Complement Activation in Patients with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.

Recent pre-clinical studies have shown that complement activation contributes to glomerular and tubular injury in experimental FSGS. Although complement proteins are detected in the glomeruli of some patients with FSGS, it is not known whether this is due to complement activation or whether the prot...

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Main Authors: Joshua M Thurman, Maria Wong, Brandon Renner, Ashley Frazer-Abel, Patricia C Giclas, Melanie S Joy, Diana Jalal, Milena K Radeva, Jennifer Gassman, Debbie S Gipson, Frederick Kaskel, Aaron Friedman, Howard Trachtman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4559462?pdf=render