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UMOD

16p12.3 MIM.191845

Wednesday 6 April 2011

The Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (Tamm and Horsfall, 1952), also referred to as uromodulin (UMOD), is a GPI-anchored glycoprotein and the most abundant protein in normal urine.

Uromodulin (UMOD), uropontin, and nephrocalcin are the 3 known urinary glycoproteins that affect the formation of calcium-containing kidney stones (MIM.167030)

Pathology

- UMOD-associated kidney disease

- germline mutations in

  • familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy (HNJF1; MIM.162000)
  • glomerulocystic kidney disease with hyperuricemia and isosthenuria (MIM.609886)