IgA nephropathy: "State of the art": a report from the 15th International Symposium on IgA Nephropathy celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first description

Kidney Int. 2019 Apr;95(4):750-756. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.01.007.

Abstract

On September 27-29, 2018, the International Symposium on IgA Nephropathy, organized by the International IgA Nephropathy Network, was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first description of IgA nephropathy by Berger and Hinglais in 1968. The meeting was attended by over 200 scientists and clinicians from 26 different countries across the globe. We report some key insights drawn from the meeting-including the molecular pathogenesis, genetics, pathology, and therapeutics of IgA nephropathy.

Keywords: IgA glycosylation; IgA nephropathy; chronic kidney disease; creatinine; hypertension; proteinuria.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • Anniversaries and Special Events
  • Argentina
  • Congresses as Topic*
  • Glomerulonephritis, IGA*
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / immunology
  • Kidney Glomerulus / immunology
  • Nephrology / history*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin A

Personal name as subject

  • Jean Berger