Contactin-1–associated membranous nephropathy: complete immunologic and clinical remission with rituximab

In this issue of Kidney International, Le Quintrec et al.1 Le Quintrec M, Teisseyre M, Bec N, et al. Contactin-1 is a novel target antigen in membranous nephropathy associated with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Kidney Int. 2021;100:1240–1249. Google Scholar identified contactin-1 (CNTN1) as the potential antigen in 5 patients with membranous nephropathy (MN) associated with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy...