Rare functional variants in complement genes and anti-FH autoantibodies-associated aHUS

E Valoti, M Alberti, P Iatropoulos, R Piras… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare disease characterized by
microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and renal failure. It is caused by …

Complement gene variants and Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli–associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: retrospective genetic and clinical study

V Frémeaux-Bacchi, AL Sellier-Leclerc… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Results During the acute phase of HUS, plasma levels of C3 and sC5b-9 were increased,
and half of patients had decreased membrane cofactor protein expression, which …

C4 nephritic factor in patients with immune-complex-mediated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and C3-glomerulopathy

N Garam, Z Prohászka, Á Szilágyi, C Aigner… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2019 - Springer
Background Acquired or genetic abnormalities of the complement alternative pathway are
the primary cause of C3glomerulopathy (C3G) but may occur in immune-complex-mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Mother and child reunion in “hypertensive” end-stage renal disease: will they complement each other?

SA Timmermans, P van Paassen… - Nephron, 2019 - karger.com
Severe hypertension can lead to irreversible kidney failure and end-stage renal disease
(ESRD) and vice versa. Patients are often classified as hypertensive ESRD with no …