{
  "id": 6593128,
  "title": "Beyond B cells: Rituximab response may reveal which kidney disease patients can stop steroids",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/beyond-b-cells-rituximab-response-may-reveal-which-kidney-disease",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-10T13:40:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-cells-rituximab-response-reveal-kidney.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nephrotic syndrome is caused when the filtering system in the kidneys is damaged, allowing large amounts of protein to leak into the urine. It is usually treated with steroids, but in some cases, steroids alone are insufficient, and long-term steroid use has serious side effects. Some patients develop a difficult-to-treat form of the disease that returns when the steroid dose is reduced.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}