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Characteristics and Prognostic Value of Tertiary Lymphoid Organs in Membranous Nephropathy: A Retrospective Study. | LitMetric

Characteristics and Prognostic Value of Tertiary Lymphoid Organs in Membranous Nephropathy: A Retrospective Study.

Front Med (Lausanne)

Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Published: February 2022

AI Article Synopsis

  • - Tertiary lymphoid organs (TLOs) are associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients with membranous nephropathy (MN), highlighting their potential role in kidney inflammation.
  • - In a study of 442 MN patients, 33% showed the presence of TLOs, which correlated with higher proteinuria levels, increased serum creatinine, and decreased serum albumin.
  • - The presence of TLOs was linked to poorer remission rates of proteinuria and a greater likelihood of positive anti-phospholipase A2 receptor autoantibodies, suggesting that TLOs may worsen MN prognosis.

Article Abstract

Background: Tertiary lymphoid organs play an essential role in the inflammation of the kidney. The clinical association between TLOs and membranous nephropathy (MN) is not clear yet.

Methods: Consecutive patients with the histologically confirmed membranous nephropathy in Tongji Hospital from July 19, 2012, to September 26, 2019, were included in this study. TLOs in renal biopsy tissues were detected by periodic acid-Schiff-stained and immunohistochemistry. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate the correlations of TLOs and clinical features of patients with MN. Kaplan-Meier analysis was utilized to examine the relationship between TLOs and remission of proteinuria.

Results: A total of 442 patients with MN were included in this study, of which the average age was 46.4 years old, and 58.8% were male. Moreover, 33% of patients with MN had TLOs in this study. The median value of proteinuria among patients with MN with TLOs was 4.9 g/24 h, which was much greater than no-TLOs ones (3.2 g/24 h, < 0.001). Moreover, the patients with TLOs had higher serum creatinine and lower serum albumin. The severity of clinical features among the patients with MN aggravated with the increase in the grade of TLOs. In addition, the patients who had TLOs were more likely to be positive of anti-phospholipase A2 receptor autoantibodies. Meanwhile, the patients without TLOs showed significantly higher complete remission and total remission of proteinuria.

Conclusion: In this study, we demonstrated that TLOs were common among patients with MN. Moreover, the patients with MN with TLOs showed a worse clinical manifestation and an outcome compared with the patients without TLOs.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8861205PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.803929DOI Listing

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