Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
Factor I is required for the development of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in factor H–deficient mice
... The inflammatory kidney disease membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II (MPGN2) is associat- ed with dysregulation of the alternative pathway of complement activation. MPGN2 is characterized by the ...
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A case report of recurrent membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis after kidney transplantation due to ventriculoatrial shunt infection
... a membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is one of the most challenging constellations since it does not refer to a specific disease entity but rather reflects a pattern of injury that is the ...
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Development of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis-like glomerulopathy in a patient with neutrophilia resulting from endogenous granulocyte-colony stimulating factor overproduction: a case report
... Case presentation: A 76-year-old woman presented with neutrophilia at a medical check-up and thorough examination revealed a high level of serum G-CSF. She subsequently developed mild renal dysfunction and proteinuria. ...
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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis with predominant IgG2 and IgG3 deposition in a patient with IgG4-related disease
... Background: IgG4-related disease is a novel disease entity characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and tissue infiltration by IgG4-positive plasma cells. Typical renal pathology is tubulointerstitial nephritis with ...
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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis complicating Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia
... membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) and prominent intracapillary hyaline monoclonal IgM thrombi were found in addition to acute tubular ...
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Hereditary porcine membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II is caused by factor H deficiency
... We have recently described hereditary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II in the pig. All affected animals had excessive complement activation, revealed as low plasma C3, elevated plasma ...
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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis presenting as arthropathy and cardiac valvulopathy in hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis: a case report
... Case presentation: A 30-year-old Korean man presented with hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome. In addition to urticarial cutaneous lesions, he experienced polyarthralgia and arthritis that resulted in ...
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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis recurrence after kidney transplantation: using the new classification
... Background: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is an uncommon glomerular disorder that may lead to end stage renal disease (ESRD). With new understanding of the disease pathogenesis, the ...
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Fundus changes in type III membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: a case report
... Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is an uncommon kidney disorder characterized by mesangial cell proliferation with electron dense deposits and struc- tural changes in the glomerular capillary ...
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C4 nephritic factor in patients with immune-complex-mediated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and C3-glomerulopathy
... complement-mediated membranoproliferative glom- erulonephritis (MPGN) called C3 glomerulopathy ...C3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN) and dense deposit disease (DDD), where osmophil dense deposits are present ...
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Long-term outcomes of patients with end-stage kidney disease due to membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: an ANZDATA registry study
... On the other hand, kidney allograft survival and death censored allograft survival were substantially poorer in patients with MPGN compared to patients with any other form of glomerulonephritis. This is in keeping ...
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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis with deposition of monoclonal IgG evolved from polyclonal IgG: a case report with two consecutive renal biopsies
... PGNMID is a rare form of MGRS characterized by in- tact monoclonal IgG deposition, the most common type was IgG3κ (47%~ 53.1%), followed by IgG1κ (21.9%~ 26%), IgG3λ (5%~ 12.5%), IgG1λ (6.3%~ 16%), and IgG4 κ (0%~ 5%) ...
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Disseminated strongyloidiasis in a patient with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis-case report.
... necrotizing glomerulonephritis with cres- cent formation was made with a suggestion of the background disease of Membranoprolifer- ative Glomerulonephritis ...
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Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency in Children
... Needle biopsies of liver and kidney were per- formed as were serum studies of a-AT and of complement proteins (Table 1).. Edema persisted despite treatment with salt restriction.[r] ...
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Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis in Childhood Cirrhosis Associated With Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
... Glomerular lesions were not observed in kidney sections of 16 children who died from cirrhosis but.. who were not oAT-deficient.[r] ...
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The Value of Immunofluorescence in Renal Diseases with Special Reference to Periodic Acid Schiff and Jone’s Methanamine Silver Stain
... Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis show diffuse involvement with similar degree of changes in all the glomeruli whereas DN show focal changes in ...
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Properdin and C3 Proactivator: Alternate Pathway Components in Human Glomerulonephritis
... human glomerulonephritis have suggested that alternate pathways of activation of the third component of complement may be important in some forms of ...chronic membranoproliferative ...
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Complement breakdown products in plasma from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and patients with membranoproliferative or other glomerulonephritis
... secondly, on an immunochemical quantitation, using specific antisera for the major antigens of C3 and factor B. The sensitivity and the specificity of these methods were demonstrated by activation of complement in vitro ...
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CTGF in kidney fibrosis and glomerulonephritis
... ated glomerulonephritis develops the absence of im- mune complex deposits, as it is driven by both ANCA and cellular immunity ...centic glomerulonephritis, and focal segmental sclerosis in various human ...
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Quantification of cancer risk in glomerulonephritis
... Results: Nine hundred eleven cancers were diagnosed in 5594 patients. Thirty five percent were prevalent at renal biopsy. Prevalence at biopsy was 5.5% (expected 3.1%), but incidence was not increased < 1 year before ...
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