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'''Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis''' is a form of [[glomerulonephritis]] associated primarily with the [[mesangium]].<ref name="urlDefinition: mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis from Online Medical Dictionary">{{cite web |url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?mesangial+proliferative+glomerulonephritis |title=Definition: mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis from Online Medical Dictionary |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>


There is some evidence that [[interleukin-10]] may inhibit it in an animal model.<ref name="pmid11982588">{{cite journal |author=Kitching AR, Katerelos M, Mudge SJ, Tipping PG, Power DA, Holdsworth SR |title=Interleukin-10 inhibits experimental mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis |journal=Clin. Exp. Immunol. |volume=128 |issue=1 |pages=36–43 |year=2002 |month=April |pmid=11982588 |pmc=1906377 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0009-9104&date=2002&volume=128&issue=1&spage=36}}</ref>
It is classified as type II [[lupus nephritis]] by the WHO.


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