Authors: Audrey Uffing, Frank Hullekes, Dennis A. Hesselink, Juliana B. Mansur, Paolo Malvezzi, Aiko P.J. de Vries, Harald Seeger, Roberto C. Manfro, Pitchaphon Nissaisorakarn, Aileen X. Wang, Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, Luis Sanchez-Russo, Paolo Cravedi, Leonardo V. Riella and Stefan P. Berger
Authors: Audrey Uffing, Maria Jose Perez-Saez, Thomas Jouve, Mathilde Bugnazet, Paolo Malvezzi, Saif A. Muhsin, Marie-Camille Lafargue, Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, Alina Morlock, Rainer Oberbauer, Anna Buxeda, Carla Burballa, Julio Pascual, Seraina von Moos, Claudia Bini, Luis Sanchez Russo, Samira Farouk, Gianna Mastroianni-Kirsztajn, Juliana Mansur, Fabiana Agena, Elias David-Neto, Enver Akalin, Andrea Carla Bauer, Aileen X. Wang, Xingxing S. Cheng, Jesse D. Schold, Stefan P. Berger, Paolo Cravedi, and Leonardo V. Riella
Discovery of autoantibodies against podocyte antigens In the late 1970s, it became evident that podocyte antigens were targeted by the immune system in patients with primary membranous nephropathy (MN), resulting in subepithelial immune complexes and glomerular injury. It was not until 2009, however, that the major antigen target – M-type phospholipase A2 receptor 1 (PLA2R)…
