The pathogenesis of minimal change disease is unknown. It is suggested that cell-mediated immune reactions to kidney antigens, with subsequent cytokine release, are important.
The supporting evidence is largely circumstantial:
The cytokines are thought to increase glomerular permeability by altering the charge distribution along the glomerular basement membrane.
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