Narrative review discusses potential therapeutic roles of herbal compounds in membranous nephropathy.
Ancient Herbs Could Protect Kidneys From Autoimmune Damage
This narrative review explores the potential therapeutic roles of specific herbal compounds, including icariin and astragaloside IV, for mem…
Scientists are finding new ways to use natural plant compounds to protect damaged kidney filters.
Rituximab pharmacokinetics vary widely in membranous nephropathy, minimal change disease, and lupus nephritis patients.
Rituximab Works — But Only If Your Body Keeps Enough of It
This review examined pharmacokinetic profiling of rituximab in patients with glomerular diseases. Pharmacokinetics were found to be highly h…
Rituximab helps kidney disease patients only if their bodies keep enough of it in the blood, since some people clear the drug too fast and g…
Review of Traditional Chinese Botanical Medicine in Membranous Nephropathy
A review examines traditional Chinese medicine for kidney condition known as membranous nephropathy
This narrative review examines the use of Traditional Chinese Botanical Medicine (CHMs) and their active metabolites for membranous nephropa…
Traditional Chinese botanical medicines show promise for treating membranous nephropathy, but this review found no proof of their safety or …
Rituximab with prednisone reduced proteinuria in Sjögren's syndrome-associated membranous nephropathy case
Rituximab treatment reduced kidney protein loss in one Sjögren's syndrome patient
A case report describes a 48-year-old female with primary Sjögren's syndrome and nephrotic-range proteinuria treated with prednisone and rit…
A 48-year-old woman with Sjögren's syndrome saw her kidney protein loss drop from 8.5 to 2.2 grams after receiving rituximab treatment.