mon 24 Flashcards
membranous nephropathy may be caused by antibodies to which substance?
phospholipase A2 receptor (expressed on podocytes)
what is the immunofluorescence pattern seen in membranous nephropathy?
granular due to immune complex deposition
what is the EM pattern seen on membranous nephropathy?
spike and dome
what causes the mesangial expainsion in diabetic glomerulonephropathy?
nonenzymatic glycation of tissue proteins
diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis is often due to which disease?
SLE
what will b seen on LM or diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis?
wire looping
inheritance of alport syndrome?
x linked
type II membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis will have which igG autoantibody?
C3 nephritic factor - stabilizes C3 convertase
why does imatinib help treat GIST?
it ALSO blocks c-kit tyrosine kinase
what does erlotinib block?
EGFR
erlotinib A/E?
diarrhea and acneiform rash
what do sunitinib and sorafenib inhibit?
VEGFR overexpresison
what does vemurafenib inhibit?
B-raf (BRAF)
what cancer commonly has a V600E BRAF mutation?
malignant melanoma
what does bevacuzimab target?
VEGF