September 21, 2026 · Kidney international · DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2026.07.037

Whole-genome sequencing characterizes monogenic and polygenic contributions to structural kidney and urinary tract malformations

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The authors aimed to characterize the genomic architecture of congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) in a cohort of 1,052 individuals. They found a low overall diagnostic yield of 4.9% for monogenic causes, with certain clinical features predicting higher rates, while common and low-frequency variants were estimated to explain 23% of the phenotypic variance, suggesting these variants may contribute to the heritability of CAKUT.

Melanie M Y Chan, Omid Sadeghi-Alavijeh, Seth du Preez, Catalin D Voinescu, Loes F M van der Zanden, Sander Groen In 't Woud, Michiel F Schreuder, Wout Feitz, Enrico Mingardo, Alina C Hilger, Heiko Reutter, Lisanne M Vendrig, Rik Westland, Glenda M Beaman, William G Newman, Adrian S Woolf, Horia C Stanescu, Adam P Levine, Detlef Böckenhauer, Daniel P Gale

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