Saving the kidneys in the lupus patient: Beyond immunosuppression, the need to collaborate across multiple disciplines

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Reference Centre (CSUR) for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases of the Spanish Health System, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• ² Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Reference Center (CSUR) for Glomerular Complex Diseases of the Spanish Health System, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia 08036, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• ³ Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Department of Pathology-Reference Center (CSUR) for Glomerular Complex Diseases of the Spanish Health System, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• ⁴ Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Basque Country, Spain.
• ⁵ Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Reference Centre (CSUR) for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases of the Spanish Health System, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• ⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
• ⁷ Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• ⁸ Department of Nephrology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
• ⁹ Research Institute (imas12) Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
• ¹⁰ Department of Nephrology, Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain.
• ¹¹ Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain.
• ¹² Department of Rheumatology, Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain.
• ¹³ Department of Medicine, Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, England, UK.
• ¹⁴ Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Reference Center (CSUR) for Glomerular Complex Diseases of the Spanish Health System, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia 08036, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].