Immunotherapy in Renal Diseases

Immunotherapy has been used for the treatment of renal diseases for a long time, and there has been significant progress in such treatment. This review focuses on the use of immunotherapy for the treatment of glomerular diseases. The use of immunosuppression in the treatment of minimal change diseas...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Medical clinics of North America 2012-05, Vol.96 (3), p.545-564
Hauptverfasser:	Kher, Ajay, MBBS, Kher, Vijay, MD, DM
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived - therapeutic use Azathioprine - therapeutic use Crescentic glomerulonephritis Cyclophosphamide - therapeutic use Cyclosporine - therapeutic use Glomerulonephritis Humans Immunosuppression Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use Internal Medicine Kidney Diseases - immunology Kidney Diseases - therapy Methotrexate - therapeutic use Nephrotic syndrome Plasmapheresis Prognosis Recurrence Rituximab
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Zusammenfassung:	Immunotherapy has been used for the treatment of renal diseases for a long time, and there has been significant progress in such treatment. This review focuses on the use of immunotherapy for the treatment of glomerular diseases. The use of immunosuppression in the treatment of minimal change disease, membranous nephropathy, primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, lupus nephritis, immunoglobulin-A nephropathy, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated disease, and anti–glomerular basement membrane disease is discussed.
ISSN:	0025-7125 1557-9859
DOI:	10.1016/j.mcna.2012.04.007