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ArticleBMC nephrology2015

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis with predominant IgG2 and IgG3 deposition in a patient with IgG4-related disease.

Kenji Ueki, Yuta Matsukuma, Kosuke Masutani, Akihiro Tsuchimoto, Kiichiro Fujisaki, Kumiko Torisu, Shigeru Tanaka, Tamotsu Kiyoshima, Satoshi Hisano, Takanari Kitazono and 1 more

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Article in BMC nephrology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kenji UekiDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. ken810@tkz.bbiq.jp.
Yuta MatsukumaDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. ym09045180792@yahoo.co.jp.
Kosuke MasutaniDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. masutani@kcu.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Akihiro TsuchimotoDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. tucimoto@intmed2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Kiichiro FujisakiDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. kiichiro.fujisaki@nifty.ne.jp.
Kumiko TorisuDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. torisuk@kcu.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Shigeru TanakaDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. sigella1975@gmail.com.
Tamotsu KiyoshimaDepartment of Oral Pathology, Graduate School of Dental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. kiyo@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Satoshi HisanoDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan. hisanos1@cis.fukuoka-u.ac.jp.
Takanari KitazonoDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. kitazono@intmed2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Kazuhiko TsuruyaDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. tsuruya@intmed2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Kyushu University · JPFukuoka University · JPKyushu Dental University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIgG4-related disease is a novel disease entity characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and tissue infiltration by IgG4-positive plasma cells. Typical renal pathology is tubulointerstitial nephritis with storiform fibrosis, although the co-existence of various glomerular lesions has been described. Here, we present the first report of a case of IgG4-related kidney disease and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis showing the discrepancy in IgG subclasses between the kidney interstitium and glomeruli. CASE PRESENTATION: A 70-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and focal tubulointerstitial nephritis with IgG4-positive plasma cells. Immunofluorescence studies revealed predominant deposition of IgG3 and IgG2, but not IgG4 in the glomeruli. We administered oral prednisolone at 30 mg/day, and the abnormalities in urine and blood tests gradually resolved.

conclusionIn this case, different patterns of IgG subclasses detected in the glomeruli and interstitial plasma cells suggest overlapping immunologic abnormalities. The favorable clinical course in our patient suggests that steroid therapy is promising in cases of IgG4-related kidney disease accompanied by glomerulonephritis.

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AgedFemaleGlomerulonephritis, MembranoproliferativeHumansImmunoglobulin GKidney GlomerulusNephritis, InterstitialPlasma CellsImmunoglobulin G

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PMID26502965
PMCPMC4624354
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