In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers assessed whether messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines increase the incidence of ...

'Membranoproliferative' is a descriptive term for a morphological pattern of glomerular injury characterized by an enlarged mesangium and capillary wall thickening with double contours ...

The fact that the complement system is activated during immune-complex glomerular disease has been known for nearly 50 years. Detection of complement deposition in the glomerulus using immunochemistry ...

Obesity rates in glomerular disease have multiplied more than 10-fold over the last 40 years. The following article features coverage from the American Society of Nephrology’s Kidney Week 2021. Click ...

It may be that these contrasting results reflect a bias in the selection of patients for kidney transplantation in favor of glomerulonephritis, that the frequency with which the 2 types of renal ...

Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a condition in which the kidneys are inflamed. The glomeruli are the filtering mechanism of the kidneys. They consist of a tuft of highly coiled capillaries cupped in a ...