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. 2012 Jul;23(7):1229–1237. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2011121186

Table 3.

Electron microscopy findings before and after eculizumab treatment

Deposits (S/G, 0–3+) DDD1 DDD3 C3GN1 C3GN2 C3GN3
Before After Before After Before After Before After Before After
Mesangial G 3+ G 2+ G 2+ S 1+ G 2+ G 2+ G 3+ G 3+a G 2+ G 2+
Subendothelial 0 0 0 0 S 2+ G 3+a G 3+ G 3+a S 1+ S 1+
Subepithelial 0 0 0 0 S 1+ 0 0 0 S 1+ S 1+
Intramembranous G 3+ G 2+ S 1+ S 1+ S 2+ S 1+ 0 S 1+a S 1+ S 1+
TBM S 2+ S 3+ S 2+ S 2+ S 1+ S 1+ S 2+ S 2+ S 1+ S 2+
Bowman's capsule S 2+ S 2+ S 1+ S 1+ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vessel wall 0 0 0 0 0 S 1+a 0 0 0 0
Podocyte effacement (%) 80 50 20 30 80 80 20 75 20 10
Glomeruli (n) 4 5 3 3 6 4 3 4 5 6

S, segmental; G, global.

a

Some of these deposits had a distinctly punctate, finely granular appearance, different from the deposits seen in the pretreatment biopsies. These granular deposits may represent deposition of the mAb, eculizumab.