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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Complement in anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis.

Pei Zhang, Kai-Li Shi, Chun-Lin Gao, Feng Xu, Li-Li Jia, Ji-Chao Sun

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mechanism-centered target discovery across glomerulonephritis phenotypes: an integrative multi-omics study.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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6 authors.

Pei Zhang *Department of Pediatrics, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Kai-Li Shi *Department of Pediatrics, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chun-Lin GaoDepartment of Pediatrics, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Feng XuNational Clinical Research Center for Kidney Disease, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Li-Li JiaDepartment of Pediatrics, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Ji-Chao SunDepartment of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis (anti-GBM GN) is a rare autoimmune disease that often progresses to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Complement activation and anti-GBM GN are closely related, as evidenced by the renal pathological characteristics of patients with anti-GBM GN, which include the linear deposition of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and C3 along the GBM. Increasing evidence suggests that all three pathways of complement activation may be involved in the pathogenesis and progression of anti-GBM GN. Anti-GBM GN's clinical symptoms are linked to complement-related proteins, which are risk factors that impact the disease's prognosis. This suggests that complement activation and activity may be the primary causes of renal damage in anti-GBM GN. Therefore, biomarkers of complement activation can identify anti-GBM GN cases that may progress to severe renal damage, and complement inhibition may become a new strategy for the clinical treatment of anti-GBM GN.

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Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane DiseaseComplement ActivationComplement System ProteinsGlomerular Basement MembraneAnimalsAutoantibodiesBiomarkersHumansAutoantibodiesBiomarkersComplement System Proteinsanti-glomerular basement membraneC1qC3complementglomerulonephritis

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