T-lymphocyte-expressing inflammatory cytokines underlie persistence of proteinuria in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

Objective: There is evidence of an important role of immune system changes in the triggering and maintenance of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS). The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of cytokines in lymphocyte populations of patients with INS in comparison to healthy individual...

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Main Authors: Fábio Tadeu Lourenço Guimarães, Gustavo Eustáquio Brito Alvim de Melo, Thiago Macedo Cordeiro, Victor Feracin, Etel Rocha Vieira, Wagner de Fátima Pereira, Sérgio Veloso Brant Pinheiro, Aline Silva Miranda, Ana Cristina Simões-e-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755717302760