Glassock Richard J
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA , Laguna Niguel, Los Angeles, CA , USA.
Clin Kidney J. 2016 Oct;9(5):653-6. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfw068. Epub 2016 Jul 28.
Anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease usually pursues a self-limited course, at least from the immunological perspective. In addition, circulating antibodies to cryptic, conformational epitopes within the NC1 domain of the alpha 3 chain of Type IV Collagen are commonly found at the zenith of the clinical disease. However, exceptions to these general rules do occur, as exemplified by two remarkable cases reported in this issue of the Clinical Kidney Journal. The possible explanations for and the lessons learned from these uncommon occurrences are discussed in this short commentary.
抗肾小球基底膜(GBM)疾病通常呈自限性病程,至少从免疫学角度来看是这样。此外,在临床疾病的高峰期,通常会发现针对IV型胶原α3链NC1结构域内隐蔽性构象表位的循环抗体。然而,这些一般规律也有例外情况,本期《临床肾脏杂志》报道的两个显著病例就是例证。本简短评论将讨论这些罕见病例出现的可能原因及从中吸取的经验教训。