...Timothy D. Hewitson; Gavin J. Becker We examined renal biopsy specimens from patients with mesangial IgA glomerulonephritis (n = 25; plasma creatinine 0.05-0.30 mmol/l) to ascertain whether the myofibroblast has a role in progressive renal interstitial fibrosis. Myofibroblasts were identified...

...Jukka Mustonen; Amos Pasternack; Heikki Helin; Matti Nikkilä In an unselected series of patients with IgA glomerulonephritis, old age, high blood pressure, and high urinary protein excretion at the time of renal biopsy were found to correlate with impaired renal function, whereas sex, estimated...

...-proven IgA glomerulonephritis. The Ethical Committee of the Medical University of Gdańsk and Bydgoszcz approved the study and informed consent was obtained from each patient. Secondary causes of IgA glomerulonephritis such as Henoch-Schönlein purpura, systemic lupus erythematosus and liver disease were...

... of (Δ) of DIR; R 2 value is 0.39. Multivariate analysis showed that only pre-treatment DIR was significantly associated with (Δ) of DIR (r = –0.55; p < 0.01). Both (Δ) NAG and (Δ) homocysteine were not related to changes of DIR. IgA glomerulonephritis Omega–3 N-acetyl-β- D -glucosaminidase...

... of aDiagnostic Pathology and bInternal Medicine, Asan KangNung Hospital and cDepartment of Internal Medicine, Asan KangNung Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, KangNung City, South Korea Key Words Polycythemia vera W IgA glomerulonephritis W Chronic kidney failure Abstract IgA nephropathy (IgAN...