Patients with a disease that is a leading cause of kidney failure tend to have high levels of a particular factor circulating in their blood, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings suggest that the factor could be used to monitor the disease’s progression as well as patients’ response to different therapies. It might also be a therapeutic target of future treatments for this difficult-to-treat disease.
