Validation of distinct pathogenic patterns in a cohort of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis patients by cluster analysis.
Nóra GaramZoltán ProhászkaÁgnes SzilágyiChristof AignerAlice SchmidtMartina GagglGere Sunder-PlassmannDóra BajcsiJürgen BrunnerAlexandra DumfarthDaniel CejkaStefan FlaschbergerHana FlögelovaÁgnes HarisÁgnes HartmannAndreas HeilosThomas MuellerKrisztina RusaiKlaus ArbeiterJohannes HoferDániel JakabMária SinkóErika SzigetiCsaba BereczkiViktor JankoKata KelenGyörgy S ReuszAttila J SzabóNóra KlenkKrisztina KóborNika KojcMaarten KnechtelsdorferMario LaganovicAdrian Catalin LunguAnamarija MeglicRina RusTanja Kersnik-LevartErnesta MacionieneMarius MiglinasAnna PawłowskaTomasz StompórLudmila PodrackaMichael RudnickiGert MayerRomana RysavaJana ReiterovaMarijan SaragaTomáš SeemanJakub ZiegEva SládkováTamás SzabóAndrei CapitanescuSimona StancuMiroslav TisljarKresimir GalesicAndrás TislérInga VainumäeMartin WindpesslTomas ZaoralGalia ZlatanovaDorottya CsukaPublished in: Clinical kidney journal (2019)
Our results confirm the main findings of the original cluster analysis and indicate that the observed, distinct pathogenic patterns are replicated in our cohort. Further investigations are necessary to analyse the distinct biological and pathogenic processes in these patient groups.