Kidney data map
Kidney data beyond our laboratory
A curated map of 28 public resources from other groups that complement the atlases on this site: population genetics from the large consortia and biobanks, the NIH kidney cohorts, expression and protein QTL catalogues, and the single-cell, spatial and epigenome atlases of the wider community. Together with the SusztakLab Biobank they make one starting point for kidney data. These resources are maintained by their own groups; follow their terms of use and cite their publications. Suggestions for additions are welcome at ksusztak@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
NIH kidney cohorts and consortia 8
NIDDK Central Repository ↗
The NIH repository for clinical data and biosamples from NIDDK-funded kidney studies; request access to CRIC, NEPTUNE, CureGN, AASK, MDRD and others in one place.
repository.niddk.nih.govCRIC, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort ↗
Longitudinal cohort of about 5,500 adults with CKD: phenotypes, outcomes, genotypes, proteomics and metabolomics; the source of our blood methylation atlas.
repository.niddk.nih.govNEPTUNE, Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network ↗
Biopsy-based cohort of nephrotic syndrome (FSGS, MCD, membranous) with transcriptomics, digital pathology and outcomes; companion eQTLs are at NephQTL.
repository.niddk.nih.govCureGN, Cure Glomerulonephropathy ↗
Prospective cohort of more than 2,400 children and adults with biopsy-proven IgA nephropathy, FSGS, MCD and membranous nephropathy.
repository.niddk.nih.govKidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP) ↗
NIDDK consortium collecting research biopsies from people with CKD and AKI; the Kidney Tissue Atlas below holds the molecular data.
kpmp.org(Re)Building a Kidney (RBK) ↗
NIDDK consortium on kidney development, repair and regeneration, with organoid, imaging and single-cell data.
rebuildingakidney.orgUnited States Renal Data System (USRDS) ↗
National surveillance system for CKD and kidney failure in the United States: incidence, prevalence, treatment and cost, with an annual data report and researcher data requests.
usrds.orgdkNET ↗
NIDDK's information network that catalogues data repositories, tools and resources for kidney, urologic and metabolic research.
dknet.orgHuman genetics and GWAS 7
CKDGen Consortium ↗
Meta-analysis summary statistics for eGFR, CKD, albuminuria, urate and related kidney traits from the CKDGen consortium.
ckdgen.imbi.uni-freiburg.deMillion Veteran Program (MVP) ↗
Genome-wide PheWAS and GWAS results from the VA Million Veteran Program, including kidney function traits; summary statistics are released through dbGaP.
mvp.va.govKnowledge Portal Network (Broad Institute) ↗
The Broad Institute's family of knowledge portals (CMDKP and others) that integrate GWAS datasets, including CKDGen, UK Biobank and MVP kidney traits, with gene-level and variant-level views.
kp4cd.orgCommon Metabolic Diseases Knowledge Portal ↗
Aggregated genetic association results for metabolic and kidney traits, with PheWAS, gene prioritization and fine-mapping tools.
cmdkp.orgFinnGen ↗
GWAS results for thousands of disease endpoints, including kidney diseases, from the Finnish biobank study; browsable summary statistics for each release.
finngen.fiGWAS Catalog (EMBL-EBI) ↗
The curated catalogue of published genome-wide association studies and summary statistics.
ebi.ac.ukOpen Targets Genetics ↗
Variant-to-gene mapping, colocalization and locus-to-gene scores across GWAS and molecular QTL studies.
genetics.opentargets.orgExpression, QTL and proteomics 6
GTEx Portal ↗
Genotype-Tissue Expression project: bulk expression, eQTLs and sQTLs across human tissues, including kidney cortex.
gtexportal.orgeQTLGen ↗
Blood cis- and trans-eQTLs from more than 30,000 individuals.
eqtlgen.orgNephQTL ↗
Glomerular and tubulointerstitial eQTLs from NEPTUNE kidney biopsies.
nephqtl.orgUK Biobank Pharma Proteomics Project (UKB-PPP) ↗
Plasma proteomic pQTL summary statistics for about 3,000 proteins measured in more than 50,000 UK Biobank participants.
registry.opendata.awsdeCODE plasma proteomics ↗
Plasma pQTL summary data for 4,907 aptamers in 35,559 Icelanders.
decode.comNephroseq ↗
Curated kidney transcriptomic datasets with a query interface for gene expression across disease cohorts.
nephroseq.orgSingle-cell, spatial and epigenome atlases 7
KPMP Kidney Tissue Atlas ↗
Kidney Precision Medicine Project: single-cell, single-nucleus, spatial and imaging data from biopsies of healthy and diseased human kidneys.
atlas.kpmp.orgHuBMAP Data Portal ↗
Human BioMolecular Atlas Program: multi-modal single-cell and spatial data, including kidney, with a common coordinate framework.
portal.hubmapconsortium.orgCZ CELLxGENE Discover ↗
Standardized, browsable single-cell datasets, including many kidney studies, with gene expression and cell-type queries.
cellxgene.cziscience.comHuman Cell Atlas ↗
Data portal of the Human Cell Atlas consortium.
data.humancellatlas.orgKidney Interactive Transcriptomics (Humphreys lab) ↗
Interactive single-cell and single-nucleus kidney datasets from mouse and human injury and disease models.
humphreyslab.comGUDMAP ↗
GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project: expression, imaging and single-cell data on kidney and urinary tract development.
gudmap.orgENCODE ↗
Encyclopedia of DNA Elements: chromatin accessibility, histone marks and transcription factor binding across tissues and cell types, including kidney.
encodeproject.orgListing curated by the Susztak Laboratory; last reviewed September 2026.