TY - JOUR. T1 - Donor-Derived ALECT2 Amyloidosis and Recurrent Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis in a Transplant Allograft. AU - Nasr, Samih H. AU - Chavez, Octavio. AU - Dasari, Surendra. AU - Theis, Jason D.. AU - Vrana, Julie A.. AU - Fatima, Huma. AU - Fu, Liying. AU - Baliga, Rajendra S.. AU - McPhail, Ellen D.. N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.. PY - 2021. Y1 - 2021. N2 - The occurrence of renal amyloidosis and fibrillary glomerulonephritis in the same biopsy specimen is exceptional and poses a diagnostic challenge. We describe the case of a non-Hispanic White patient with end-stage kidney disease due to fibrillary glomerulonephritis who received a second living donor kidney from a Hispanic individual. A 40-month-posttransplantation biopsy performed for an elevated serum creatinine level revealed interstitial congophilic deposits and glomerular noncongophilic fibrillary deposits, in addition to rejection. Separate laser ...

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This page includes the following topics and synonyms: Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis, Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis, Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis.

A team of Mayo Clinic pathologists have discovered a new tissue biomarker, DNAJB9, for fibrillary glomerulonephritis, a rare kidney disease [...]

vascular lesions and glomerular immune deposits were evaluated semiquantitatively using the generally recognized nephropatological methods. Extracapillary proliferation and global and segment glomerulosclerosis were evaluated as a percentage of the affected glomeruli. Immune deposits demonstrated the following three immunofluorescent patterns: garland, starry sky and mesangial. Streptococcus was confirmed to be causally related to postinfectious glomerulonephritis in 54% of cases. Staphylococcus was found in 6% of cases and both, streptococcus and staphylococcus in 5%. In 35% of cases no causative agent was demonstrated. IgG and complement component C3 deposits with a starry sky pattern were confirmed to be significantly associated with with glomerular endocapillary proliferation and exudation characteristic of the in the first month of the disease course. A mesangial, often less intensive, pattern of C3 deposits associated with mesangial proliferation predominated in the second and third month. ...

DefinitionPoststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (GN) is a kidney disorder that occurs after infection with certain strains of streptococcus bacteria.Alternative NamesGlomerulonephritis - poststreptococcal; Postinfectious glomerulonephritis

Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is known to be important in cytokine production and cell survival in inflammation. This study examined the effect of inhibiting p38 MAPK after onset of renal injury in an experimental model of crescentic glomerulonephritis. Furthermore, this study investigated whether p38 MAPK inhibition would cause widespread suppression of the cytokine network in vivo or uncontrolled apoptosis. In the in vivo studies, daily treatment with a p38 MAPKalpha/beta inhibitor was started 1 h (early treatment study) or 4 d (late treatment study) after induction of nephrotoxic nephritis in Wistar Kyoto rats. The treated rats remained healthy with normal weight gain during the study. Both early and late treatment with p38 MAPK inhibitor reduced renal monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) levels, the number of glomerular macrophages, the severity of tissue injury, and proteinuria compared with the vehicle group. Unexpected, treatment with p38 MAPK inhibitor did not

The third component of complement (C3) was measured in the urine of 98 patients with a variety of renal diseases. Renal biopsy was performed on 83 of the patients and examined by light, electron, and immunofluorescence microscopy. Urinary C3 was detected in cases of membranous glomerulonephritis, mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, and renal amuloidosis. It was not detected in minimal lesion glomerulonephritis; in cases of proliferative glomerulonephritis it was detected only in those showing histological evidence of a progressive lesion. Concentrations were low or undetectable in cases of non-immunological renal diseases. There was a good correlation between urinary C3 concentrations and the deposition of C3 in glomerular capillary walls, as seen by immunofluorescence microscopy, and there was no correlation with the degree or selectivity of proteinuria. Urinary C3 excretion appears to be an accurate indicator of continuing activity of disease. It is ...

Much epidemiological evidence suggests that hydrocarbon exposure may induce glomerulonephritis and worsen its course in many patients. The mechanisms are unknown, however, no specific microscopic pattern has been identified, and it has also been argued that hydrocarbon exposure causes tubular damage mainly. Studying experimental animals may best answer these questions, and as no systematic review of glomerulonephritis produced experimentally by hydrocarbon exposure has been performed previously, I found it relevant to search for and analyse such studies. Animal experiments having mimicked human glomerulonephritis by hydrocarbon exposure were sought on Medline and Toxnet Twenty-six experiments using thirteen different hydrocarbons were identified. Several human subtypes were observed including IgA nephritis, mesangial, proliferative and extracapillary glomerulonephritis, focal and focal-segmental sclerosis, minimal change nephropathy, anti-GBM and anti-TBM nephritis, and glomerulonephritis associated

Another name for Acute Glomerulonephritis is Acute Glomerulonephritis. Complications of acute glomerulonephritis include: * Kidney failure * Congestive ...

appearance in the urine, with variable protein amounts and casts (red blood cells clumps), occurs.. Acute Nephritic Syndrome can be caused by a streptococcal infections including strep throat. In this case, the disorder is known as Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis. Acute Nephritic Syndrome can be also resulted from reactions to other infections, including malaria, prosthesis (infection of an artificial part of body), syphilis, hepatitis, chickenpox, abdominal organ abscess, pneumonia, and bacterial endocarditis.. About 50% of individuals with Acute Nephritic Syndrome experience no symptoms. When symptoms do exist, the first to happen are edema (retention with swelling of tissue), dark urine with blood, and low urine volume. Edema can first appear as puffiness of the eyelids and face, but later it occurs in legs; and edema can become severe. Brain swelling and high blood pressure can cause serious brain function disturbances, visual disturbances, and headaches.. The urine laboratory analysis ...

Glomerulonephritis is a type of kidney disease in which the part of your kidneys that helps filter waste and fluids from the blood is damaged. Glomerulonephritis may be caused by problems with the bodys immune system. Often, the exact cause of glomerulonephritis is unknown. Damage to the glomeruli causes blood and protein to be lost in the urine. The condition may develop quickly, and kidney function is lost within weeks or months (called rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis). A quarter of people with chronic glomerulonephritis have no history of kidney disease ...

Nearly all forms of acute glomerulonephritis have a tendency to progress to chronic glomerulonephritis. The condition is characterized by irreversible and progressive glomerular and tubulointerstitial fibrosis, ultimately leading to a reduction in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and retention of uremic toxins.

glomerulonephritis. It is caused by an infection with a type of streptococcus bacteria. The infection does not occur in the kidneys, but in a different part of the body, such as the skin or throat.. The strep bacterial infection causes the tiny blood vessels in the filtering units of the kidneys (glomeruli) to become inflamed. This makes the kidneys less able to filter the urine.. Poststreptococcal GN is uncommon today because infections that can lead to the disorder are commonly treated with antibiotics. The disorder may develop 1 to 2 weeks after an untreated throat infection, or 3 to 4 weeks after a skin infection.. It may occur in people of any age, but it most often occurs in children ages 6 through 10. Although skin and throat infections are common in children, poststreptococcal GN is a rare complication of these infections.. Risk factors include:. ...

Crescentic glomerulonephritis, a complication of severe immune glomerular injury, is the pathological correlate of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, mediated by both humoral and cellular effectors. In the current issue of the JCI, Chen et al. have implicated Bowmans capsule in functionally isolating potentially immune effectors, specifically antigen-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes, from podocytes. They suggest that, in crescentic glomerulonephritis, immune-mediated glomerular endothelial injury results in inside-out injury to the glomerulus, with subsequent leukocyte migration through a weakened or ruptured Bowmans capsule, resulting in outside-in injury. Effector T cells then recognize nephritogenic antigens presented by podocytes or other cells within the urinary space, enhancing injury and crescent formation.. ...

Acute glomerulonephritis is characterized by the sudden appearance of hematuria, proteinuria, red blood cell casts in the urine, edema, and hypertension with or without oliguria. It can follow streptococcal infections.

In 1998 there was a large outbreak of acute glomerulonephritis (GN) in Nova Serrana, Brazil, caused by group C Streptococcus zooepidemicus and linked to the consumption of contaminated cheese produced with unpasteurized milk. This study describes the follow-up of these patients after a mean of 2 years following the acute episode. of 134 patients identified in 1998, 69 patients were reexamined and underwent measurements of blood pressure, 24-hour creatinine clearance, microalbuminuria (radioimmunoassay), and urine sediment analysis. of the original group of 134 patients, 3 patients died in the acute phase and 5 patients (3.7%) required chronic dialysis. of 69 patients reevaluated, 65 patients (94%) were adults (mean age, 39 +/- 2 [SE] years) and 47 patients (68%) were women. At the follow-up examination, we found arterial hypertension in 42% of subjects (27 of 64 subjects), serum creatinine levels greater than 1.2 mg/dL in 12% (10 of 68 subjects), reduced creatinine clearance (,80 mL/min/1.73 ...

IgA-dominant post-infectious glomerulonephritis presenting as a fatal pulmonary-renal syndrome Marc Saad,1 Magda Daoud,1 Patricia Nasr,1 Rafeel Syed,2 Suzanne El-Sayegh,2 1Department of Medicine, 2Department of Nephrology, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA Abstract: Over the last decades, post-infectious glomerulonephritis underwent major changes in its epidemiology, pathophysiology, and outcomes. We are reporting a case of IgA-dominant post-infectious glomerulonephritis (IgA-PIGN) presenting as a fatal pulmonary-renal syndrome. An 86-year-old Filipino man presented with worsening dyspnea, hemoptysis, and decreased urine output over 2 weeks. Past medical history is significant for hypertension, chronic kidney disease stage III, and pneumonia 3 weeks prior treated with intravenous cefazolin for methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Physical examination was remarkable for heart rate of 109/min and respiratory rate of 25/min saturating 99% on 3 liters via nasal

External manifestations and some results of diffuse acute glomerulonephritis are similar to exacerbation of the chronic form of the disease. To differentiate the doctors condition, the time interval from infection to the lesion of the renal glomeruli is of primary interest. In acute condition, it takes 1-3 weeks, the chronic form is aggravated in a couple of days. The main analysis is a general urine sample, the presence of proteins and erythrocytes indicates a pathology. Proteinuria occurs only in the first week of the disease, early development in the urine contains 10-20 or more grams of protein per liter, then the condition stabilizes. Detect pathology of hematuria, the microhematuria account for 75% of cases, while the hematuria occupies no more than 15%.In some cases, leucocyturia is found. Erythrocytes are always larger than leukocytes in pathology, it can be proved by Nechiporenkos test with calculation of urinary sediment elements. When Zimnitskys trial shows an increased volume of ...

Renal Glomerular Disorders is a chapter in the book, Nephrology, containing the following 11 pages: Acute Glomerulonephritis, Glomerulonephritis Causes, Goodpastures Syndrome, Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis, Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, Orthostatic Proteinuria, Isolated Proteinuria, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Membranous Nephropathy, Minimal Change Disease.

TNF is essential for the development of glomerulonephritis, an immune-mediated disorder that is a major cause of renal failure worldwide. However, TNF has proinflammatory and immunosuppressive properties that may segregate at the level of the 2 TNF receptors (TNFRs), TNFR1 and TNFR2. TNFR1-deficient mice subjected to immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis developed less proteinuria and glomerular injury, and fewer renal leukocyte infiltrates at early time points after disease induction, and this was associated with a reduced systemic immune response to nephrotoxic rabbit IgG. However, proteinuria and renal pathology were similar to those in wild-type controls at later time points, when lack of TNFR1 resulted in excessive renal T cell accumulation and an associated reduction in apoptosis of these cells. In sharp contrast, TNFR2-deficient mice were completely protected from glomerulonephritis at all time points, despite an intact systemic immune response. TNFR2 was induced on glomerular ...

Rag2-/- mice lack functional B and T cells. Splenocytes of MPO-/- mice immunized with purified MPO were transferred to Rag2-/- recipients and developed MPO-ANCA. 80% of Rag2-/- mice receiving 1x108 or 5x107 splenocytes from MPO-immunized mice developed a pauci-immune glomerulonephritis with increased serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN), proteinuria, an active urinary sediment, and fibrinoid necrosis and crescents in their glomeruli. One third of the animals developed hemorrhagic pulmonary capillaritis, 2/16 developed necrotizing arteritis, and in one animal necrotizing granulomatous inflammation was found in the spleen. Mice receiving 1x108 splenocytes from BSA-immunized or non-immunized animals developed mild glomerular lesions with moderate glomerular hypercellularity. Purified IgG derived from mice immunized with MPO, but not from control animals immunized with BSA, induced pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis both in Rag2-/- and in wildtype B6 mice. 2/6 wildtype B6 mice ...

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Mortality at 1 and 5 years was 23% and 40%, respectively: standardized mortality ratio, 4.74 (95% CI, 3.62-6.32). End-stage renal disease was reached by 14% and 18% at 1 and 5 years, respectively. In multivariable analysis, serum creatinine level at biopsy and percentage of normal glomeruli in the initial biopsy specimen were the best predictors of kidney survival. C Statistics were 0.80 for creatinine level alone and 0.83 for creatinine level with normal glomeruli. In patients undergoing an additional biopsy, rapid progression in the index of chronic damage and serum creatinine level at the second biopsy were associated with kidney survival in multivariable analysis ...

A few years ago, a visiting speaker reported that post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) now primarily occurred in the developing world. This surprised me since I had diagnosed two cases that week in children in my city, very much in the middle of the US of A. Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a general term for inflammation of the…

Treatment of glomerulonephritis varies greatly from person to person, depending on whether its acute or chronic and on how much damage has been done to the kidneys.. For acute glomerulonephritis, the first goal is to reduce the symptoms and try to prevent more kidney damage. If high blood pressure (hypertension) has developed, it will be treated with anti-hypertensive medications (medications to lower blood pressure).. If the condition is due to a bacterial infection, antibiotics will be prescribed. Its very important to take antibiotics exactly as instructed for the full course of treatment, even if the symptoms of infection disappear after a few days of treatment. This is to make sure that the infection is truly gone. Viral infections cant be treated by antibiotics and must run their course.. Corticosteroids and medications to suppress the immune system may also be used to treat glomerulonephritis.. Your doctor might also prescribe a diuretic. Diuretics increase the bodys urine output, ...

ANCA-mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis with linear deposition of IgG along the glomerular basement membrane. Academic Article ...

BACKGROUND: Few epidemiological studies have investigated the long-term outcome of primary glomerulonephritis (GN) and its determinants in the decade since

Proteinuria is a very common symptom of glomerulonephritis. How does glomerulonephritis cause proteinuria? To know the answer can help you treat the disease well. Glomerulonephritis is a group of diseases that injury the part of the kidney

Many patients suffering from nephritis,at the same time accompanied by hypertension, but most nephritis patients do not understand why they can cause hypertension. How does acute glomerulonephritis cause hypertension?

The association of proliferative glomerular disease with isolated C3 deposits is an extremely rare condition in adults (27). Isolated intramembranous diffuse C3 deposits is characteristic of DDD (27,28), but disseminated granular glomerular CW and mesangial C3 deposits, without IgG deposits, are sometimes observed in late stages of poststreptococcal GN. These two conditions result from CAP activation. C3NeF, an autoantibody with anti-CAP C3 convertase activity, is found in more than 80% of DDD cases and in some cases of poststreptococcal GN (23,27). Recently, Servais et al. (29) introduced the term glomerulonephritis C3 (GNC3) to describe glomerular disease in a series of 19 patients, mostly adults, with isolated glomerular C3 deposits distinct from classical DDD and poststreptococcal GN. Thirteen patients displayed features of type I MPGN, whereas five patients had mesangial and epimembranous deposits without mesangial proliferation and subendothelial deposits. Circulating C3NeF and low serum ...

The underlying national kidney foundation featured hss rheumatologist theodore r. fields, md, facp in an abstract article about spinal glomerulonephritis. Jordan has glomerulonephritis and convoluted like too many children and teens with industrializing the condition, she also has chronic obstructive high blood volume pressure. Future clinical trials that should evaluate the efficacy of Azathioprine in the management level of glomerulonephritis refractory vassals to opioids and conv

Postgraduate Medical Journal (November 1970) 46, 641-652. Streptococcal skin infection and acute glomerulonephritis HUGH C. DILLON, JR M.D. Professor of Pediatrics and Associate

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In this model of crescentic GN, mice lacking endogenous IFN-γ developed less severe GN than genetically normal C57BL/6 mice. Crescent formation and elements of DTH were reduced in glomeruli of IFN-γ -/- mice, and functional injury, measured by serum creatinine and urinary protein excretion, was diminished in IFN-γ-deficient mice. Skin DTH to the nephritogenic antigen was reduced, consistent with the observed reductions in glomerular injury. Serum titers of antigen-specific IgG2a and IgG3, associated with IFN-γ and Th1 responses, were reduced in IFN-γ -/- mice, but splenocyte IL-2 levels were unaffected. As IL-2 is produced by Th1 cells (7), this result suggests that the effects of endogenous IFN-γ on Th1 responses were mediated directly by IFN-γ itself, and not by a generalized downregulation of all components of the Th1 response. Th2 elements of the immune response to sheep globulin were unaffected. There was a nonsignificant increase in the Th2-associated subclass IgG1, and total ...

Taylor, SRJ, Turner, CM, Elliott, JI, McDaid, J, Hewitt, R, Smith, J, Pickering, MC, Whitehouse, DL, Cook, HT, Burnstock, G et al, Pusey, CD, Unwin, RJ and Tam, FWK. (2009) P2X(7) Deficiency Attenuates Renal Injury in Experimental Glomerulonephritis ...

Infection-related glomerulonephritis with IgA deposits (IRGN-IgA) is a rare disease but it is increasingly reported in the literature. Data regarding epidemiology and outcome are lacking, especially in Europe. We aimed to assess the clinical, pathologic and outcome data of IRGN-IgA. Clinical and outcome data from patients from 11 French centers over the 2007-2017 period were collected retrospectively. We reviewed pathologic patterns and immunofluorescence of renal biopsies and evaluated C4d expression in IRGN-IgA. We analyzed the correlation between histological presentation and outcome. Twenty-seven patients (23 men, mean age: 62 ± 15 years) were included. Twenty-one (78%) had Staphylococcus aureus infection and twelve (44%) were diabetic. At the time of biopsy, 95.2% had haematuria, 48.1% had a serum creatinine level of | 4 mg/dL, and 16% had hypocomplementemia. The most common pathologic presentation included mesangial (88.9%) and endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis (88.9%) with

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmatic antibody (ANCA)-associated glomerulonephritis, anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) glomerulonephritis and lupus nephritis are the most common causes of rapid progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) in the Western world. These aggressive forms of autoimmune kidney diseases significantly contribute to end-stage renal disease and are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Moreover, patients show significant heterogeneity with respect to clinical outcome and response to therapy. T cell infiltration is a morphological hallmark of RPGN and it is a critical driver of kidney injury. Different CD4 T cell subsets that are endowed with distinct regulatory and effector functions are involved in this detrimental inflammatory process. In particular, the identification and functional characterization of IL-17-expressing CD4 Th17 cells have substantially advanced our understanding of organ-specific autoimmunity. In experimental models of crescentic and proliferative GN, ...

I have generally used anti-histamine medications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and found them to be safe. However, as with all medications, you should discuss this with your physician and make sure that they do not interfere with any other medications that you may be taking. It is best that you seek the…

Nephritis/Glomerulonephritis : Kidney Disease : Prognosis & Prevention, Nephritis is inflammation of the kidney. Glomerulonephritis is the term used to describe a group

Diffuse proliferative nephritis (DPN) or glomerulonephritis (DPGN) is a type of glomerulonephritis that is the most serious form of renal lesions in SLE and is also the most common, occurring in 35% to 60% of patients. Most of the glomeruli show endothelial and mesangial proliferation affecting the entire glomerulus, leading to diffuse hypercellularity of the glomeruli, producing in some cases epithelial crescents that fill Bowmans space. When extensive, immune complexes create an overall thickening of the capillary wall, resembling rigid wire loops on routine light microscopy. Electron microscopy reveals electron-dense subendothelial immune complexes (between endothelium and basement membrane). Immune complexes can be visualized by staining with fluorescent antibodies directed against immunoglobulins or complement, resulting in a granular fluorescent staining pattern. In due course, glomerular injury gives rise to scarring (glomerulosclerosis). Most of these patients have hematuria with ...

Glomerulonephritis (pronounced gluh-mare-you-low-nih-fry-tis), also called glomerular disease, is a group of kidney diseases in which the glomeruli of the kidney become damaged and inflamed. Glomerulonephritis makes it hard for the kidneys to work as they should.

The Vasculitis & Glomerulonephritis Center at Massachusetts General Hospital conducts leading-edge research and provides specialty care for patients with vasculitis, glomerulonephritis and related conditions.

Glomerulonephritis is a kidney condition that involves damage to the glomeruli. Glomeruli are the tiny structures within the kidney that filter blood.. The kidneys are bean-shaped organs located in the back just below the rib cage. Each kidney is about the size of a fist. The two kidneys filter blood, catch needed substances and return them to the circulation, and dispose of wastes in the urine. If the kidneys dont filter properly, wastes build up in the blood.. There are two types of glomerulonephritis: ...

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A recent article in AJKD 2014 discusses a novel way to look at Proliferative GN. Dr Sethi proposes a new classification that can better be of aid to the pathologist and the clinician. The general term of proliferative GN can be used for mesangial proliferative which can be IgA predominant or could be a full house pattern with lupus nephritis. It can be membrano-proliferative which then leads to a host of different causes. Finally, it really doesnt give us a clue of the underlying disease. Based on the article, Sethi proposes a IF based approach. In general, Proliferative GN is light microscopy finding. The concept map below summarizes the new approach to proliferative GN. Electron microscopy helps confirm the diagnosis but may not be that essential given the above classification( especially in low income nations where this cannot be possible). Click on image to see enlarged view( based on Sethi Classification of Prolif GN based on AJKD article above ...

Researchers have identified a potential diagnostic and therapeutic target for fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN), according to two studies published online Nov

New research reveals the presence of abundant levels of a certain protein in the kidneys of patients with fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN). In FGN, large amounts of protein become trapped in the millions of filtering units-;or glomeruli-;that make up the kidney.

Age-related and disease-induced glomerulosclerosis (GS) in rats have both been well defined in a number of strains and experimental models, but the inter-relationship between the two is not clear. The present study was undertaken to compare the pattern of glomerular injury in these two types of GS. One- and two-shot Thy1 glomerulonephritis (GN) was induced at 2 months of age and followed for 12 months. At 12 months histological injury in proteinuric rats was characterized by segmental hyaline lesions. Two-shot Thy1 GN resulted in accelerated, but morphologically identical injury at 8 months. Histological lesions predictive of subsequent accelerated GS were evaluated at 1, 2, 4 and 6 months. In this regard, glomerular hypercellularity, rather than hypertrophy or matrix increase, was the most consistent histological index of later accelerated disease. The profibrotic cytokines transforming growth factor (TGF)-β|sub|1|/sub| and -β|sub|3|/sub| were localized distinctly to segmental hyaline lesions, but

TY - JOUR. T1 - Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. T2 - A manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. AU - Martin, Julie. AU - Kaul, Aditya. AU - Schacht, Robert. PY - 2012/9. Y1 - 2012/9. N2 - Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a well-described complication of initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients. As the immune system recovers, an inappropriate inflammatory response often occurs that causes significant disease. It is most commonly seen in patients naïve to therapy with CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts ,100 cells/cmm and usually presents as a flare of mycobacterial, cytomegalovirus, or herpes zoster infections. Less commonly, this syndrome occurs in response to noninfectious triggers and results in autoimmune or malignant disease. Here we present the first case of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis associated with varicella zoster virus and IRIS in an adolescent with perinatally acquired HIV and hepatitis C ...

Group A streptococcus can cause both acute glomerulonephritis and acute rheumatic fever. The occurrence of characteristic acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis and acute rheumatic fever in the same patient is rare. We describe a 10-year-old girl

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Pediatric anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis. AU - Trivedi, V. A.. AU - Malter, J. S.. AU - Guillery, E.. PY - 1998/8/13. Y1 - 1998/8/13. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031856041&partnerID=8YFLogxK. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0031856041&partnerID=8YFLogxK. U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1101(1998)13:2,69::AID-JCA4,3.0.CO;2-6. DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1101(1998)13:2,69::AID-JCA4,3.0.CO;2-6. M3 - Letter. C2 - 9704608. AN - SCOPUS:0031856041. VL - 13. JO - Journal of Clinical Apheresis. JF - Journal of Clinical Apheresis. SN - 0733-2459. IS - 2. ER - ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Conformation and Glycosylation of A Megalin Fragment Correlate with Nephritogenicity in Heymann Nephritis. AU - Tramontano, Alfonso. AU - Makker, Sudesh P. PY - 2004/2/15. Y1 - 2004/2/15. N2 - Active Heymann nephritis (AHN), a rat model of autoimmune glomerulonephritis, is induced by immunization with autologous megalin, a 600-kDa cell surface glycoprotein isolated from crude renal extracts. Recombinant proteins containing a 563-residue N-terminal sequence of megalin were obtained from Escherichia coli and baculovirus-insect cell expression systems. Rats immunized with the soluble, secreted protein encoded by a baculovirus construct elicited high titer anti-megalin autoantibodies and developed glomerular immune deposits and elevated proteinuria consistent with AHN. Rats treated with the bacterial or nonsecreted insect cell proteins produced a milder anti-megalin response and did not develop the disease. Nephritogenicity appeared to correlate with conformational or other ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Electron-dense subepithelial glomerular deposits in Henoch-Schonlein purpura syndrome. AU - Kim, C. K.. AU - Aikawa, M.. AU - Makker, Sudesh P. PY - 1979. Y1 - 1979. N2 - A case of Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) with renal lesions is presented. The clinical, laboratory, and morphologic findings revealed features commonly described in HSP. A renal biopsy revealed diffuse, generalized, proliferative glomerulonephritis. The unusual findings in this case were numerous electron-dense subepithelial deposits (humps) and a few small intramembranous deposits (humps) and a few small intramembranous deposits in the glomerular capillaries without deposits in the mesangium, mimicking those of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. The electron-dense deposits were well correlated with deposits of IgG, IgA, C3, C4, C1q, and fibrin-fibrinogen demonstrated by immunofluorescent microscopy.. AB - A case of Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) with renal lesions is presented. The clinical, ...

Definition Acute glomerulonephritis is an inflammatory disease of both kidneys predominantly affecting children from ages two to 12. Chronic glomerulonephritis can develop over a period of 10-20 years and is most often associated with other systemic disease, including diabetes, malaria, hepatitis, or systemic lupus erythematosus. Description Acute glomerulonephritis is an inflammation of the glomeruli, bundles of tiny vessels inside the kidneys. The damaged glomeruli cannot effectively filter waste products and excess water from the bloodstream to make urine. The kidneys appear enlarged, fatty, and congested. Causes and symptoms Acute glomerulonephritis most often follows a streptococcal infection of the throat or skin. In children, it is most often associated with an upper respiratory infection, tonsillitis, or scarlet fever. Kidney symptoms usually begin two to three weeks after the initial infection. Exposure to certain paints, glue or other organic solvents may also be the causative agent. ...

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IgG4-related disease is a novel disease entity characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and tissue infiltration by IgG4-positive plasma cells. Typical renal pathology is tubulointerstitial nephritis with storiform fibrosis, although the co-existence of various glomerular lesions has been described. Here, we present the first report of a case of IgG4-related kidney disease and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis showing the discrepancy in IgG subclasses between the kidney interstitium and glomeruli. A 70-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and focal tubulointerstitial nephritis with IgG4-positive plasma cells. Immunofluorescence studies revealed predominant deposition of IgG3 and IgG2, but not IgG4 in the glomeruli. We administered oral prednisolone at 30 mg/day, and the abnormalities in urine and blood tests gradually resolved. In this case, different patterns of IgG subclasses detected in the glomeruli and interstitial plasma cells suggest overlapping

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is a relatively-rare, immune-mediated glomerular disease. There is no accepted therapy and all current therapies are inadequate. Current therapeutic options include immunosuppression with corticosteroids alone or in combination with alkylating agents, antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and/or dipyridamole and/or warfarin, and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and/or angiotensin receptor blockers. As with other glomerular diseases the amount of protein in the urine correlates well with the long-term prognosis. Thus, this parameter has been used in previous studies, and will be used in this study, as the primary indicator of therapeutic efficacy. We propose a pilot study to test the hypothesis that selective B lymphocyte depletion will result in disappearance of pathogenic antibodies and induce remission of proteinuria in patients with idiopathic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Our population will be 10 adults with MPGN involving ...

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN), also known as mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, is a pattern of glomerular injury viewed by light microscopy. Its name is derived from the characteristic histologic changes including hypercellulari

Fujihara, C. K., Zatz, R., & Marcondes, M. (1987). Sodium retention in the early phase of chronic nephrotoxic serum nephritis (nsn) is unrelated to hypovolemia. In Abstracts. London: Inter-American Society of Hypertension ...

Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) is released from mesangial cells in experimental mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis induced with anti-Thy 1.1 antibody. To investigate the functional role of released FGF-2, rats received either neutralizing anti-FGF-2 IgG or a functional peptide antagonist of FGF-2 (FGF119-126) before or shortly after induction of anti-Thy 1.1 nephritis. In additional experiments, rats were treated with bolus injections of FGF-2 from 2 to 6 h after disease induction. The data showed that anti-FGF-2 therapy led to significant reductions of early mesangial cell injury (mesangiolysis, microaneurysm formation) and the subsequent mesangioproliferative changes (glomerular de novo expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin, mesangial cell proliferation, matrix accumulation, and platelet influx). Conversely, injections of FGF-2 augmented both mesangial injury and the subsequent mesangioproliferative changes. Studies on the mechanisms underlying the amplification of mesangial cell ...

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Overview. This article concentrates on the emergency management of acute glomerulonephritis. For more detailed information, refer to Acute Glomerulonephritis.. The emergency physician must consider acute glomerulonephritis in the differential diagnosis for patients that present with hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, peripheral edema, and/or acute pulmonary edema. Acute glomerulonephritis is defined as inflammation and subsequent damage of the glomeruli leading to hematuria, proteinuria, and azotemia; it may be caused by primary renal disease or systemic conditions. The glomerular filtration rate is decreased, leading to activation of the renin-aldosterone system and subsequent salt and water retention, resulting in edema and hypertension.. A urinalysis must be included in the workup for these patients, because if acute glomerulonephritis is not considered, the diagnosis will be missed. Some patients may require intubation or noninvasive ventilation in cases of severe pulmonary edema.. The ...

Proliferative glomerulonephritis (GN) is defined as an increase in glomerular cellularity due to the influx of leukocytes and/or the proliferation of native cells. There are four major light microscopy patterns of proliferative GN - mesangial, endocapillary, membranoproliferative, and crescentic/necrotizing (extracapillary). Diagnosis requires the correlation of the injury pattern seen by light microscopy (LM) with the…

Acute glomerulonephritis and acute rheumatic fever are sequelae of infection with Group A hemolytic streptococci. The precise mechanism whereby these two complications are produced is, however, obscure. A number of definite epidemiologic and serologic differences between the two conditions have been well documented.1-4 The occurrence of the two diseases simultaneously may be encountered. Their incidence in tandem, however, presumably resulting from two separate streptococcal infections, is unusual, and may be of interest in defining further the factor of host susceptibility and the differing pathogeneses of the two poststreptococcal diseases.. This report concerns a 15 year old boy who contracted acute ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Antibody response to bacteriophage hyaluronidase in acute glomerulonephritis after group A streptococcal infection. AU - Halperin, Scott A.. AU - Ferrieri, Patricia. AU - Gray, Ernest D.. AU - Kaplan, Edward L.. AU - Wannamaker, Lewis W.. PY - 1987. Y1 - 1987. N2 - In a test of the hypothesis that lysogeny of group A streptococci by a temperate bacteriophage might confer nephritogenicity, 283 sera from 69 patients were examined for IgG and IgM antibodies to M 49 streptococcal bacteriophage hyaluronidase. The IgG and IgM response to bacteriophage hyaluronidase was greatest in M 49 streptococci-infected individuals with nephritis, but M 49 streptococci-infected subjects without nephritis also had a greater immune response than did subjects infected with serotypes other than M 49. Although antibody to bacterial hyaluronidase was detected in all Streptococcus-infected groups, antibody to M 49 streptococcal bacteriophage hyaluronidase usually was found in only M 49 ...

Human glomerulonephritis (GN) is characterized by sustained proteinuria, sodium retention, hypertension, and edema formation. Increasing quantities of filtered protein enter the renal tubule, where they may alter epithelial transport functions. Exaggerated endocytosis and consequent protein overload may affect proximal tubules, but intrinsic malfunction of distal epithelia has also been reported. A straightforward assignment to a particular tubule segment causing salt retention in GN is still controversial. We hypothesized that 1) trafficking and surface expression of major transporters and channels involved in volume regulation were altered in GN, and 2) proximal tubular endocytosis may influence locally as well as downstream expressed tubular transporters and channels. Effects of anti-glomerular basement membrane GN were studied in controls and megalin-deficient mice with blunted proximal endocytosis. Mice displayed salt retention and elevated systolic blood pressure when proteinuria had ...

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John W. Stirling and Alan Curry. 1.1 The Role of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) in Renal Diagnostics 1. 1.2 Ultrastructural Evaluation and Interpretation 2. 1.3 The Normal Glomerulus 3. 1.4 Ultrastructural Diagnostic Features 5. 1.5 Granular and Amorphous Deposits 6. 1.6 Organised Immune-Related Fibrils and Tubules 7. 1.7 Nonspecific Fibrils 11. 1.8 General and Nonspecific Inclusions and Deposits 11. 1.9 Fibrin 12. 1.10 Tubuloreticular Bodies (Tubuloreticular Inclusions) 12. 1.11 The Glomerular Basement Membrane 13. 1.12 The Mesangial Matrix 14. 1.13 Cellular Components of the Glomerulus 14. 1.14 Mesangial Cells 16. 1.15 The Capillary Lumen 16. 1.16 The Ultrastructural Pathology of the Major Glomerular Diseases 16. 1.17 Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis 17. 1.18 Pauci-Immune Glomerulonephritis (ANCA-Associated Glomerulonephritis) 18. 1.19 Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis (Goodpasture Syndrome) 19. 1.20 Diseases with Structural GBM Changes 19. 1.21 Thin Basement Membrane Disease 21. 1.22 ...

Intravenous injection of Type 1 streptococcal M protein into mice and rats produced lesions confined to renal glomeruli. Thrombi of eosinophilic amorphous material, seen to occlude glomerular capillaries, were shown to contain M protein and fibrinogen. Gradual regression of the morphological lesions was observed during the 3 weeks following injection. Initial abnormal proteinuria and azotemia returned to control levels by the end of the 1st week; a second rise in urinary protein excretion and urea retention was demonstrated in some rats coincident with appearance of anti-M antibodies. The mechanism of renal localization of streptococcal M protein by means of a complex with fibrinogen was suggested, which may comprise an initial phase in the pathogenesis of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis.. ...

Editor,-Renal disease occurring in HIV infected individuals is well described.1, 2 HIV associated nephropathy (HIVAN) is the predominant renal lesion in black patients, whereas immune complex and membranous nephropathy occur more commonly in white patients.1 Improvements in renal function have been described with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) when the underlying renal lesion is HIVAN or membranous nephropathy.3-5 We report here an HIV infected patient in whom renal disease caused by hepatitis B induced membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis improved with HAART.. A 34 year old white homosexual man was found to be HIV-1 antibody positive in August 2000 after he presented with biopsy proved Kaposis sarcoma. At this time he also reported 2 months of fatigue and frothy urine. In the past he had been found to be hepatitis BeAg positive in 1996. Examination revealed multiple cutaneous Kaposis sarcoma, BP = 170/100, no peripheral oedema, and scanty retinal haemorrhages on funduscopy. ...

Abstract A 37-yr-old man developed acute glomerulonephritis in association with filariasis. Renal histology revealed varying degrees of mesangial cell hypercellularity.

TY - JOUR. T1 - Selective CCR2-targeted macrophage depletion ameliorates experimental mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis. AU - McIntosh, L. M.. AU - Barnes, J. L.. AU - Barnes, V. L.. AU - McDonald, J. R.. PY - 2009/2/1. Y1 - 2009/2/1. N2 - The CCL2/CCR2 chemokine/receptor axis directs the chemotaxis of infiltrating monocytes/macrophages and T cells and plays a pivotal role in tissue damage and fibrosis in kidney diseases. The eradication of the activated leucocytes should diminish the production of inflammatory mediators, limit tissue damage and ameliorate disease. A recombinant fusion protein (OPL-CCL2-LPM) comprised of the human CCL2 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1) chemokine fused to a truncated form of the enzymatically active A1 domain of Shigella dysenteriae holotoxin (SA1) has been developed. The CCL2 portion binds specifically to CCR2-bearing leucocytes and the fusion protein enters the cells, where the SA1 moiety inhibits protein synthesis resulting in cell death. The ...

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I have been |b|diagnosed to have idiopathic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)|/b| Type 1. I am taking one drug daily (Renitec- an ACE-inhibitor). What are your recommendations on my condition? Will this eventually lead to renal failure, even if I take the drug religiously? My 24-hour urine protein count is aroung 1.8 to 2g. Is this manageable? Is there a possibility that my protein count will normalize? What are the critical signs/factors that I should watch out for? Do I need to take any special diet?

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Nephritogenicity and α-chain composition of NC1 fractions of type IV collagen from bovine renal basement membrane. AU - Rauf, Syarifuddin. AU - Kagawa, Megumi. AU - Kishiro, Yumiko. AU - Inoue, Satoko. AU - Naito, Ichiro. AU - Oohashi, Toshitaka. AU - Sugimoto, Manabu. AU - Ninomiya, Yoshifumi. AU - Sado, Yoshikazu. PY - 1996. Y1 - 1996. N2 - Nephritogenicity (anti-GBM-nephritis-inducing activity) and α-chain composition of globular-domain (NC1) fractions of type IV collagen from bovine renal, pulmonary, and placental basement membranes (BMs) was examined by injecting these fractions with adjuvant into WKY/NCrj rats and by Western blotting using epitope-defined monoclonal antibodies to the six different α chains of type IV collagen. A purified nephritogenic fraction from renal BM contained α1-α6(IV)NC1, whereas a non-nephritogenic fraction contained only α1-α2(IV)NC1. Penal and pulmonary NC1 had strong nephritogenic activity; placental NC1 had weak activity. The renal and ...

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Long-term outcome of renal transplantation in patients with idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis (MN). AU - Moroni, Gabriella. AU - Gallelli, Beniamina. AU - Quaglini, Silvana. AU - Leoni, Antonio. AU - Banfi, Giovanni. AU - Passerini, Patrizia. AU - Montagnino, Giuseppe. AU - Messa, Piergiorgio. PY - 2010/10. Y1 - 2010/10. N2 - Background. Little information is available about the long-term outcome of renal transplanted patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (MN).Methods. The outcomes of 35 first renal transplants performed between 1975 and 2008 in patients with MN were compared with those of 70 controls transplanted in the same period and matched for sex, age and source of donors. Results. The mean post-transplant follow-up was 117 ± 86 months for MN patients and 123 ± 83 months for controls. At 15 years, patient survival was 96% in patients with MN and 88% in the controls (P = ns), while graft survival rates were respectively 40% and 69% (P = 0.06). MN recurred ...

Polymorphisms in the BLK gene have been associated with autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with risk correlating with reduced expression of BLK. How reduced expression of BLK causes autoimmunity is unknown. Using Blk+/+, Blk+/-, and Blk-/- mice, we show that aged female Blk+/- and Blk-/- mice produced higher anti-dsDNA IgG antibodies and developed immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis, compared to Blk+/+ mice. Starting at young age, Blk+/- and Blk-/- mice accumulated increased numbers of splenic B1a cells, which differentiated into class-switched CD138+IgG-secreting B1a cells. Increased infiltration of B1a-enriched cells into the kidneys was also observed in aged Blk+/- and Blk-/- mice. In human, we found that healthy individuals had BLK genotype-dependent levels of anti-dsDNA IgG antibodies as well as increased numbers of a B1-like cell population, CD19+CD3-CD20+CD43+CD27+, in peripheral blood. Furthermore, we describe the presence of B1-like cells in the ...

Acute pulmonary-renal syndrome (PRS) is a combination of pulmonary hemorrhage and acute renal failure as the result of a mutual immunological origin. It is a life-threatening condition that often requires diagnostics and treatment in the intensive care unit. A potential PRS regularly presents intensive care physicians with various challenges, such as the question of how to differentiate infections from active PRS and how to treat critically ill patients with uncertain diagnoses. The most frequent cause of PRS is antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. Less common causes include antiglomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease and systemic lupus erythematosus. In addition, the combination of acute pulmonary and renal failure is a frequent feature of many intensive care patients, making an acute PRS a frequent differential diagnosis. Taken together, PRS represents an important clinical syndrome and differential diagnosis in intensive care medicine.. ...

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We hypothesized that immunoreactivity against antigens from nephritic strains of may be elevated in individuals with end-stage renal failure (ESRF). the indigenous individuals and nonindigenous individuals. Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) is an autoimmune sequela that occurs inside a minority of individuals following illness with with particular M types have historically been associated with PSGN, and much research offers been conducted to identify the nephritogenic antigens responsible. Several antigens are suspected to be nephritogenic: and group C and G streptococci; however, it has been demonstrated that different alleles of the gene, is definitely a nephritic allele of streptokinase from your M1 type strain which is definitely associated with outbreaks of PSGN, and it has been demonstrated inside PF-8380 a mouse model the development of PSGN is largely dependent on the allele present (12). Desire for SpeBs function in the pathogenesis of PSGN is because of three observations. ...

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Immunoglobulin A (IgA)-dominant post-infectious glomerulonephritis is usually associated with infections with Staphylococcus aureus. It is most commonly seen in patients over 60, and particularly in men. The renal lesion is acute and severe, and commonly includes crescent formation, although the described histological features vary widely. IgA is the dominant immunoglobulin and in later phases when capillary deposits are resolving it may be impossible to distinguish the condition from IgA nephropathy without the use of electron microscopy. Diabetes appears to be a risk factor. Complement levels are frequently low but may be normal. Clinically there is often severe nephrotic syndrome and hypertension may be less prominent. ...

A recent article published by AJKD reports 3 patients with nephrotic syndrome, two of whom also had hematuria. Kidney biopsy revealed mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis in one case, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in the second case, and dense deposit disease in the third. In all cases, predominant C4d staining was observed in the glomeruli under immunofluorescence. The term C4…

Background/Purpose The immunomodulating roles of estrogens are not completely understood. Although 17β estradiol (E2) has been shown to promote systemic autoimmunity, it has also been shown to inhibit pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion. We showed previously that treatment of male mice with E2 led to improved survival in nephrotoxic serum induced nephritis (NTN). In this study we aimed at determining the effect of E2 on intrinsic renal cells and to understand the role of E2 in regulating inflammation in vivo in the kidney during nephritis. Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule, VCAM-1, is an adhesion molecule for leukocytes that is upregulated in vivo in mice with autoimmune nephritis, and in vitro in tubular epithelial cells and mesangial cells (MCs) upon stimulation with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) and Interferon gamma (IFNγ). In this study we determined whether E2 regulates the extent of renal inflammation by regulating adhesion molecule expression by MCs. Methods We used nephrotoxic ...

Another name for Acute Nephritis is Acute Glomerulonephritis. Symptoms of acute glomerulonephritis include: * Abnormal appearing urine: - Urine may be ...

IgA Glomerulonephritis is a common autoimmune kidney disease which affects the glomeruli-the small tubes in the kidneys. An antibody called immunoglobulin A deposits in the glomeruli of the kidneys, creating inflammation and inability to properly filter the wastes from the blood. It occurs most often in young adults age sixteen to thirty-five. How do you develop this illness ...

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