nephritis Tag

31 Jul

Posted at 11:16h in Author Interviews, Inflammation, Kidney Disease, Personalized Medicine
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: [caption id="attachment_43609" align="alignleft" width="125"]Michael P. Madaio, MD Sydenstricker Professor and Chairman Department of Medicine Medical College of Georgia at  Augusta University Dr. Madaio[/caption] Michael P. Madaio, MD Sydenstricker Professor and Chairman Department of Medicine Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Glomerulonephritis is a inflammatory disease of the kidney.  Glomeruli are the filtering units in the kidney. This is most often immunologically mediated and are autoimmune. Most therapies are directed at inhibiting the Immune/autoimmune process (immunotherapy) systemically.