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Minimal change disease in a patient receiving checkpoint inhibition: Another possible manifestation of kidney autoimmunity?

Erin VaughanElizabeth A ConnollyMun HuiSteven Chadban
Published in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2020)
This case adds to current literature identifying minimal change as an additional complication of immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated acute kidney injury. Given the increasing use of immune checkpoint inhibitors for a range of malignancies, nephrologists, oncologist and generalists should be aware of the spectrum of kidney pathologies associated with their use.
Keyphrases
  • acute kidney injury
  • dna damage
  • systematic review
  • cardiac surgery
  • case report
  • cell cycle
  • oxidative stress
  • cell proliferation