Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Journal of Preventive Epidemiology 2476-3934 8 2 2023 10 07 Collapsing glomerulopathy following COVID 19 infection; a mini-review to the recent data e35223 e35223 10.34172/jpe.2023.35223 EN Leila Alem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1903-9517 Maryam Farahmandsadr https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1890-5839 Azadeh Khayyat https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1867-1609 Mohammad Ali Esmaeil Pour https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0393-3928 Hamid Nasri https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-5741 Journal Article 10.34172/jpe.2023.35223 2023 05 20 2023 07 17 Collapsing glomerulopathy has been delineated as the most common morphological feature in COVID-19 individuals presenting with rapidly progressive renal failure and massive proteinuria. This condition, also known as COVID-19-associated nephropathy, has a poor prognosis. In COVID-19-related collapsing glomerulopathy, an immune dysfunction-mediated "second hit" to podocytes of African origin with APOL1 risk alleles was suggested. However, further research is still required to clarify this aspect of glomerulopathy.