MANCHESTER, England — A soon-to-be-released guidance from the British Society for Rheumatology on the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV) emphasizes ...

Cigarette smoking was associated with ANCA-associated vasculitis, particularly myeloperoxidase ANCA-positive vasculitis, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine. “We have an incomplete ...

Patients with vs without ANCA-associated vasculitis are significantly more likely to die after kidney transplantation and to experience postoperative infection. Patients with ANCA-associated ...

ANCAs are mainly IgG in nature. These are specific autoantibodies. Thus they are antibodies produced by the immune system that mistakenly target the individual’s own proteins. They are directed ...

AAV is diagnosed based on symptoms listed above and the following laboratory tests. Based on which organs that may not be functioning well, imaging or biopsy may be performed. ANCA test, which is a ...

Mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) was as effective as cyclophosphamide for remission induction in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, Japanese researchers reported. In a ...

In this randomized, controlled trial, we assigned patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis in a 1:1 ratio to receive oral avacopan at a dose of 30 mg twice daily or oral prednisone on a tapering ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite an ever-growing array of therapeutic options, patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic ...

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) specific for leukocyte proteinase 3 and myeloperoxidase — PR3-ANCAs and MPO-ANCAs, respectively — define distinct conditions among patients with ...

(Las Vegas, Nevada, United States) As per DelveInsight’s assessment, globally, ANCA Vasculitis pipeline constitutes 12+ key companies continuously working towards developing 12+ ANCA Vasculitis ...

Autoimmune disease is fundamentally a mystery: whyever should an organism systematically set out to harm itself? Now, researchers at the University of Tsukuba have identified a genetic basis for ...