Nutcracker syndrome combined with immunoglobulin A nephropathy: two case reports [PDF]
Childhood Kidney Diseases, 2023 Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a disease caused by compression of the left renal vein between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta. Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN) is characterized by the predominance of IgA deposits in the ...
So Hyun Ki +3 more
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Comparison of salivary immunoglobulin A and cortisol levels in competitive and non-competitive child male swimmers [PDF]
Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2023 Background: Competitive swimming leads to changes in salivary immunoglobulin A (S-IgA) and cortisol levels. The intensity and duration of exercise cause changes in the immune system.
Bahareh Nazemi Salman +4 more
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The clinical significance of circulating microRNA-21 in patients with IgA nephropathy [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2022 Background Urinary microRNA-21 (miR-21) has been reported to correlate with the histologic lesions of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). We investigated whether urinary or circulating miR-21 could serve as a biomarker for detecting the renal progression of IgAN ...
A Young Cho +3 more
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Activation of mucosal immunity and novel prophylactic and therapeutic strategy in combating COVID-19
Exploration of Immunology, 2021 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerges as an expeditiously growing pandemic, in the human population caused by the highly transmissible RNA virus severe acute respiratory syndrome of coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Swapan K. Chatterjee +2 more
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Clinical significance of serum galactose-deficient immunoglobulin A1 for detection of recurrent immunoglobulin A nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients [PDF]
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2021 Background Recurrent glomerulonephritis (GN) is a common cause of allograft loss in kidney transplantation (KT), the most frequent of which is immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN).
Woo Yeong Park +4 more
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Daratumumab-Based Treatment for Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2021 BACKGROUND Systemic immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by deposition of amyloid fibrils of light chains produced by clonal CD38+ plasma cells. Daratumumab, a human CD38-targeting antibody, may improve outcomes for this disease.
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Türk Biyokimya Dergisi, 2023 Pseudomonas aeruginosa is pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals. It has several complex mechanisms for evading human immunity. The objective of the study was to examine the secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) mediated immune response in saliva to ...
Wan Keqiang +3 more
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Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022 Mucosal immunity provides a potential for preventing initial infection and stopping subsequent transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Here, we examined the safety and immunogenicity of a replication-defective adenovirus type-5 vectored vaccine (Ad5-nCov) encoding ...
Fang Xu +7 more
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Non-invasive stress evaluation in domestic horses (Equus caballus): impact of housing conditions on sensory laterality and immunoglobulin A [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 The study aimed to evaluate sensory laterality and concentration of faecal immunoglobulin A (IgA) as non-invasive measures of stress in horses by comparing them with the already established measures of motor laterality and faecal glucocorticoid ...
I. Marr +4 more
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Structure of the secretory immunoglobulin A core
Science, 2020 Hefty structures of IgA and IgM complexes Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgA are antibody isotypes that can form higher-order secretory complexes (sIgM and sIgA), which allows them to effectively bind and neutralize antigens with low-affinity repetitive ...
Nikit Kumar +3 more
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