Treatment options for C3 glomerulopathy

CM Nester, RJ Smith - Current opinion in nephrology and …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Anticellular immune suppression and plasma therapy have limited efficacy in C3G. Data
suggest that eculizumab may ameliorate disease in some C3G patients. The limited, recently …

Recent insights into C3 glomerulopathy

TD Barbour, MC Pickering… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract 'C3 glomerulopathy'is a recent disease classification comprising several rare types
of glomerulonephritis (GN), including dense deposit disease (DDD), C3 glomerulonephritis …

Defining the complement biomarker profile of C3 glomerulopathy

Y Zhang, CM Nester, B Martin, MO Skjoedt… - Clinical journal of the …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Results Assessment of the alternative complement pathway showed that compared with
controls, patients with C3G had lower levels of serum C3 (P< 0.001 for both DDD and …

Characterization of C3 in C3 glomerulopathy

S Sethi, JA Vrana, FC Fervenza… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background: C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is caused by overactivity of the alternative
pathway of complement that results in bright glomerular C3 staining with minimal or no …

Glomerulonephritis with isolated C3 deposits and monoclonal gammopathy: a fortuitous association?

F Bridoux, E Desport, V Frémeaux-Bacchi… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Results All patients presented with hematuria, associated with chronic renal failure and
proteinuria in five patients, three of whom had nephrotic syndrome. Five patients had …

A familial C3GN secondary to defective C3 regulation by complement receptor 1 and complement factor H

S Chauvet, LT Roumenina, S Bruneau… - Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
C3 glomerulopathy is a recently described form of CKD. C3GN is a subtype of C3
glomerulopathy characterized by predominant C3 deposits in the glomeruli and is commonly …

Treatment of C3 glomerulopathy in adult kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review

ML Gonzalez Suarez, C Thongprayoon, P Hansrivijit… - Medical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: C3 glomerulopathy (C3G), a rare glomerular disease mediated by alternative
complement pathway dysregulation, is associated with a high rate of recurrence and graft …

Successful therapy of C3Nef-positive C3 glomerulopathy with plasma therapy and immunosuppression

K Häffner, S Michelfelder, M Pohl - Pediatric nephrology, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background C3 glomerulopathies (C3G) are characterized by uncontrolled
activation of the alternative pathway of complement. In most patients these diseases …

C3 Glomerulopathy

M Riedl, P Thorner, C Licht - Pediatric Nephrology, 2017 - Springer
Recent advances in our understanding of the disease pathology of membranoproliferative
glomerulonephritis has resulted in its re-classification as complement C3 glomerulopathy …

Revisiting post-infectious glomerulonephritis in the emerging era of C3 glomerulopathy

MA Khalighi, S Wang, KJ Henriksen… - Clinical Kidney …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Post-infectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN) is an immune complex-mediated
glomerular injury that typically resolves. Dominant C3 deposition is characteristic of PIGN …