Anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease is a rare but severe form of kidney disease characterized by the presence of antibodies that attack the glomerular basement membrane ...

A new study identifies GPR107 as a key protein protecting against diabetic nephropathy (DN), a major cause of kidney failure.

This study is led by Dr. Haisheng Zhou (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Anhui Medical University, China) and Dr. Guoling Zhou (Center for Computational Integrative Biology, ...

The 78-year-old was coughing up blood when she attended University Hospital Galway - two days after she received her second ...

Anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) antibodies were present in the patient's serum, and eosinophils were noted in his urine. Renal biopsy revealed active crescents, with linear staining ...

TGF-β1 causes an increase in mesangial matrix deposition and glomerular basement membrane (GBM) thickening and may promote podocyte apoptosis or detachment. As a result, the denuded GBM adheres ...

The patient was diagnosed with vaccine-mediated anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody (anti-GBM) disease or Goodpasture’s syndrome, which creates antibodies that attack the lungs and kidneys.