Abstract

Autoimmune diseases are characterized by the presence of various autoantibodies and may cause injuries to multiple organs, with kidney as the most common and important organ involved.Autoantibodies are of great importance in the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of autoimmune renal diseases.Lupus nephritis, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis and anti- glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease are the most common autoimmune renal diseases. Anti-C1q antibody, ANCA and anti-GBM antibody play important roles in those diseases, respectively.Appropriate and steady detecting methods are crucial to clinicians, and the results should also be interpreted with great cautions.(Chin J Lab Mes,2014,37: 567-569) Key words: Autoimmune diseases; Lupus nephritis; Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease; Antibodies,antineutrophil cytoplasmic

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