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Contributions to the study of the complement system in IgA nephropathy and dialysis
Albuquerque Pereira Oliveira, António Bernardo
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General Introduction 8
PART A – The Complement System in IgA Nephropathy
Chapter 2 Combined C4d and CD3 predicts IgA Nephropathy progression
Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 2015
22 Chapter 3 Arteriolar C4d in IgA Nephropathy: a cohort study
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2020 40
PART B – The Complement System in Dialysis
Chapter 4 The complement system in dialysis: a forgotten story?
Frontiers in Immunology, 2018 66
Chapter 5 Intradialytic complement activation precedes the development of cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients.
Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
96 Chapter 6 Administration of intravenous iron preparations induces
complement activation in-vivo. Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
120 Chapter 7 Soluble CD59 in peritoneal dialysis: a potential biomarker for
peritoneal membrane function. Journal of Nephrology, 2020
140 Chapter 8 Peritoneal dialysis independently induces local and systemic
complement activation via distinct pathways. In preparation
164
Chapter 9 Summary, discussion and future perspectives 198
Appendices Samenvatting en Discussie Sumário e Discussão Acknowledgments About the author
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