# Response to the Letter to the Editor Entitled “Interleukin-18: A Critical Culprit in Inflammatory Renal Disease”

**Authors:** Elena-Bianca Barbir, Anukul Ghimire, Taryn Stokowski, Pram Thennakoonwela, Rebecca Brassington, Wirongrong Churngchow, Samih H. Nasr, Manjula Gowrishankar, Ainslie Hildebrand, Kim Solez

PMC · DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.106341 · 2026-02-17

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** IL18 (interleukin 18) [NCBI Gene 3606] {aka IGIF, IL-18, IL-1g, IL1F4}, CD79A (CD79a molecule) [NCBI Gene 973] {aka IGA, IGAlpha, MB-1, MB1}
- **Diseases:** immune-mediated diseases (MESH:C567355), IgA nephropathy (MESH:D005922), systemic lupus erythematosus (MESH:D008180), inflammation (MESH:D007249), PD (MESH:D010300), Prolidase Deficiency (MESH:D056732), Inflammatory Renal Disease (MESH:D007674), Proliferative Glomerulonephritis (MESH:D005921)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12962068