Triggers, bullets and targets, puzzle of membranous nephropathy

Nephro-Urology Monthly

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 599-602

  Ardalan, Mohammadreza ^a,b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

Author keywords

6B1 IgG4 Monoclonal Antibody; Glomerulonephritis; Membranous; Phospholipase A2; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYTOSOLIC PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MEGALIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEYMANN NEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC MEMBRANOUS NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84867432866     PISSN: 22517006     EISSN: 22517014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/numonthly.2330     Document Type: Review

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