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ArticleAmerican journal of clinical pathology2021

Spectrum of Kidney Diseases in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

Shunhua Guo, Meghan E Kapp, Diego M Beltran, Cesar Y Cardona, Dawn J Caster, Ronald R Reichel, Agnes B Fogo

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Article in American journal of clinical pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Shunhua GuoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2594-7992
Meghan E KappDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Diego M BeltranDepartment of Medicine, Sanford Health, Bismarck, ND, USA.
Cesar Y CardonaDepartment of Medicine, Nashville General Hospital and Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, USA.
Dawn J CasterDepartment of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Ronald R ReichelDepartment of Medicine, Ochsner Health System at Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Agnes B FogoDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Vanderbilt University · USIndiana University School of MedicineMeharry Medical College · USOchsner Health System · USSanford Health · USUniversity of Louisville · US

Funding

Nephritogenic autoantibodies in systemic lupusK08DK102542 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI CASTER, DAWN · 2016 to 2020
$817k
NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK102542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo study the pathologic spectrum of kidney diseases in patients with hepatitis C virus infection (HCV+).

methodsNative kidney biopsy specimens in HCV+ patients were reviewed.

resultsA total of 9,836 native kidney biopsy specimens were evaluated from January 2007 to December 2016, of which 273 (2.8%) were from HCV+ patients, and of these, 115 (42.1%) had diagnoses consistent with HCV-associated glomerulonephritis (GN). Non-HCV-associated kidney diseases comprised most diagnoses (158 cases, 57.9%) including non-immune complex-mediated kidney diseases (127 cases, 46.5%) and other immune complex-mediated glomerular diseases (31 cases, 11.4%). Forty-one (40.6%) patients had HCV-associated GN among 101 HCV+ patients from 2007 to 2011 vs 74 (43.0%) patients with HCV-associated GN among 172 HCV+ patients from 2012 to 2016. HCV-associated GN showed five morphologic patterns: focal proliferative (5.2%), diffuse mesangial proliferative (50.4%), diffuse membranoproliferative (28.7%), proliferative GN with crescentic lesions (7.8%), and membranous patterns (7.8%).

conclusionsWe found a spectrum of pathologic changes in renal biopsy specimens of HCV+ patients, with most having diseases unrelated to HCV infection, HCV-associated GN showing five morphologic patterns, and availability of effective HCV antiviral therapy not yet resulting in major changes in the spectrum of kidney diseases in these patients.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildFemaleGlomerulonephritisHepatitis CHumansKidneyKidney DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultCryoglobulinemiaHCV-associated glomerulonephritisHepatitis C virus (HCV)Kidney disease

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PMID33623996
PMCPMC9430452
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