Glomerulonephritis

Paul Cockwell, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK
Dwomoa Adu, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002122

Glomerulonephritis refers to inflammation of the glomerulus, a very common cause of kidney disease.

Keywords: nephrotic syndrome; haematuria; proteinuria; kidney disease

Figure 1. Photomicrograph of a normal glomerulus. The glomerular tuft is surrounded by Bowman's space where ultrafiltrate accumulates. Within the tuft the glomerular capillaries are supported by mesangial cells and extracellular matrix. Courtesy of Dr A. J. Howie.
Figure 2. Immunoperoxidase staining showing granular deposition of IgG along the basement membrane in a photomicrograph of a renal biopsy from a patient with membranous nephropathy. Courtesy of Dr A. J. Howie.
Figure 3. Compare with Figure 1. This photomicrograph is of a biopsy from a patient with vasculitic glomerulonephritis. There is thrombosis within glomerular capillary loops and inflammatory cells within Bowman's space (a crescent). Courtesy of Dr A. J. Howie.
Figure 4. Immunofluorescence staining showing linear deposition of IgG along the basement membrane in a renal biopsy from a patient with Goodpasture disease. Courtesy of Dr A. J. Howie.
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    book Cameron J and Glassock R (1988) The Nephrotic Syndrome. New York: Marcel Dekker.
    Cockwell P and Savage C (1997) Chemokines and their receptors in leukocyte trafficking and renal inflammation. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation 12: 1307–1310.
    Couser W (1993) Pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis. Kidney International 44: S19–S26.
    book Davison A, Cameron J, Grunfeld JP et al. (1998) Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    book Kincaid-Smith P, d’Apice A and Atkins R (1978) Progress in Glomerulonephritis. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
    book Pusey CD (1999) The Treatment of Glomerulonephritis. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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Cockwell, Paul, and Adu, Dwomoa(Apr 2001) Glomerulonephritis. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002122]