Comprehensive aptamer-based screening identifies a spectrum of urinary biomarkers of lupus nephritis across ethnicities

Developing noninvasive diagnostic biomarkers for lupus nephritis (LN) diagnosis is an important clinical goal. Here the authors identify urinary proteins correlated with active LN and disease severity, which differ across ethnicities but collectively outperform the current clinical method.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samantha Stanley, Kamala Vanarsa, Samar Soliman, Deena Habazi, Claudia Pedroza, Gabriel Gidley, Ting Zhang, Shree Mohan, Evan Der, Hemant Suryawanshi, Thomas Tuschl, Jill Buyon, Chaim Putterman, Chi Chiu Mok, Michelle Petri, Ramesh Saxena, Chandra Mohan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15986-3