Abstract

Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) is a rare but important cause of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure in children. Mutations in podocyte genes explain more than two-thirds of early-onset SRNS presenting in the first year of life.1 In a recent publication in Science Advances, Majmundar et al. identified recessive mutations in nitric oxide synthase 1 adaptor protein (NOS1AP) as another genetic cause of early-onset SRNS.2

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