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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
The present histopathologic study of anti-Thy-1.1 models of mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis in rats provides a structural analysis of damage development and of pathways to recovery and to nephron loss. As long as the disease remains confined to the endocapillary compartment, the damage may be resolved or recover with a mesangial scar. Irreversible lesions with loss of nephrons emerge from extracapillary processes with crucial involvement of podocytes, leading to tuft adhesions to Bowman's capsule (BC) and subsequent crescent formation. Two mechanisms appeared to be responsible: (1) Epithelial cell proliferation at BC and the urinary orifice and (2) misdirected filtration and filtrate spreading on the outer aspect of the nephron. Both may lead to obstruction of the tubule, disconnection from the glomerulus, and subsequent degeneration of the entire nephron. No evidence emerged to suggest that the kind of focal interstitial proliferation associated with the degeneration of injured nephrons was harmful to a neighboring healthy nephron.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1046-6673
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1904-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Pathways to recovery and loss of nephrons in anti-Thy-1 nephritis.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 307, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. wilhelm.kriz@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't