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Dogs with this condition exhibit juvenile-onset CKD similar to that seen in human Alport syndrome. Post-mortem renal cortical tissues from an affected male dog and a heterozygous female dog were processed to obtain single-cell suspensions. In total, we recovered up to 13,190 cells and identified 11 cell types, including major kidney cells and immune cells. Differential gene expression analysis comparing the affected male and heterozygous female dogs identified cell-type specific pathways that differed in a subpopulation of proximal tubule cells. These pathways included the integrin signaling pathway and the pathway for inflammation mediated by chemokine and cytokine signaling. Additionally, using machine learning-empowered digital cytometry, we deconvolved bulk mRNA-seq data from a previous canine study, revealing changes in cell type proportions across CKD stages. 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