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Highlights of the 2015 ERA-EDTA Congress—glomerular diseases

Author(s) -

Jürgen Floege

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfv433

Subject(s) - medicine , focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , nephropathy , glomerulosclerosis , renal biopsy , minimal change disease , kidney disease , urology , glomerulonephritis , proteinuria , biopsy , endocrinology , kidney , diabetes mellitus

The present paper summarizes highlights in the field of glomerular diseases presented at the 2015 European Renal Association congress in London. Topics covered include a European survey on renal biopsy practice and indications, the STOP-IgAN randomized controlled trial in patients with IgA-nephropathy, B-cell- targeting therapies in minimal change nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), novel insights into the action of glucocorticosteroids in glomerular crescent and scar (FSGS) formation, the immunoproteasome in IgA-nephropathy, socio-economic factors and glomerular disease progression, glomerular CD80 (B7-1) expression in FSGS patients and aldosterone-antagonism in proteinuric renal diseases.

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