Urinary biomarkers associated with podocyte injury in lupus nephritis

• Main Authors: Zhiying Guo (Author), Qianyu Guo (Author), Xiaochen Li (Author), Xinnan Gao (Author), Liyun Zhang (Author), Ke Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The most prevalent and devastating form of organ damage in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is lupus nephritis (LN). LN is characterized by glomerular injury, inflammation, cell proliferation, and necrosis, leading to podocyte injury and tubular epithelial cell damage. Assays for urine biomarkers...