Journal article
Mechanisms of Primary Membranous Nephropathy
Abstract
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is an autoimmune disease of the kidney glomerulus and one of the leading causes of nephrotic syndrome. The disease exhibits heterogenous outcomes with approximately 30% of cases progressing to end-stage renal disease. The clinical management of MN has steadily advanced owing to the identification of autoantibodies to the phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) in 2009 and thrombospondin domain-containing 7A (THSD7A) in …
Authors
Gu Y; Xu H; Tang D
Journal
Biomolecules, Vol. 11, No. 4,
Publisher
MDPI
DOI
10.3390/biom11040513
ISSN
2218-273X