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Antibodies to tubular basal membrane in blood
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Last reviewed: 05.07.2025
Normally, antibodies to the tubular basement membrane are absent in the blood serum.
Tubulointerstitial nephritis is an inflammatory disease of the kidneys of a non-infectious nature with the localization of the pathological process in the interstitial (intermediate) tissue and damage to the tubular apparatus of the nephrons.
Anti-tubular basement membrane antibodies are detected in approximately 50% of patients with tubulointerstitial nephritis.
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