Molecular Characterization of Membranous Nephropathy: <i>Quo Vadis?</i>

Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults. The lesion of MN is a “pattern of injury,” not a specific diagnosis, which is based on finding bright granular IgG staining along the outer aspects of the glomerular basement membrane by immunofluorescence microscopy