Response to immunosuppressive therapy in PLA2R- associated and non-PLA2R- associated idiopathic membranous nephropathy: a retrospective, multicenter cohort study

BACKGROUND: R-associated IMN patients. METHODS: R-associated IMN. Forty-five patients were treated with prednisone plus cyclophosphamide (CTX), and 46 with prednisone plus calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs). The follow-up duration was 15 months. RESULTS: R-associated group, although there was no significant difference between these two groups. CONCLUSION: R-associated IMN responded quicker to the immunosuppressive therapy.