Diagnosis and therapy of membranous nephropathy-2023

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Membranous nephropathy (MN) is an immune-complex glomerulonephritis and is one of the most common causes of nephrotic syndrome in adults and is also one of the autoimmune kidney diseases with the highest rate of spontaneous remission. The most common autoantigen (> 70% of cases) is directed against the phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2-R) and, with its detection and clinical course, allows for excellent diagnostics as well as optimal therapy monitoring. Other autoantigens are constantly being published and will enable an autoantigen-based diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm for MN in the future. In the absence of spontaneous remission, a specific B‑cell-directed therapy, especially with rituximab, is the initial therapy of choice. Calcineurininhibitors or cyclophosphamide should only be used if they are carefully indicated in the respective clinical context and if there are serious clinical consequences both from the nephrotic syndrome and from loss of kidney function. Since immune complexes within the kidney often require a long time to be degraded, proteinuria response can follow the immunological remission after many months. The therapy of MN represents the favorable case of a precision medicine-based therapy in nephrology, whereby new therapeutic B‑cell antibodies for the rare but difficult forms of MN will find their way into clinical routine in the not-too-distant future.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:135

Enthalten in:

Wiener klinische Wochenschrift - 135(2023), Suppl 5 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 648-655

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Diagnostik und Therapie der Membranösen Nephropathie – 2023

Beteiligte Personen:

Säemann, Marcus D [VerfasserIn]
Odler, Balazs [VerfasserIn]
Windpessl, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Regele, Heinz [VerfasserIn]
Eller, Kathrin [VerfasserIn]
Neumann, Irmgard [VerfasserIn]
Rudnicki, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Gauckler, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Kronbichler, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Knechtelsdorfer, Maarten [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoantigens
English Abstract
IgG-subtype 4
Journal Article
Nephrotic syndrome
PLA2-receptor autoantibodies
Primary membranous Nephropathy
SGLT-2-inhibitor

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Date Completed 21.09.2023

Date Revised 23.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00508-023-02261-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362254508