A Mechanism for Cancer-Associated Membranous Nephropathy

Authors :: Thorsten Wiech
Phillip R. Stahl
Rolf A.K. Stahl
Ulrich Wenzel
Oliver M. Steinmetz
Nicola M. Tomas
Ulf Panzer
Matthias Janneck
Sigrid Harendza
Gunther Zahner
Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger
Elion Hoxha
Source :: New England Journal of Medicine. 374:1995-1996
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Massachusetts Medical Society, 2016.
Abstract: The cause of paraneoplastic membranous nephropathy is unclear. In the current case, new expression of THSD7A in a gallbladder carcinoma and the development of membranous nephropathy may indicate a potential mechanism for the association between cancer and this nephropathy.