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. 2014 Oct 15;7(11):7485–7496.

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Hypothesized pathophysiological role for PRR expression in the kidneys of IgA nephropathy patients. Renal PRR expression in IgA nephropathy may serve to slow disease progression through autophagy-mediated prevention of tubular cell death and the subsequent fibrosis. This may compensate for the detrimental effects of RAS activation, such as fibrosis.