Can Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) be Monoclonal?

Table 3

Main histologic findings in the kidney biopsies.

Case #	# of glomeruli	# of globally sclerosed glomeruli	IFTA	Pathologic diagnosis
1	15	7	Prominent	Active focal crescentic and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
2	8	0	Mild	Mild diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis with “full-house” glomerular immune complex deposition.
3	69	28	Moderate	Focal crescentic glomerulonephritis with fibrous crescents and predominantly C3-containing mesangial immune complex deposits in the glomeruli
4	18	10	Moderate	Moderate chronic kidney injury with increased number of globally sclerosed glomeruli
5	3	1	Moderate	Focal proliferative lupus nephritis (ISN/RPS class III (A/C))
6	5	1	Moderate	Small amount of renal cortex with nonspecific findings
7	7	0	Moderate	Focal proliferative lupus nephritis with membranous lupus nephritis (ISN/RPS class III + V)
8	8	1	Mild	Membranous glomerulonephritis
9	17	6	Prominent	Advanced stage diabetic nephropathy with diffuse and nodular diabetic glomerulosclerosis.