TMSB4X and crescentic glomerulonephritis: Tmsb4x is expressed in macrophages18, 40 and reduces inflammation in several disease settings.10, 16, 18, 41 As immune cell infiltration plays a critical role in the initiation and progression of crescentic glomerulonephritis,42, 43, 44 we decided to examine this in the NTS nephritis model.