POMC and glomerular disorder: Based on some case series reports, ACTH treatment seems to be effective in a number of other glomerular diseases, including mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (MsPGN), mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis (MCGN), and hereditary nephritis, though pre-clinical evidence is still lacking (Berg and Arnadottir, 2004; Bomback et al., 2011).