INTRAGLOMERULAR T-CELLS AND MONOCYTES IN NEPHRITIS - STUDY WITH MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES
INTRAGLOMERULAR T-CELLS AND MONOCYTES IN NEPHRITIS - STUDY WITH MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES
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DOI:
10.1038/ki.1987.123
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发表时间:
1987-05-01
影响因子:
19.6
通讯作者:
REUBEN, R
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作者:
NOLASCO, FEB;CAMERON, JS;REUBEN, R
Intraglomerular T cells, monocytes, total leucocytes and other mononuclear subsets were sought in renal biopsies from patients with glomerulonephritis, using monoclonal antibodies and immunoperoxidase techniques. Twenty-four biopsies with no significant glomerular proliferation on optical microscopy, thirty-two with only endocapillary hypercellularity, and twenty-one with extra capillary crescentic glomerular disease were studied. Few intra-glomerular leucocytes were seen in the non-proliferative group. In contrast, when compared with this group, biopsies with glomerular hypercellularity and particularly those with crescents showed increased numbers of intra-glomerular total leucocytes and monocytes/macrophages, as well as an excess of T lymphocytes and T cytotoxic/suppressor cells: T helpr/inducer lymphocytes were significantly increased only in the crescentic group. Only small numbers of B lymphocytes and NK cells were found in all groups. The numbers of total glomerular T-cells and monocytes per glomerular cross section were highly correlated in the crescentic group. Only idiopathic IgA nephropathy failed to show a significant increase in the numbers of intra-glomerular leucocytes, in comparison with the nonproliferative group, Henoch-Schoenlein purpura biopsies in contrast had an excess of both monocytes and T cell subsets. The finding of T lymphocytes as well as monocytes in glomeruli of proliferative nephritis suggests that cellular immune mechanisms may play a role in their pathogenesis, especially when crescents are present.