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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
Eosinophil involvement in renal allograft rejection was elucidated with immunocytochemical techniques. Sections of renal biopsies were stained for immunoreactive eosinophils and extracellular deposits of eosinophil cationic protein (ECP). Activated eosinophils were identified by means of alkaline-phosphatase-linked monoclonal antibodies. In biopsies from patients with acute rejection of the interstitial type, a varying degree of eosinophil infiltration in the interstitium was seen. Minor extracellular deposits of ECP were present in areas with activated eosinophils. In acute vascular rejection, dense infiltration of activated eosinophils and secreted ECP were found in infarcted areas and in arterial walls with necrotic lesions. Dense accumulation of activated eosinophils and extracellular deposits of ECP were also seen in biopsies from non-transplanted patients with necrotizing renal vasculitides. These findings suggest that cytotoxic eosinophil granule proteins are involved in vascular injury in renal graft rejection and in necrotizing renal vasculitides. Eosinophil activation may also have a pathophysiological role in the interstitial lesions in renal graft rejection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-2766
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
266-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Activated eosinophil infiltration and deposits of eosinophil cationic protein in renal allograft rejection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't