Glomerular disease: Personalized immunomonitoring in lupus and lupus nephritis
Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 320 (2016).
doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.69
Authors: Hans-Joachim Anders & Matthias Kretzler
The heterogeneity of pathomechanisms leading to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) might contribute to between-patient variations in treatment response. A new, longitudinal transcriptome analysis has identified molecularly distinct subgroups of SLE that correlate with disease activity; use of such disease classifiers might facilitate the development of stratified treatment recommendations.
Source: Nature Reviews Nephrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Hans-Joachim AndersMatthias Kretzler Tags: News and Views Source Type: research