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J Renal Inj Prev. 2013;2(2): 71-72.
doi: 10.12861/jrip.2013.23
PMID: 25340132
PMCID: PMC4206017
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Current concepts on anti-Phospholipase A2 receptor antibody in Idiopathic membranous nephropathy

Mohammad Reza Ardalan 1*

1 Chronic Kidney Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Prof. Mohammad Reza Ardalan, Chronic Kidney Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. , Email: ardalan34@yahoo.com

Abstract

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:Phospholipase A2 receptor, is normally expressed in podocyte membrane. In fact the phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein related to the C-type animal lectin family such as the mannose receptor. PLA2R regulates a number of biological responses produced by secretory phospholipase A2s (sPLA2s). Determining anti-PLA2r serum levels in patients with nephrotic syndrome should designate a probable diagnosis of idiopathic membranous nephropathy and in patients in which idiopathic membranous nephropathy had a pathology confirmation may be a determining factor to exclude secondary forms of the disease. However, it is too early to abandon a kidney biopsy in patients with nephritic syndrome, and PLA2R as the newly introduced serologic study needs confirmations to finds its proper place in the field of clinical medicine.

Please cite this paper as: Ardalan MR. Current concepts on anti-Phospholipase A2 receptor antibody in idiopathic membranous nephropathy. J Ren Inj Prev 2013; 2(2): 71-72.
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