Podocyte injury as a potential therapeutic target in IgA nephropathy: should pathology guide us?
Kidney Int
; 105(6): 1165-1167, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
The Oxford histopathologic classification (MEST-C scores for lesions indicating active glomerular inflammation, mesangial [M] and endocapillary [E] hypercellularity as well as cellular or fibrocellular crescents [C], and for segmental glomerulosclerosis [S] and interstitial fibrosis and/or tubular atrophy [T]) is useful in helping assess prognosis in patients with IgA nephropathy. Elements of this classification indicative of active glomerular inflammation, endocapillary hypercellularity and crescents, also have been found to be responsive to immunosuppressive therapy, potentially including newer agents specifically targeting mediators of such inflammation. In this issue of Kidney International, Bellur and coworkers identify histopathologic subtypes of segmental glomerulosclerosis in IgA nephropathy showing podocyte injury that also behave like active lesions, including showing improved outcomes with immunosuppression. This podocyte injury, identifiable only by kidney biopsy, may represent a potential therapeutic target in some patients with IgA nephropathy.
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Assunto principal:
Podócitos
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Glomerulonefrite por IGA
Limite:
Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article