Zhongda Jin

Oct 9, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Henry C. Liu |Xueqin Zhang |Zhongda Jin

1 IntroductionMembranous nephropathy (MN) is an autoimmune glomerular disease and is the most frequent cause of nephrotic syndrome (NS) in adults, accounting for approximately 30% of the cases, with individuals aged 30–50 years reaching the peak incidence rate (1, 2). Specific lesions of MN are the results of thickening of the glomerular capillary walls that results from the formation of immune deposits on the capillary wall (3).