Glomerural crescent formation in renal amyloidosis: A clinicopathological study and demonstration of upregulated cell-mediated immunity

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 464-474

  Masutani, K ^a,b   Nagata, M ^a   Ikeda, H ^a   Takeda, K ^c   Katafuchi, R ^d   Hirakata, H ^b,e   Tsuruya, K ^a   Iida, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA HIGASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

AA amyloidosis; Cell mediated immunity; Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AZATHIOPRINE; BUCILLAMINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; OSTEOPONTIN; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; AMYLOID; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STOMACH ULCER; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MESANGIUM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPONTIN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 57349156204     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp70464     Document Type: Article

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