Crescentic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in HIV infection; a mini-review with case study [PDF]
Journal of Nephropathology, 2022 HIV-related renal diseases have become more evident and easier to treat due to the prolonged survival of patients with HIV infection on antiretroviral therapy (ART). There are multiple factors involved in the pathogenesis of this entity.
Priti Meena +6 more
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Membranous Glomerulonephritis With Crescents [PDF]
Kidney International Reports, 2019 INTRODUCTION: Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) is rarely associated with necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis (NCGN). METHODS: We report the clinical and pathologic findings in 15 patients with MGN and NCGN associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCAs), anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM), or anti-phospholipase A2 ...
Nikolopoulou, Aikaterini +5 more
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Immune Complex-Mediated Crescentic Glomerulonephritis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Immune complex-mediated Glomerulonephritis (GN) comprises a group of disorders including Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, IgA vasculitis, lupus nephritis, infection-related GN {poststreptococcal, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)}, and fibrillary GN with ...
Dhruvi Reddy +2 more
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Analysis of Various Types of Glomerulonephritis with Crescents at a Single Center
International Journal of Nephrology, 2022 Background. The importance of crescent formation in glomerulonephritis has increased. However, detailed analysis of crescentic glomerulonephritis in Asia is scarce.
Tomo Nakakita +6 more
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Inhibiting ERK Activation with CI-1040 Leads to Compensatory Upregulation of Alternate MAPKs and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 following Subtotal Nephrectomy with No Impact on Kidney Fibrosis [PDF]
, 2015 Extracellular-signal regulated kinase (ERK) activation by MEK plays a key role in many of the cellular processes that underlie progressive kidney fibrosis including cell proliferation, apoptosis and transforming growth factor β1-mediated epithelial to ...
AA Eddy +50 more
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Pharmaceuticals, 2022 Crescentic glomerulonephritis is a devastating autoimmune disease that without early and properly treatment may rapidly progress to end-stage renal disease and death.
Lucia Tejedor-Santamaria +13 more
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Crescentic glomerulonephritis in children [PDF]
Pediatric Nephrology, 2020 Abstract Background To date, there is insufficient knowledge about crescentic glomerulonephritis (cGN), the most frequent immunologic cause of acute kidney injury in children. Methods Over a period of 16 years, we retrospectively analyzed kidney biopsy results, the clinical course, and laboratory data in 60 pediatric patients diagnosed with cGN ...
Ulrike Mayer +3 more
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Implications of Antiphospholipid and Antineutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antibodies in the Context of Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis. [PDF]
, 2017 While antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positivity has been documented in some patients with postinfectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN) and is associated with more severe disease, antiphospholipid antibodies (APA) are not known to be a common ...
Butani, Lavjay, Leifer, Daniel
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What is new in the management of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis? [PDF]
, 2015 Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) results from severe crescentic damage to glomeruli and leads to irreversible kidney failure if not diagnosed and managed in a timely fashion.
Greenhall, GHB, Salama, AD
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Glomerulonephritis with crescents in childhood; etiologies and significance of M2 macrophages
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2022 Background. Crescentic glomerulonephritis (CGN) is a rapidly progressive and rare cause of glomerulonephritis in childhood. The aim of this study is to evaluate demographic data of children with crescentic glomerulonephritis, to classify the ...
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