Evaluation of the Frequency of APOL1 Gene Variants in Kidney Donors and the Impact of These Variants on the Long-term Renal Function of Kidney Transplant Donors and Recipients
Evaluation of the frequency of APOL1 gene variants in kidney donors and the impact of these variants on the long-term renal function of kidney transplant donors and recipients.
• 1.1.1. Inclusion criteria 1.1.1.2. For recipients:
⁃ Living donor kidney transplant recipients, performed at Hospital do Rim from January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2015;
⁃ Recipients Who have reached one year after the transplant, with a functioning renal graft;
⁃ Recipients whose donors were located agreed to participate in the research, signed the informed consent form (TCLE) and submitted to the collection of exams.
‣ For donors:
⁃ Living kidney donors whose donation was made at the Hospital do Rim in the period between January 2008 and December 2015;
⁃ That they are alive at the time the study begins;
⁃ Who have signed the TCLE.