Deposition of mannan binding protein and mannan binding protein-mediated complement activation in the glomeruli of patients with IgA nephropathy

Nephron

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 408-413

  Matsuda, Mitsuhiro ^a   Shikata, Kenichi ^a   Wada, Jun ^a   Sugimoto, Hikaru ^a   Shikata, Yasushi ^a   Kawasakfi, Toshisuke ^b   Makino, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy; Lectin pathway; Mannan binding protein

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; MANNAN; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LECTIN BINDING; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESANGIUM; MESANGIUM CELL; NEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031730769     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045212     Document Type: Article

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