Tubulointerstitial nephritis antigen is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TINAGgene.[5][6]
TINAG is a basement membrane glycoprotein initially identified as a target of antibodies in some forms of immunologically mediated tubulointerstitial nephritis.[supplied by OMIM][6]
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