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      Autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease: Diagnosis, classification, and management - A KDIGO consensus report 

      Eckardt, K. -U; Alper, S. L.; Antignac, C.; Bleyer, A. J.; Chauveau, D.; Dahan, K.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Hosking, A.; Kmoch, S.; Rampoldi, L.; Wiesener, M.; Wolf, M. T.; Devuyst, O. (2015)
      Rare autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease is caused by mutations in the genes encoding uromodulin (UMOD), hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β (HNF1B), renin (REN), and mucin-1 (MUC1). Multiple names have been ...

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      C3 glomerulonephritis/CFHR5 nephropathy is an endemic disease in cyprus: Clinical and molecular findings in 21 families 

      Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Gale, D.; Cook, T.; Voskarides, Konstantinos; Athanasiou, Yiannis; Pierides, Alkis M. (2013)
      Microscopic haematuria is the presenting symptom of several conditions, either heritable or acquired. A well-recognized familial condition is Alport syndrome, either of X-linked or autosomal recessive inheritance, as well ...

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      COL4A3 founder mutations in Greek-Cypriot families with thin basement membrane nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis dating from around 18th century 

      Voskarides, Konstantinos; Patsias, Charalambos; Pierides, Alkis M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2008)
      Mutations in the COL4A3/COL4A4 genes of type IV collagen account for about 40% of cases of thin basement membrane nephropathy, a condition that is estimated to affect 1% or more of the general population. We recently ...

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      COL4A3/COL4A4 heterozygous mutations with TBMN presenting as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis 

      Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Pierides, Alkis M. (2015)

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      COL4A3/COL4A4 mutations link familial hematuria and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Glomerular epithelium destruction via basement membrane thinning? 

      Voskarides, Konstantinos; Pierides, Alkis M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2008)
      The recent description of multiple gene defects in hereditary podocytopathies and in hereditary glomerular basement membrane diseases has dramatically improved the current state of our knowledge on the renal glomerular ...

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      COL4A3/COL4A4 mutations producing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and renal failure in thin basement membrane nephropathy 

      Voskarides, Konstantinos; Damianou, Loukas; Neocleous, Vassos; Zouvani, Ioanna; Christodoulidou, Stalo; Hadjiconstantinou, Valsamakis E.; Ioannou, Kyriakos; Athanasiou, Yiannis; Patsias, Charalambos; Alexopoulos, Efstathios; Pierides, Alkis M.; Kyriacou, Kyriacos C.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2007)
      Mutations in the COL4A3/COL4A4 genes of type IV collagen have been found in ∼40% of cases of thin basement membrane nephropathy, which is characterized by microscopic hematuria and is classically thought to cause proteinuria ...

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      Epistatic Role of the MYH9/APOL1 Region on Familial Hematuria Genes 

      Voskarides, Konstantinos; Demosthenous, Panayiota; Papazachariou, Louiza; Arsali, Maria; Athanasiou, Yiannis; Zavros, Michalis; Stylianou, Konstantinos G.; Xydakis, D.; Daphnis, Eugenios K.; Gale, D. P.; Maxwell, P. H.; Elia, Avraam; Pattaro, C.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2013)
      Familial hematuria (FH) is explained by at least four different genes (see below). About 50% of patients develop late proteinuria and chronic kidney disease (CKD). We hypothesized that MYH9/APOL1, two closely linked genes ...

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      Evidence for activation of the unfolded protein response in collagen iv nephropathies 

      Pieri, Myrtani; Stefanou, Charalambos; Zaravinos, Apostolos; Erguler, K.; Stylianou, Konstantinos G.; Lapathitis, Georgios; Karaiskos, Christos; Savva, Isavella; Paraskeva, Revekka; Dweep, H.; Sticht, C.; Anastasiadou, Natassa; Zouvani, Ioanna; Goumenos, Dimitrios S.; Felekkis, Kyriacos N.; Saleem, M.; Voskarides, Konstantinos; Gretz, N.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2014)
      Thin-basement-membrane nephropathy (TBMN) and Alport syndrome (AS) are progressive collagen IV nephropathies caused by mutations in COL4A3/A4/A5 genes. These nephropathies invariably present with microscopic hematuria and ...

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      Evidence that NPHS2-R229Q predisposes to proteinuria and renal failure in familial hematuria 

      Voskarides, Konstantinos; Arsali, Maria; Athanasiou, Yiannis; Elia, Avraam; Pierides, Alkis M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2012)
      Background Familial hematuria (FH) is associated with at least two pathological entities: Thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN), caused by heterozygous COL4A3/ COL4A4 mutations, and C3 nephropathy caused by CFHR5 ...

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      Frequency of COL4A3/COL4A4 Mutations amongst families segregating glomerular microscopic hematuria and evidence for activation of the unfolded protein response. Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis is a frequent development during ageing 

      Papazachariou, Louiza; Demosthenous, Panayiota; Pieri, Myrtani; Papagregoriou, Gregory N.; Savva, Isavella; Stavrou, Christoforos V.; Zavros, Michalis; Athanasiou, Yiannis; Ioannou, Kyriakos; Patsias, Charalambos; Panagides, Alexia; Potamitis, Costas; Demetriou, Kyproula; Prikis, Marios; Hadjigavriel, Michalis; Kkolou, Maria; Loukaidou, Panayiota; Pastelli, Androulla; Michael, Aristos; Lazarou, Akis; Arsali, Maria; Damianou, Loukas; Goutziamani, Ioanna; Soloukides, Andreas P.; Yioukas, Lakis; Elia, Avraam; Zouvani, Ioanna; Polycarpou, Polycarpos; Pierides, Alkis M.; Voskarides, Konstantinos; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2014)
      Familial glomerular hematuria(s) comprise a genetically heterogeneous group of conditions which include Alport Syndrome (AS) and thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN). Here we investigated 57 Greek-Cypriot families ...

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      Frequency of COL4A3/COL4A4 Mutations amongst families segregating glomerular microscopic hematuria and evidence for activation of the unfolded protein response. Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis is a frequent development during ageing 

      Papazachariou, Louiza; Demosthenous, Panayiota M.; Pieri, Myrtani; Papagregoriou, Gregory N.; Savva, Isavella; Stavrou, Christoforos V.; Zavros, Michalis; Athanasiou, Yiannis; Ioannou, Kyriakos; Patsias, Charalambos; Panagides, Alexia; Potamitis, Costas; Demetriou, Kyproula; Prikis, Marios; Hadjigavriel, Michalis; Kkolou, Maria; Loukaidou, Panayiota; Pastelli, Androulla; Michael, Aristos; Lazarou, Akis; Arsali, Maria; Damianou, Loukas; Goutziamani, Ioanna; Soloukides, Andreas P.; Yioukas, Lakis; Elia, Avraam; Zouvani, Ioanna; Polycarpou, Polycarpos; Pierides, Alkis M.; Voskarides, Konstantinos A.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2014)
      Familial glomerular hematuria(s) comprise a genetically heterogeneous group of conditions which include Alport Syndrome (AS) and thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN). Here we investigated 57 Greek-Cypriot families ...

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      Genetic variation of DKK3 may modify renal disease severity in ADPKD 

      Liu, M.; Shi, S.; Senthilnathan, S.; Yu, J.; Wu, E.; Bergmann, C.; Zerres, K.; Bogdanova, N.; Coto, E.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Demetriou, Kyproula; Devuyst, O.; Gitomer, B.; Laakso, M.; Lumiaho, A.; Lamnissou, Klea; Magistroni, R.; Parfrey, P.; Breuning, M.; Peters, D. J. M.; Torra, R.; Winearls, C. G.; Torres, V. E.; Harris, Peter C.; Paterson, A. D.; Pei, Y. (2010)
      Significant variation in the course of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) within families suggests the presence of effect modifiers. Recent studies of the variation within families harboring PKD1 mutations ...

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      Identification of a mutation in complement factor H-related protein 5 in patients of Cypriot origin with glomerulonephritis 

      Gale, D. P.; De Jorge, E. G.; Cook, H. T.; Martinez-Barricarte, R.; Hadjisavvas, Andreas; McLean, A. G.; Pusey, C. D.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Kyriacou, Kyriacos C.; Athanasiou, Yiannis; Voskarides, Konstantinos; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Palmer, A.; De Cordoba, S. R.; Maxwell, P. H.; Pickering, M. C.; Frémeaux-Bacchi, V. (2010)
      Summary Background Complement is a key component of the innate immune system, and variation in genes that regulate its activation is associated with renal and other disease. We aimed to establish the genetic basis for a ...

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      A miR-1207-5p binding site polymorphism abolishes regulation of HBEGF and is associated with disease severity in CFHR5 nephropathy 

      Papagregoriou, Gregory N.; Erguler, K.; Dweep, H.; Voskarides, Konstantinos; Koupepidou, P.; Athanasiou, Yiannis; Pierides, Alkis M.; Gretz, N.; Felekkis, Kyriacos N.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2012)
      Heparin binding epidermal growth factor (HBEGF) is expressed in podocytes and was shown to play a role in glomerular physiology. MicroRNA binding sites on the 3′UTR of HBEGF were predicted using miRWalk algorithm and ...

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      Molecular genetics of familial hematuric diseases 

      Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Voskarides, Konstantinos (2013)
      The familial hematuric diseases are a genetically heterogeneous group of monogenic conditions, caused by mutations in one of several genes. The major genes involved are the following: (i) the collagen IV genes COL4A3/A4/A5 ...

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      RAAS inhibition and the course of Alport syndrome 

      Savva, Isavella; Pierides, Alkis M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2016)
      Alport syndrome (AS) is a hereditary progressive glomerulonephritis with a high life-time risk for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Most patients will reach ESRD before the age of 30 years, while a subset of them with milder ...

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      Refinement of the gene locus for autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 (MCKD1) and construction of a physical and partial transcriptional map of the region 

      Rüschendorf, F.; Fuchshuber, A.; Kroiss, S.; Karle, S.; Berthold, S.; Huck, K.; Burton, C.; Rahman, N.; Koptides, Michael; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Otto, E.; Feest, T.; Hildebrandt, F. (2001)
      Autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD) is an adult onset tubulointerstitial nephropathy that leads to salt wasting and end-stage renal failure. A gene locus (MCKD1) has been mapped on chromosome 1q21. ...

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      The role of molecular genetics in diagnosing familial hematuria(s) 

      Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Voskarides, Konstantinos (2012)
      Familial microscopic hematuria (MH) of glomer-ular origin represents a heterogeneous group of monogenic conditions involving several genes, some of which remain unknown. Recent advances have increased our understanding and ...

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      Screening for mutations in kidney-related genes using SURVEYOR nuclease for cleavage at heteroduplex mismatches 

      Voskarides, Konstantinos; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2009)
      SURVEYOR is a new mismatch-specific plant DNA endonuclease that is very efficient for mutation scanning in heteroduplex DNA. It is much faster, cheaper, more sensitive, and easier to perform than other "traditional" mutation ...

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      A Simplified Method for Measuring the Thickness of Glomerular Basement Membranes 

      Marquez, B.; Zouvani, Ioanna; Karagrigoriou, Alex; Anastasiades, E.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Kyriacou, Kyriacos C. (2003)
      Measurement of the thickness of glomerular basement membranes is required for the diagnosis of thin membrane nephropathy. Over the years various morphometric methods have been used but some are laborious so there is a need ...

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