Recent advances in IgA nephropathy / editor, Kar Neng Lai.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lai, Kar Neng.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IgA glomerulonephritis.

Glomerulonephritis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

IgA nephropathy is the most common primary glomerulonephritis in developed countries. The primary defect lies in the abnormalities of the IgA molecule. The disease affects all ages, mainly in the young adults, and may recur in a transplanted kidney. This outstanding volume provides a comprehensive overview of the advances in this disease over the last ten years. It covers the genetics, epidemiology, clinicopathological features, pathogenesis, prognostic mechanisms, and treatment of this unique disease. Twenty-seven chapters are written by 43 experts from 13 countries; these experts have been p

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 IgA Nephropathy: Discovery of a Distinct Glomerular Disorder Keng Thye Woo, Richard J. Glassock and Kar Neng Lai; 2 Epidemiology and Ancestral Difference Francesco P. Schena and Francesco Pesce; 3 Genetic Contribution to IgA Nephropathy Patrick H. Maxwell and Yiming Wang; 4 Histopathology, Immunofluorescence and Ultrastructural Examination Fernand M. Lai; 5 Tubulointerstitial Injury in IgA Nephropathy Joris J. Roelofs and Sandrine Florquin; 6 Podocyte Pathology Kar Neng Lai and Joseph C. K. Leung

7 Clinicopathologic Findings Bruce A. Julian and Robert J. Wyatt8 Clinical Course of Primary IgA NephropathyFrancois C. Berthoux and Hesham Mohey; 9 Special Clinical Syndromes Judit Nagy and Tibor Kovács; 10 IgA Nephropathy in Children Ronald J. Hogg; 11 Recurrent IgA Nephropathy in Transplant Bo Ying Choy and Kar Neng Lai; 12 IgA Molecule Jan-Willem Eijgenraam, Mahamed R. Daha and Cees van Kooten; 13 IgA Immune-Complex Jan Novak and Jiri Mestecky; 14 B and T Lymphocytes Abdalla Rifai and Ann Chen; 15 IgA Receptors and Mesangial IgA Deposition Ivan C. Moura and Renato C. Monteiro

16 Antigen-Dependent Mechanism of IgA Nephropathy Yasuhiko Tomino and Yoshio Shimizu17 Complement Activation Sydney C. W. Tang and Kar Neng Lai; 18 Cytokines and Growth Factors Jürgen Floege and Tammo Ostendorf; 19 Monocytes and Macrophages Yohei Ikezumi and David J. Nikolic-Paterson; 20 Renin-Angiotensin System Kar Neng Lai and Joseph C. K. Leung; 21 Corticosteroids Claudio Pozzi and Lucia Del Vecchio; 22 Treatment for IgA Nephropathy: Renin-Angiotensin Blockade Rosanna Coppo and Licia Peruzzi; 23 Other Immunomodulatory Agents Sydney C. W. Tang and Kar Neng Lai

24 Other Non-Immunomodulatory Agents Jonathan Barratt and John Feehally25 Treatment of IgA Nephropathy: Tonsillectomy Osamu Hotta; 26 Experimental Model of IgA Nephropathy Yusuke Suzuki and Yasuhiko Tomino; 27 Future Prospects for IgA Nephropathy Richard J. Glassock; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612442476

9781282442474

1282442473

9789812835871

9812835873

OCLC:

586183726