Is sialylation of IgA the agent provocateur of IgA nephropathy?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2176-2178

  Smith, Alice ^a,b   Molyneux, Karen ^a,b   Feehally, John ^a,b,c   Barratt, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IgA glycosylation; IgA nephropathy; Sialyltransferases

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

B LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; SIALYLATION;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 46849110998     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn203     Document Type: Short Survey

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