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ArticleScientific reports2024

Diagnostic value of renal biopsy in anti-phospholipase A2 receptor antibody-positive patients with proteinuria in China.

Shan Lu, Jing Xiao, Dong Liu, Yan Zhang, Yijun Dong, Zhanzheng Zhao

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Shan LuDepartment of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, China. 84569906@qq.com.
Jing XiaoDepartment of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Dong LiuDepartment of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Yan ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Yijun DongDepartment of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Zhanzheng ZhaoDepartment of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CN

Funding

Henan Provincial Key Project of Medical Science and Technology Research Program SBGJ202102154Key Scientific Research Project Plan of Colleges and Universities of Henan Province 22A320078Science and Technology Project of Henan Province 212102310772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Renal biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosing membranous nephropathy (MN). Recent studies have suggested that renal biopsy can be replaced with the serum phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) antibody test for MN diagnosis in patients with nephrotic syndrome. However, this test has not been validated in the Chinese population. In this study, we investigated whether renal biopsy provides additional diagnostic information on patients with proteinuria who are seropositive for PLA2R antibodies (SAb +). We retrospectively reviewed the clinicopathological characteristics of SAb + adult patients (aged ≥ 18 years) with proteinuria (≥ 0.5 g/24 h) assessed at the Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, from June 2021 to March 2022. Among a total of 801 SAb + patients who received renal biopsy, those with incomplete pathological data, diabetes or any potential cause of secondary MN were excluded. Among the 491 remaining patients, 474 had primary MN (PMN), 16 had atypical MN (AMN, 9 patients with "full house" and 2 patients with HBsAg + /HBcAg + immunofluorescence results), and 1 had focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. In patients with an eGFR of ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m

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Glomerulonephritis, MembranousReceptors, Phospholipase A2AdultAutoantibodiesBiopsyChinaHumansProteinuriaRetrospective StudiesAutoantibodiesReceptors, Phospholipase A2Anti-PLA2R antibodyMembranous nephropathyRenal biopsy

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PMID38316889
PMCPMC10844597
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