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Query: UNIPROT:P01889 (
ankylosing spondylitis
)
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We describe 2 patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy in association with
ankylosing spondylitis
. Renal biopsy demonstrated mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis with prominent IgA, C3c, and less intense
properdin
deposition in the glomeruli. Intraglomerular clumps of virus-like particles were also observed in the kidney sample from one patient (case 2), who had an abnormal liver function. Our findings support the hypothesis that here is a possible common pathogenesis responsible for the concurrence of both IgA nephropathy and
ankylosing spondylitis
.
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PMID:Immunoglobulin A nephropathy and ankylosing spondylitis. Report of two patients in Taiwan and review of the literature. 304 83
