Urinary neopterin: an immune activation marker in mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis

Kazuyuki Ueno,Masaki Shimizu,Tadafumi Yokoyama,Sayaka Ishikawa,Yuko Tasaki,Natsumi Inoue,Naotoshi Sugimoto,Kazuhide Ohta,Akihiro Yachie

Urinary neopterin: an immune activation marker in mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis

2015

Kazuyuki Ueno
Masaki Shimizu
Tadafumi Yokoyama
Sayaka Ishikawa
Yuko Tasaki
Natsumi Inoue
Naotoshi Sugimoto
Kazuhide Ohta
Akihiro Yachie

Background To clarify in vivo neopterin expression within the human kidney and its clinical role as a biomarker for immune complex-mediated mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (mesPGN) in children.

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Immune system
Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis
Biomarker (medicine)
In vivo
Immunology
Diabetes mellitus
Urinary system
Neopterin
Medicine
Kidney
Internal medicine
Nephrology

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