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ArticleWorld journal of urology2010

Viral macrophage inflammatory protein-II improves acute rejection in allogeneic rat kidney transplants.

Jens Bedke, Tomislav Stojanovic, Eva Kiss, Carl-Ludwig Behnes, Amanda E Proudfoot, Hermann-Josef Gröne

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Article in World journal of urology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chemokines encoded by herpesviruses.Journal of leukocyte biology · 2017
    Review
  2. Biophysical and Computational Studies of the vCCI:vMIP-II Complex.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Jens BedkeDepartment of Urology, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. bedke@live.com
Tomislav Stojanovic
Eva Kiss
Carl-Ludwig Behnes
Amanda E Proudfoot
Hermann-Josef Gröne
Heidelberg University · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEMerck Serono (Switzerland) · CHUniversity of Göttingen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDuring rejection, leukocytes are recruited from the peripheral circulation into the graft leading to the damage of endothelial cells, capillary perfusion failure and graft loss. Chemokines play a pivotal role in the recruitment of leukocytes to the endothelium. Viral macrophage inflammatory protein-II (vMIP-II), a human herpes virus-8 DNA-encoded protein, is a broad-spectrum chemokine antagonist. The aim of the study was to prove the beneficial activity of vMIP-II treatment on acute rat kidney allograft damage.

methodsHeterotopic rat kidney transplantation was performed in the Fischer 344 to Lewis transplantation model and animals were treated with vMIP-II (2 x 15 microg or 100 microg/day) for 7 days. Rejection-induced damage was analyzed by histology, and microcirculatory changes within the graft were analyzed by in vivo microscopy.

resultsViral macrophage inflammatory protein-II significantly improved acute glomerular damage and tubulointerstitial inflammation and lowered the extent of vascular and tubulointerstitial damage of the treated allografts. Functional microcirculation of peritubular capillaries was significantly improved in vivo, and the firm adherence of leukocytes was significantly reduced by vMIP-II treatment.

conclusionsThe administration of the broad-spectrum antagonist vMIP-II improved acute renal allograft damage, mainly by a reduction in leukocyte recruitment with a subsequently improved renal cortical microcirculation in vivo.

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Kidney TransplantationAcute DiseaseAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCell AdhesionCell MovementChemokinesGraft RejectionKidney GlomerulusLeukocytesMaleMicrocirculationRatsRats, Inbred F344Rats, Inbred LewRenal CirculationAnti-Inflammatory AgentsChemokinesvMIP-II

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