Serum BAFF is elevated in patients with IgA nephropathy and associated with clinical and histopathological features.

Conclusion: Levels of serum BAFF were elevated in patients with IgAN and were associated with clinical and pathological features of the disease. Serum BAFF levels could be a noninvasive biomarker for monitoring disease severity of IgAN.
PMID: 23042433 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)