Membranous nephropathy

P Ronco, L Beck, H Debiec, FC Fervenza… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2021 - nature.com
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a glomerular disease that can occur at all ages. In adults,
it is the most frequent cause of nephrotic syndrome. In~ 80% of patients, there is no …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of autoimmunity: the impact of disease-modifying therapies in multiple sclerosis and comorbid autoimmune disorders

FF Konen, N Möhn, T Witte, M Schefzyk, M Wiestler… - Autoimmunity …, 2023 - Elsevier
More than 10 disease-modifying therapies (DMT) are approved by the European Medicines
Agency (EMA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of multiple …

Advances in membranous nephropathy

P Ronco, E Plaisier, H Debiec - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a rare auto-immune disease where the glomerulus is
targeted by circulating auto-antibodies mostly against podocyte antigens, which results in …

Future landscape for the management of membranous nephropathy

F Caravaca-Fontán, F Yandian… - Clinical Kidney …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Among all glomerular diseases, membranous nephropathy (MN) is perhaps the one in
which major progress has been made in recent decades, in both the understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Rituximab in membranous nephropathy

P Gauckler, JI Shin, F Alberici, V Audard… - Kidney international …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membranous nephropathy is the most common cause of primary nephrotic syndrome among
adults. The identification of phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) as target antigen in a …

Implications of rituximab pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic alterations in various immune-mediated glomerulopathies and potential anti-CD20 therapy …

JM Hartinger, V Kratky, Z Hruskova, O Slanar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The specific B-cell depleting anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab (RTX) is effective in
terms of the treatment of various immune-mediated glomerulopathies. The administration of …

Recurrent glomerular disease after kidney transplantation: diagnostic and management dilemmas

A Uffing, F Hullekes, LV Riella… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Recurrent glomerular disease after kidney transplant remains an important cause of allograft
failure. Many of the different entities post-transplant still suffer from incomplete knowledge on …

New and old anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies for nephrotic syndrome. Where we are?

B Basu, A Angeletti, B Islam, GM Ghiggeri - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nephrotic proteinuria is the hallmark of several glomerulonephritis determined by different
pathogenetic mechanisms, including autoimmune, degenerative and inflammatory. Some …

Membranous nephropathy: clearer pathology and mechanisms identify potential strategies for treatment

EYM Chung, YM Wang, K Keung, M Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Primary membranous nephropathy (PMN) is one of the common causes of adult-onset
nephrotic syndrome and is characterized by autoantibodies against podocyte antigens …

Update on the application of monoclonal antibody therapy in primary membranous nephropathy

L Deng, G Xu - Drugs, 2023 - Springer
When first introduced, rituximab (RTX), a chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, brought
about an alternative therapeutic paradigm for primary membranous nephropathy (PMN) …