Dian-Chun Shi
Dian-Chun Shi
1
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2
NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Nephrology (Sun Yat-sen University) and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou, China
3
Division of Nephrology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
1,2,3,†,
Shao-Zhen Feng
Shao-Zhen Feng
1
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2
NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Nephrology (Sun Yat-sen University) and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou, China
1,2,†,
Zhong Zhong
Zhong Zhong
1
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2
NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Nephrology (Sun Yat-sen University) and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou, China
1,2,
Lu Cai
Lu Cai
1
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2
NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Nephrology (Sun Yat-sen University) and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou, China
1,2,
Meng Wang
Meng Wang
1
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2
NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Nephrology (Sun Yat-sen University) and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou, China
1,2,
Dong-Ying Fu
Dong-Ying Fu
1
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2
NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Nephrology (Sun Yat-sen University) and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou, China
1,2,
Xue-Qing Yu
Xue-Qing Yu
1
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2
NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Nephrology (Sun Yat-sen University) and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou, China
3
Division of Nephrology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
1,2,3,
Ming Li
Ming Li
1
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2
NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Nephrology (Sun Yat-sen University) and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou, China
3
Division of Nephrology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
1,2,3,*
1
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2
NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Nephrology (Sun Yat-sen University) and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Guangzhou, China
3
Division of Nephrology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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✉*Correspondence: Ming Li, liming33@mail.sysu.edu.cn
†These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship
This article was submitted to Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Disorders: Autoimmune Disorders, a section of the journal Frontiers in Immunology
Received 2022 Nov 14; Accepted 2022 Nov 15; Collection date 2022.
Keywords: IgA nephropathy, complement factor B, case-control study, alternative pathway, polymorphism
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