Elena Levtchenko

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2022-2026

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  • other 1
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2026
Expression of Apolipoprotein L1 Risk Variants at the Plasma Membrane and Haplotype-Dependent Cytotoxicity
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN ·doi:10.1681/asn.0000001159

BACKGROUND: The mechanisms by which apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk variants, G1 and G2, induce kidney disease in individuals of African ancestry remain contentious. METHODS: In this study, we utilized a heterologous expression system of HE…

review 2025
APOL1-mediated kidney disease: a narrative review of the lessons learnt from the past 15 years
BMC nephrology ·doi:10.1186/s12882-025-04687-y

Fifteen years have elapsed since the publication of the seminal work establishing the association between risk variants in the Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) gene and kidney disease in individuals of African ancestry. During this period, substan…

article 2023
Distress in parents of children with first-onset steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome
·doi:10.1007/s00467-023-06038-1

BACKGROUND: Steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) is associated with a relapsing-remitting course that can be stressful for parents. As little is known of parental distress at the first onset of SSNS, this study aims to describe paren…

other 2022
Urine-Derived Kidney Progenitor Cells in Cystinosis
Cells ·doi:10.3390/cells11071245

Nephropathic cystinosis is an inherited lysosomal storage disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the cystinosin (CTNS) gene and is characterized by the excessive shedding of proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) and podocytes into ur…