Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nephritis, clinical trials and biomarkers rank highest among research priorities related to childhood-onset ...

Lupus nephritis is a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the kidneys, resulting in inflammation and organ damage. Because lupus ...

Belimumab showed efficacy in a subgroup of patients with lupus nephritis treated with MMF as standard of care background therapy. Belimumab reduces proteinuria in patients with class 3 or 4 lupus ...

First described in the early 20th century, Alport syndrome (AS), also known as hereditary nephritis, is a rare genetic disorder. Mutations in genes encoding type IV collagen give rise to primary ...

The body’s immune reaction to increased levels of a toxic molecule, part of a bacterial species in the human gut, may reveal who is most at risk of developing lupus nephritis, according to a new study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Twelve years is a long time by most measures, but in a field has rapidly changing as lupus nephritis research, ...

THE question of whether poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis may occur without clinically detectable proteinuria is an elusive one. If one insists on bacteriologic or serologic evidence of a ...

Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) is a type of kidney disease characterized by inflammation that impairs kidney function. It may lead to complications like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, ...

Lupus nephritis is one of the most serious complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the kidneys, leading to inflammation and possibly to ...

Nephritis is an inflammation of the nephrons, which are part of the kidneys. Also known as glomerulonephritis, it can affect kidney function, leading to changes in urine and urination habits and ...