Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides (AAV) represent a heterogeneous multisystem group of disorders typified by necrotising inflammation of smaller blood vessels, classically ...

Background Since the publication of the EULAR recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in 2016, several randomised clinical trials ...

Interleukin-27 (IL-27) is a member of the IL-12 family. The gene encoding IL-27 is located at chromosome 16p11. IL-27 is considered as a heterodimeric cytokine, which consists of Epstein–Barr virus ...

His clinical and research interests are in autoimmune kidney diseases, with a particular focus on crescentic glomerulonephritis and systemic vasculitis. James Peters' research lies at the interface of ...

Each kidney is attached to a ureter, a tube that carries excreted urine to the bladder. Crescentic glomerulonephritis sample under microscopy zoom in different regions Crescentic glomerulonephritis ...

Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who have received any cell or organ transplantation, including a kidney transplantation. * Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis defined as a 50% decline ...

Correspondence to Dr Dimitrios T Boumpas, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National ...

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