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ReviewPediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2026

Complement and kidney diseases: unlocking the opportunity of targeted treatments for glomerular diseases, including IgA nephropathy.

Joshua Wade, David C Thomas, Matthew C Pickering, Nicholas R Medjeral-Thomas

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Review in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joshua WadeCambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-029X
David C ThomasCambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9738-2329
Matthew C PickeringDepartment of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1153-0192
Nicholas R Medjeral-ThomasDepartment of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK. n.medjeral-thomas@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4593-9487

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The imminent availability of multiple therapeutic complement inhibitors, which target different complement pathway components, could revolutionise treatment for a broad range of kidney diseases. However, the complexity of complement activity within and between kidney diseases, for which IgA nephropathy is an illustrative example, and the possible adverse effects of complement inhibition mean robust patient selection and stratification to appropriately targeted inhibitors will be needed to maximise this therapeutic opportunity. Despite promising candidates, novel biomarkers that stratify patients to targeted complement inhibition have not yet been validated for clinical practice.

Indexed as

Complement ActivationComplement Inactivating AgentsComplement System ProteinsGlomerulonephritis, IGAKidney DiseasesBiomarkersHumansBiomarkersComplement Inactivating AgentsComplement System ProteinsComplementIgA nephropathyKidney diseases

Identifiers

PMID41714421
PMCPMC13481481

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