Deposition of complement in the vessels of immunoglobulin A nephropathy patients 

Abstract

The attentions have been recently directed on the significance of immunostaining findings in IgA nephropathy and few published studies, served mainly the immunostaining in the glomeruli. C3d deposition in the media of renal arterioles may serves as a useful marker for arteriolosclerosis in IgA nephropathy.

Keywords: IgA nephropathy, Arteriolosclerosis, Vasculopathy