Supplementary Table 1. Overview of renal damage-related QTLs and their chromosomal location, as reported in the literature.
QTL name Chromosomal location Reference
Albuminuria
Pur1 13q131
Pur2 10q12-q32.1 2
Pur3 15p16-p12 3
Pur4 1q55 4
Pur5 8q21-q31 4
Pur6 9q31-q374
Pur7 2 4
Pur8 6 4
Pur9 9 4
Pur10 10 4
Pur11 13 4
Pur12 25
Pur13 3 5
Pur14 17 5
Pur15 205
Uae1 1q22-q36 6
Uae2 6q23-q316
Uae3 12p12-p11 6
Uae4 17p12-q12.3 6
Uae5 1q32-q55 2
Uae6 2q22-q43 2
Uae7 6q23-q32 2
Uae8 8q21-q31 2
Uae9 9q13-q37 2
Uae10 11q11-q23 2
Uae11 13q13-q23 2
Uae12 19p14-q12 2
Uae13 2q11-q12 7
Uae14 6q24-q32 7
Uae15 8q13-q24 7
Uae16 9q31-q36 7
Uae17 10q22-26 7
Uae18 11q11-q12 7
Uae19 19p13-q12 7
Uae20 1q51-q553
Uae21 4q34-q413
Uae22 6q22-32 3
Uae23 7q34q36 3
Uae24 8q13-q31 3
Uae25 9q13-q36 3
Uae26 15q21-q25 3
Uae27 Xq13-q213
Uae28 6q11-q13 8
Uae29 19p14-q11 8
Uae30 1q36-q55 4
Uae31 8q21-q31 4
Uae32 2 4
Uae33 6 4
Uae34 9 4
Uae35 11 4
Uae36 13 4
Renal function
Rf1 1q54-q559
Rf2 1q31-q32 9
Rf3 3q36-q42 10
Rf4 14p22-p21 10
Rf5 17p11-q12.3 10
Rf6 1p13-p12 11
Rf7 1q37-q51 11
Rf8 1q52-q55 11
Rf9 2q26-q41 11
Rf10 3q42-q43 11
Rf11 3q36-q42 11
Rf12 3q23-q36 11
Rf13 4q42-q44 11
Rf14 6q14-q23 11
Rf15 6q12-q21 11
Rf16 6q12-q14 11
Rf17 8q11-q13 11
Rf18 10q26-q32.1 11
Rf19 11q12-q23 11
Rf20 11q11-q21 11
Rf21 12p11-q15 11
Rf22 14p11-q22 11
Rf23 15p12-q25 11
Rf24 16p16-p14 11
Rf25 17q12.3 11
Rf26 18q12.1-q12.2 11
Rf27 1p13-p11 12
Rf28 1p13-q21 12
Rf29 1p13-q12 12
Rf30 3p13-q12 12
Rf31 4q11-q21 12
Rf32 5q11-q36 12
Rf33 5q11-q21 12
Rf34 5q11-q21 12
Rf35 5q11-q21 12
Rf36 5q11-q21 12
Rf37 6q11-q23 12
Rf38 6q11-q16 12
Rf39 8q11-q22 12
Rf40 10q11-q21 12
Rf41 12p12-q14 12
Rf42 15p16-p14 12
Rf43 17p14 12
Rf44 18p13-p12 12
Rf45 19p14-p11 12
Rf46 1p13-q22 13
Rf47 13p13-q27 13
Rf48 1q11-q22 13
Rf49 17p14-q11 13
Rf50 2q11-q16 13
Rf51 1q51-q55 14
Rf52 1 15
Rf53 3 15
Rf54 5 16
Rf55 1 17
Rf56 1 17
Others
Coreg1 6q14-q21 18
Coreg2 4q42 18
Glom1 X 6
Glom2 1q52-q55 6
Glom3 13q13-q22 6
Glom4 2 3
Glom5 7q34-q36 3
Glom6 9q33-q36 3
Glom7 6q23-q31 3
Glom8 6q24-q32 3
Glom9 2 19
Glom10 11 19
Glom11 18 19
Glom12 5 19
Glom13 1 19
Glom14 15 19
Klgr1 8q21-q31 4
Rends1 1q32-q41 20
Rends2 1p12-q12 21
Rends3 10q31-q32.1 21
Rends4 16p16-p14 21
Abbreviations:
Pur, Proteinuria; Uae, Urinary albumin excretion; Rf, Renal function; Coreg, Compensatory renal
growth QTL; Glom, Glomerulus QTL; Klgr, Kidney lesion grade QTL; Rends, Renal damage
susceptibility QTL.
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