Nephrotic syndrome from the genetic point of view.

Nephrotic syndrome, an entity described at the beginning of the 20th century, has still an unclear pathophysiology, genetic and immunologic factors being incriminated. Here we report three cases of nephrotic syndrome with genetic involvement. The article presented tremendous progress that have been made over the past few years in enhancing our understanding of the slit-diaphragm and podocyte biology and genetics involvement in nephrotic syndrome.