Mycoplasma penetrans infection is a potential cause of immunoglobulin A nephropathy: a new animal model.

Conclusions: We made a new IgAN animal model that will offer a new direction for IgAN research. The activation of inflammation factors was associated with the Mpe induction of IgAN.
PMID: 22782329 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)