ArticleBMC medical genetics2020
Association of preeclampsia with infant APOL1 genotype in African Americans.
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- Preeclampsia Genomic Susceptibility Factors in Populations of African Ancestry: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
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- PREGNANCY DISORDERS AND MATERNAL CONSEQUENCES: Ethnic disparities in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
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- Association between Apolipoprotein L1 genetic variants and risk of preeclampsia and preterm birth among U.S. Black women.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2025Article
- Current Approaches and Innovations in Managing Preeclampsia: Highlighting Maternal Health Disparities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Preeclampsia in mice carrying fetuses with APOL1 risk variants.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- The association of low birthweight and prematurity on outcomes in children and adults with nephrotic syndrome-a NEPTUNE cohort study.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Article
- Social determinants of health in pregnant individuals from underrepresented, understudied, and underreported populations in the United States.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- Fetal High-Risk APOL1 Genotype Increases Risk for Small for Gestational Age in Term Infants Affected by Preeclampsia.Neonatology · 2023Article
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- Joint Associations of Maternal-Fetal APOL1 Genotypes and Maternal Country of Origin With Preeclampsia Risk.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2021Article
- APOL1 at 10 years: progress and next steps.Kidney international · 2021Article
- Kidney disease and APOL1.Human molecular genetics · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundBlack women in the United States and Africa are at an increased risk for preeclampsia. Allelic variants in the gene for apolipoprotein LI, APOL1, are found only in populations of African ancestry, and have been shown to contribute significant risk for kidney disease. Recent studies suggest these APOL1 variants also may contribute risk for preeclampsia.
methodsThe association of preeclampsia with carriage of APOL1 risk alleles was evaluated in a case-control study of deliveries from black women at a single center in Cleveland, Ohio that included gross and histopathologic evaluations of placental tissues (395 cases and 282 controls). Using logistic regression models, associations between fetal APOL1 genotype and preeclampsia were evaluated using several case definitions based on prematurity and severity of preeclampsia, with uncomplicated term pregnancies as controls. Associations between APOL1 genotype and pathological features were also examined.
resultsThe infant APOL1 genotype was significantly associated with preeclampsia in a dominant inheritance pattern with odds ratio of 1.41 (P=0.029, 95% CI 1.037, 1.926). Stratifying preeclampsia cases by preterm birth, significant associations were detected for both recessive (O.R.=1.70, P=0.038) and additive (O.R.=1.33, P=0.028) inheritance patterns. APOL1 genotype, however, was not significantly associated with pathological changes or other perinatal observations.
conclusionsPreeclampsia appears to be another disease associated with APOL1 variants, however, further studies are needed to increase confidence in the mode of inheritance. By understanding the association of APOL1 variants with preeclampsia, genetic screening tests for APOL1 may be useful to predict at-risk pregnancies and targeted interventions may be developed to improve pregnancy outcomes.
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