Advances in membranous nephropathy: Success stories of a long journey

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 460-466

  Ronco, Pierre ^a,b   Debiec, Hanna ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cationic bovine serum albumin; Membranous nephropathy; Modified food antigens; Neutral endopeptidase; Podocyte antigens

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN ANTIBODY; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CATION; MEGALIN; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 RECEPTOR; AUTOANTIBODY; FOOD ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; M TYPE PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HEYMANN NEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KIDNEY BIOPSY;

EID: 85023644253     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2011.05527.x     Document Type: Review

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