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ReviewJournal of nephrology2024

ALECT2 amyloidosis with concurrent IgG4-related interstitial nephritis, membranous nephropathy and diabetic kidney disease: a case report and literature review.

Muhammad Shaheen, Anchit Bharat, Allon N Friedman, Shunhua Guo

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Review in Journal of nephrology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Muhammad ShaheenDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Anchit BharatDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Advocate Aurora Health, St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Allon N FriedmanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Shunhua GuoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. sg12@iu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2594-7992
Indiana University School of MedicineAurora St. Luke's Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leukocyte chemotactic factor-2 amyloidosis (ALECT2) is a recently described subtype of amyloidosis. IgG4-related disease is a rare fibroinflammatory condition characterized by dense interstitial lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates and fibrosis. Membranous nephropathy and diabetic nephropathy are common causes of nephrotic syndrome. Here we report a 49-year-old Hispanic male patient with diabetes mellitus who presented with jaundice and pruritus. IgG4-related autoimmune pancreatitis was diagnosed through laboratory workup and ampulla biopsy. He subsequently presented with marked lower extremity edema and nephrotic syndrome. Kidney biopsy showed severe interstitial IgG4-positive plasma cell-rich inflammatory infiltrates and interstitial storiform fibrosis. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed diffuse and finely granular glomerular capillary wall staining for IgG and the glomeruli were negative for anti-phospholipase A2 receptor. Congo red stain was positive for birefringent deposits in the interstitium, arteriolar walls, and glomeruli. Electron microscopy demonstrated subepithelial immune complex-type electron-dense deposits, thickening of glomerular basement membranes (GBM), and randomly oriented fibrils in the mesangium, GBM, and interstitium. Mass spectrometry identified a peptide profile consistent with ALECT2 amyloidosis. This is the first report of a case with concurrence of ALECT2 amyloidosis, IgG4-related disease involving the kidney, membranous nephropathy, and early diabetic kidney injury.

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AmyloidosisDiabetic NephropathiesGlomerulonephritis, MembranousNephritis, InterstitialAutoimmune PancreatitisBiopsyHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin G4-Related DiseaseIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleMiddle AgedImmunoglobulin GIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLECT2 protein, humanALECT2AmyloidosisIgG4-related diseaseMembranous nephropathy

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