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IgA Nephropathy Foundation Announces Launch of Medical and Scientific Advisory Board

May 25, 2022

May 25, 2022 – The IgA Nephropathy Foundation (IGAN Foundation), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting patients with a rare autoimmune kidney disease called IgA Nephropathy, today announced its formation of …

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Igan Basics

February 17, 2021

There is a lot of technical language around IgAN and it can seem confusing and overwhelming when receiving a diagnosis for yourself or a loved one. You may have many …

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National Kidney Foundation’s and IgA Nephropathy Foundation’s Externally-Led Patient Focused Drug Development (EL-PFDD) Meeting on IgA Nephropathy

January 16, 2021

The NKF and IGANF conducted an EL-PFDD meeting on IgAN to inform the FDA on the patient perspective on living with this disease. Understanding the patient perspective will help the …

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Ten Years Follow-up of STOP-IgAN Trial

June 5, 2020

Abstract The randomized, controlled STOP-IgAN trial in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and substantial proteinuria showed no benefit of immunosuppression added on top of supportive care on renal function over …

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Proteinuria Reduction as a Surrogate End Point in Trials of IgA Nephropathy

June 5, 2020

Abstract IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is an important cause of ESKD for which there are no approved therapies. A challenge for evaluating treatments for IgAN is the usual long time course …

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Transplant Process & Living With Your Transplant Q&A

May 17, 2020

Stuart Miller, Moderator Patient Panel BIO Stuart is an advocate for NKF and an ambassador for AAKP. He was diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy in May of 2008. Making some lifestyle …

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2020 1st Quarter Report – UAB Findings in IgA Nephropathy

May 11, 2020

Diagnosis of IgA nephropathy The diagnostic feature of immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN) is the substantial accumulation of IgA in the filtering structures (glomeruli) of the kidneys. When IgAN was …

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The IgAN Foundation Donate Life Series

March 28, 2020

April is National Donate Life Month and the IGA Nephropathy Foundation of America would like to encourage people to consider being a kidney donor. Just a few statistics,13 people die …

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Pivotal role found for IgG autoantibodies in IgA nephropathy

October 1, 2019

The most common form of the kidney disease called glomerulonephritis is IgA nephropathy.  Now a study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology by researchers at the University of Alabama …

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References

  • Hall, Y.N., Fuentes, E.F., Chertow, G.M. et al. Race/ethnicity and disease severity in IgA nephropathy. BMC Nephrol 5, 10 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-5-10
  • Kiryluk K, Li Y, Sanna-Cherchi S, Rohanizadegan M, Suzuki H, et al. (2012) Geographic Differences in Genetic Susceptibility to IgA Nephropathy: GWAS Replication Study and Geospatial Risk Analysis. PLoS Genet 8(6): e1002765. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002765