Studies investigating what is damaging the kidney in lupus nephritis point to tubulointerstitial inflammation.

PAX8 and NEPHRIN co-expressing cells were detected within the glomerulus of a nephrotic rat during LS-FMD. In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney’s ...

they can damage the glomeruli, triggering what is known as glomerulonephritis—a pattern of damage that in the worst case can lead to kidney failure. Weber's team of researchers discovered this ...

Typical focal pyelonephritis (large focal scars demonstrating crowding and hyalinization of glomeruli ... separated by areas of normal kidney). Diffuse pyelonephritislike scarring of the kidney ...

Some of the conditions that can damage your glomeruli include: Minimal change disease. Minimal change disease is the main cause of nephrotic syndrome in children. Kidney tissue from people with ...

Needle biopsy of the kidney in 1 of these patients, a thirteen-year-old boy in the subsiding phase of his disease, revealed a mild polymorphonuclear infiltrate in swollen glomeruli, with no ...

Additional Alport Syndrome data presented at the ASN Kidney Week In late October ... Prior to treatment, collagen a4 (IV) and a5 (IV) were absent in the glomerulus in all three patients. Post ...

PAX8 and NEPHRIN co-expressing cells were detected within the glomerulus of a nephrotic rat during LS-FMD.

That just refers to inflammation of a specific part of the kidney called the glomerulus. This leads to additional symptoms and problems. Sometimes these symptoms come on gradually. In other cases, ...