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ArticleAnnals of transplantation2021

Nationwide Survey of Post-Transplant Glomerular Diseases, Based on the Japan Renal Biopsy Registry (J-RBR).

Joichi Usui, Kunihiro Yamagata, Michio Nagata, Akira Shimizu, Asami Takeda, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Sato, Hitoshi Yokoyama

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Article in Annals of transplantation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Joichi UsuiDepartment of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Kunihiro YamagataDepartment of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Michio NagataDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Akira ShimizuDepartment of Analytic Human Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Asami TakedaKidney Disease Center, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Hitoshi SugiyamaDepartment of Human Resource Development of Dialysis Therapy for Kidney Disease, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Hiroshi SatoClinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Hitoshi YokoyamaDepartment of Nephrology, Kanazawa Medical University School of Medicine, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan.
University of Tsukuba · JPJapanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital · JPKanazawa Medical University · JPNippon Medical School · JPOkayama University · JPTohoku University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Nationwide data on allograft kidney biopsies have been limited in number, in contrast to the large amount of accumulated data on native kidney biopsies. In this context, we have surveyed transplant biopsy data based on the nationwide database, the Japan Renal Biopsy Registry (J-RBR). MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 2430 transplant biopsy cases were registered in the web-based J-RBR from January 2007 to January 2018. We categorized the entries regarding both the purpose of the biopsy and pathological diagnosis, and confirmed transplant glomerular diseases based on the clinical and pathological diagnosis. RESULTS Of the 2430 total transplant biopsy cases, 637 cases, including 9 cases of baseline biopsy, 216 cases of protocol biopsy, and 232 cases of episode biopsy, had a pathological diagnosis, including glomerular diseases, rejection, calcineurin inhibitor nephropathy, and interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy. Of these, 127 cases presented with glomerular disease, including 8 cases of baseline biopsy, 23 of protocol biopsy, 59 of episode biopsy, and 37 of unknown purpose). A total of 127 biopsies with glomerular disease revealed a high prevalence of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (n=38, 29.9%), followed by mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (n=29, 22.8%) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (n=8, 6.3%) when focused on protocol and episode biopsies. CONCLUSIONS The nationwide transplant biopsy database demonstrated the pathological characteristics of 637 cases, including 127 cases of post-transplant glomerular disease. The protocol and episode biopsies included high prevalence rates of IgAN, followed by FSGS.

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Glomerulonephritis, IGAKidney TransplantationAdultBiopsyFemaleHumansJapanKidneyMaleMiddle AgedRegistries

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