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Kidney transplantation in children and adolescents with C3 glomerulopathy or immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: a real-world study within the CERTAIN research network.

Christian PatryNicholas J A WebbManuel FeisstKai KrupkaJan U BeckerMartin BaldBenedetta AntonielloIlmay BilgeBora GülhanJulien HoganNele KanzelmeyerOzan ÖzkayaAnja BüscherAnne-Laure Sellier-LeclercMohan ShenoyLutz Thorsten WeberAlexander FichtnerBritta HöckerMatthias MeierBurkhard Tönshoff
Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2024)
These data in pediatric patients with C3G or IC-MPGN show a high risk of post-transplant disease recurrence (55%) and a significantly lower 5-year graft survival compared to matched controls with other primary kidney diseases. These data underscore the need for post-transplant patients for effective and specific therapies that target the underlying disease mechanism.
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