C3 glomerulopathy—understanding a rare complement-driven renal disease

RJH Smith, GB Appel, AM Blom, HT Cook… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The C3 glomerulopathies are a group of rare kidney diseases characterized by complement
dysregulation occurring in the fluid phase and in the glomerular microenvironment, which …

[HTML][HTML] Thrombotic microangiopathy and the kidney

V Brocklebank, KM Wood… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Thrombotic microangiopathy can manifest in a diverse range of diseases and is
characterized by thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and organ injury …

[HTML][HTML] KDIGO 2021 clinical practice guideline for the management of glomerular diseases

BH Rovin, SG Adler, J Barratt, F Bridoux… - Kidney …, 2021 - kidney-international.org
Glomerular disease, be it primary or secondary, occurring in the setting of systemic
autoimmune diseases, infections, drugs, or malignancy, affects individuals of all ages. In …

Thrombotic microangiopathy in aHUS and beyond: clinical clues from complement genetics

F Fakhouri, V Frémeaux-Bacchi - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2021 - nature.com
Studies of complement genetics have changed the landscape of thrombotic
microangiopathies (TMAs), particularly atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) …

Genetic testing in the diagnosis of chronic kidney disease: recommendations for clinical practice

N Knoers, C Antignac, C Bergmann… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The overall diagnostic yield of massively parallel sequencing–based tests in patients with
chronic kidney disease (CKD) is 30% for paediatric cases and 6–30% for adult cases. These …

[HTML][HTML] The long-acting C5 inhibitor, Ravulizumab, is effective and safe in adult patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome naïve to complement inhibitor …

E Rondeau, M Scully, G Ariceta, T Barbour… - Kidney international, 2020 - Elsevier
Ravulizumab is a long-acting C5 inhibitor engineered from eculizumab with increased
elimination half-life, allowing an extended dosing interval from two to eight weeks. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Management and treatment of glomerular diseases (part 2): conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies …

BH Rovin, DJ Caster, DC Cattran, KL Gibson… - Kidney international, 2019 - Elsevier
In November 2017, the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) initiative
brought a diverse panel of experts in glomerular diseases together to discuss the 2012 …

Renal thrombotic microangiopathy: a review

DS Genest, CJ Patriquin, C Licht, R John… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), a pathological lesion observed in a wide spectrum of
diseases, is triggered by endothelial injury and/or dysfunction. Although TMA lesions are …

Atypical hemolytic‐uremic syndrome: an update on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

R Raina, V Krishnappa, T Blaha, T Kann… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a rare variant of thrombotic microangiopathy, is
characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal …

Acute glomerulonephritis

S Sethi, AS De Vriese, FC Fervenza - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Glomerulonephritis is a heterogeneous group of disorders that present with a combination of
haematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, and reduction in kidney function to a variable degree …