2021
Effect of Mahuang Fuzi and Shenzhuo Decoction on Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy: A Multicenter, Nonrandomized, Single-Arm Clinical Trial
Dong Z, Dai H, Gao Y, Jiang H, Liu M, Liu F, Liu W, Feng Z, Zhang X, Ren A, Li X, Rui H, Tian X, Li G, Liu B. Effect of Mahuang Fuzi and Shenzhuo Decoction on Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy: A Multicenter, Nonrandomized, Single-Arm Clinical Trial. Frontiers In Pharmacology 2021, 12: 724744. PMID: 34733157, PMCID: PMC8558382, DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.724744.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIdiopathic membranous nephropathySingle-arm clinical trialMahuang-FuziMembranous nephropathyCourse of treatmentRemission rateImmunosuppressive therapyDisease remissionUrine proteinClinical trialsSevere adverse eventsCases of patientsMean followAdverse eventsRenal functionClinical effectsNephropathyPatientsBlood albuminRemissionTherapyDecoctionMulticenterObjective performance criteriaTreatment
2020
The Potential Role of Regulatory B Cells in Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy
Dong Z, Liu Z, Dai H, Liu W, Feng Z, Zhao Q, Gao Y, Liu F, Zhang N, Dong X, Zhou X, Du J, Huang G, Tian X, Liu B. The Potential Role of Regulatory B Cells in Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy. Journal Of Immunology Research 2020, 2020: 7638365. PMID: 33426094, PMCID: PMC7772048, DOI: 10.1155/2020/7638365.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsIdiopathic membranous nephropathyRegulatory B cellsBreg cellsMembranous nephropathyImmune responseB cellsPathogenesis of IMNDifferent inflammatory environmentsFunction of BregsPathological autoimmune responsesRole of BregsCellular immune responsesHumoral immune responseIMN patientsImmunomodulatory cellsImmunosuppressive roleAutoimmune responseInterleukin-10Autoimmune diseasesImmune cellsInflammatory environmentEarly treatmentT cellsBregsImmunological phenomenaIdiopathic Membranous Nephropathy: Glomerular Pathological Pattern Caused by Extrarenal Immunity Activity
Liu W, Gao C, Liu Z, Dai H, Feng Z, Dong Z, Zheng Y, Gao Y, Tian X, Liu B. Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy: Glomerular Pathological Pattern Caused by Extrarenal Immunity Activity. Frontiers In Immunology 2020, 11: 1846. PMID: 33042109, PMCID: PMC7524879, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01846.BooksConceptsIdiopathic membranous nephropathyGlomerular lesionsThrombospondin type-1 domain-containing 7APathological patternsImmune complex depositionDevelopment of proteinuriaM-type receptorNeural epidermal growthSecretory phospholipase A2Glomerular basement membraneIgG4 predominanceProteinuria remissionCirculating AntibodiesClinical featuresGlomerular damageMembranous nephropathySpontaneous remissionAutoimmune responseComplex depositionExtrarenal tissuesImmune activityAutoimmunity initiationClinical practicePathogenesis modelTHSD7A antigen