Identification and characterization of a new autoimmune protein in membranous nephropathy by immunoscreening of a renal cDNA library.

Membranous Nephropathy (MN) represents a large amount of Nephrotic Syndromes in the adult population and its definitive diagnosis is currently carried out through biopsy. An autoimmune condition has been demonstrated in idiopathic MN (iMN) in which some kidney structures are targeted by patient auto...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fabrizio Cavazzini, Riccardo Magistroni, Luciana Furci, Valentina Lupo, Giulia Ligabue, Maria Granito, Marco Leonelli, Alberto Albertazzi, Gianni Cappelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23144993/pdf/?tool=EBI