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MPGN & C3 GLOMERULOPATHY Flashcards

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The new classification of MN is based on what findings on IF?

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IMMUNE DEPOSIT STAINING

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What are the 2 types of MPGN based on the new classification?

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  1. IMMUNE COMPLEX-MEDIATED
  2. COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED OR
    C3 GLOMERULOPATHY
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What type of MPGN is characterized by IF staining for both Ig & complement?

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IMMUNE COMPLEX-MEDIATED MPGN

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What type of MPGN is characterized by IF staining predominantly for C3?

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COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED OR C3 GLOMERULOPATHY

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What are the 3 deposits that would result from activation of the classical complement pathway?

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C1q, C3, C4

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Immune complex glomerular deposits results in the activation of what pathway?

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CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY

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What type of MPGN with histologic features of diffuse global capillary wall thickening, an increased mesangial matrix, and mesangial and endocapillary hypercellularity?

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TYPE I MPGN

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What is the earlier name for Type I MPGN?

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LOBULAR GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

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What type of MPGN that has a distinctive feature of doubling or more complex replication of GBMs?

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TYPE I MPGN

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What are the 2 stains that highlight basement membranes?

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  1. Jones silver methenamine stain
  2. Periodic acid–Schiff stain
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Where is the location of immune complex deposits in Type 1 MPGN?

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SUBENDOTHELIAL

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What are the 2 causes of MPGN which has hyaline thrombi within the capillary lumens?

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  1. CRYOGLOBINEMIA
  2. LUPUS
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Dense deposit disease is previously called as?

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TYPE 2 MPGN

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C3 glomerulopathy is divided into 2 classification which are?

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  1. DDD
  2. C3 GN
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What is the characteristic pattern of IF staining in Type 1 MPGN?

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PERIPHERAL GRANULAR TO BAND-LIKE STAINING FOR COMPLEMENT (especially C3)

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Mesangial interposition into an expanded subendothelial zone that contains electron-dense immune deposits is the ultrastructural hallmark in EM of what type of MPGN?

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Type 1 MPGN is also refered to as?

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Mesangiocapillary GN

18
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What is the difference between the levels of serum C3 in MPGN vs PSGN?

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MPGN - C3 persistently depressed
PSGN - C3 return to normal within 2 months

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What are the 4 secondary causes of MPGN?

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  1. INFECTION
  2. RHEUMATOLOGIC DISORDERS
  3. MALIGNANCY
  4. INHERITED
20
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What type of MPGN is characterized by deposits of electron-dense material in the subendothelial zones of glomeruli?

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What are the 3 features suggestive of poor prognosis in Type 1 MPGN?

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  1. HYPERTENSION
  2. IMPAIRED GFR
  3. CELLULAR CRESCENTS
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The treatment of Type 1 MPGN is based on?

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UNDERLYING DISEASE

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What are the 5 classes of drugs used in the treatment of Type 1 MPGN?

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  1. PREDNISONE
  2. ANTIPLATELETS (ASA, DIPYRIDAMOLE)
  3. ANTICOAGULANT (WARFARIN)
  4. ALKYLATING AGENT (CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE)
  5. CNI (MMF, CYCLOSPORINE)
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What is the type of MPGN that has a pathognomonic feature of discontinuous electron-dense bands in the GBM?

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IF finding of Intense capillary wall linear to bandlike staining for C3 is seen in what type of MPGN?
DDD
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What are the 2 types of C3 Glomerulopathies?
1. DDD 2. C3 GN
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What pathway is abnormally regulated in C3 glomerulopathy?
ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY
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What are the 3 mechanisms that result in overactivation of C3 convertase?
1. DEVELOPMENT OF C3Nef (Autoantibody) 2. ABSENCE OF CIRCULATING REGULATORS (Factor H) 3. PRESENCE OF INHIBITOR OF FACTOR H
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What is the most common of the 3 patthogenic mechanism in DDD?
PRESENCE OF AUTOANTIBODY C3NeF
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What is the antibody that protects C3 convertase (C3bBb) from dissociation by factor H and thus prolongs its half-life by 10-fold?
C3NeF
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What complement is severely depressed in DDD?
C3
32
Overactivity of C3Nef results in?
Perpetual breakdown of C3 --> severely depressed C3 in DDD
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Which type of MPGN has a worse prognosis?
DDD
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What are the 4 treatment used in C3 glomerulopathy?
1. MMF 2. RITUXIMAB 3. PLASMA INFUSION 4. ECULIZUMAB

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