T cells and dendritic cells in glomerular disease: the new glomerulotubular feedback loop.

Sung, Sun-Sang; Bolton, Warren K · Kidney Int · 2010

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Abstract

A newly described glomerulotubular feedback loop may explain the relationship between glomerular damage, epitope spreading, tubulointerstitial nephritis, proteinuria as a progression factor, and the importance of the local milieu in kidney damage. It also opens the horizons for exciting innovative approaches to therapy of both acute and chronic kidney diseases.

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