Immune complex formation in IgA nephropathy: A case of the 'right' antibodies in the 'wrong' place at the 'wrong' time

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3620-3623

  Barratt, Jonathan ^a   Eitner, Frank ^b   Feehally, John ^a   Floege, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immune complex; Molecular mimicry; Mucosal immunity; O glycosylation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; GLOMERULUS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NOTE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS;

EID: 71049118207     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp441     Document Type: Note

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