Impact of gut microbiota in immunoglobulin A nephropathy; a letter to the editor to the recent findings

Mozhgan Kameli Khouzani; Maryam Khosravian; Zahra Golestani Hotkani; Masoud Hafizi

doi:10.34172/jnp.2023.21439

J Nephropathol. 2024;13(1): e21439.
doi: 10.34172/jnp.2023.21439

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Letter to Editor

Impact of gut microbiota in immunoglobulin A nephropathy; a letter to the editor to the recent findings

Mozhgan Kameli Khouzani ¹ , Maryam Khosravian ² , Zahra Golestani Hotkani ³, Masoud Hafizi ⁴^*

¹ Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
² Clinic for Internal Medicine I, Martin-Luther University Halle/Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, D 06120 Halle, Germany
³ Department of Bioscience, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran

*Corresponding Author: Masoud Hafizi, Email: massoud_hafizi@yahoo.com

Keywords: Immunoglobulin A nephropathy, IgA nephropathy, Gut microbiota, Chronic kidney disease, End-stage renal disease

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:

Gut microbiome dysbiosis affects the gut-kidney axis and could be associated with the aggravation of IgA nephropathy and the development of chronic kidney disease.

Please cite this paper as: Kameli Khouzani M, Khosravian M, Golestani Hotkani Z, Hafizi M. Impact of gut microbiota in immunoglobulin A nephropathy; a letter to the editor to the recent findings. J Nephropathol. 2024;13(1):e21439. DOI: 10.34172/jnp.2023.21439.