Kidney transplantation is safe and effective for treating children with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) who develop serious kidney problems as…
Articles by Ana Pena, PhD
The development of a population of mutated blood cells — a phenomenon called clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential — is…
More people with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), including those with kidney involvement, also have connective tissue diseases (CTD) than is…
Healthy individuals also produce a type of self-reactive antibodies — termed IgM ANCA — present in people with ANCA-associated…
The neutrophils of patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) have altered levels of proteins involved in neutrophil clearance, which…
Eye problems are a common symptom of granulomatosis with polyangiitis, of which…
Treatment with a common antibiotic reduces the risk of life-threatening infections in ANCA-associated vasculitis patients being given Rituxan (rituximab)…
A noninvasive and simple ultrasound test might be a new tool to help predict artery damage and increased…
Classifying the specificity of ANCA autoantibodies may complement the currently used clinical classification system when predicting the course of disease and…
Patients with ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis receiving immunosuppressive therapy are not more likely to develop cancer than the general population, a…