishiko S, Tanaka Y, Inoki Y, Ichikawa Y, Kitakado H, Ueda C, Kondo A, Aoto Y, Horinouchi T, Yamamura T, Ishimori S, Onodera C, Inaba A, Hamada R, Harita Y, Nagano C, Nozu K. Sakakibara N, et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2025 Dec 29;11(3):103754. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.103754. eCollection 2026 Mar. Kidney Int Rep. 2025. PMID: 41624452 Free PMC article.

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