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Glomerular Outgrowth as an Ex Vivo Assay to Analyze Pathways Involved in Parietal Epithelial Cell Activation
Published on: August 19, 2020
Crescentic glomerulonephritis: new aspects of pathogenesis
Ruth M Tarzi1, H Terence Cook, Charles D Pusey
1Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom. r.tarzi@imperial.ac.uk
Abstract:
This review provides a summary of recent advances in the understanding of crescentic glomerulonephritis, focusing on antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis and anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) antibody disease. In ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), four main conceptual advances are discussed as follows: (1) evidence for the pathogenicity of ANCA, (2) molecular mimicry and the role of infection in AAV, (3) evidence for aberrant T-cell responses and T-cell regulation in AAV, and (4) advances in understanding of genetic predisposition to AAV. In relation to anti-GBM disease we discuss the following: (1) the nature of the Goodpasture autoantigens, (2) T-cell responses and regulation in anti-GBM disease, and (3) human leukocyte antigen and non-human leukocyte antigen genetic associations.
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