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Tailored B-cell monitoring in podocytopathies: a necessary shift in practice

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Key takeaways

This is an opinion piece arguing that doctors should track B cells, a type of immune cell, more closely in podocytopathies. Podocytopathies are kidney diseases that damage the filter cells in the kidney and let protein leak into the urine. Drugs that wipe out B cells are used to treat them, and the authors want the monitoring tailored to each patient instead of one fixed schedule. It is a call to change practice, not a study, so there are no results yet.

Who did this work

Se Jin Park · Jae Il Shin

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-10
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-026-07404-5