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The first Chinese renal gelsolin amyloidosis with the p.Asp174Asn mutation in the GSN gene: Nephrology picture

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Acknowledgements

We would express our gratitude to National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Jinling Hospital which provided immunohistochemical help for us to detect amyloid substances in kidney tissues. Thank Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Pathological Center, Peking University First Hospital to provide the help of laser microdissection and mass spectrometry. The present work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81200490), Jiangsu Province Traditional Chinese medicine science and technology development plan project (Grant No.YB201985) and Research Innovation Program for Postgraduates in Jiangsu Province (Grant No. SJCX19_0874).

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226000, People’s Republic of China

    Rong Zhang, Fangfang Shang, Yuan Zhang & Li Yuan

  2. Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Pathological Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Danyang Li

  3. Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital; Renal Pathological Center, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University; Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China; Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Danyang Li

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Zhang, R., Shang, F., Li, D. et al. The first Chinese renal gelsolin amyloidosis with the p.Asp174Asn mutation in the GSN gene: Nephrology picture. J Nephrol 34, 1257–1259 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-020-00873-3

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