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ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2017

Evaluation of TGF-β1 and MCP-1 expression and tubulointerstitial fibrosis in children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis and IgA nephropathy: A clinical correlation.

Zhao Shuiai, Shen Huijun, Gu Weizhong, Liu Aimin, Mao Jianhua

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Article in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhao ShuiaiThe Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.
Shen HuijunThe Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.
Gu WeizhongThe Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.
Liu AiminThe Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.
Mao JianhuaThe Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.
Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectives: Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis and immunoglobulin A nephropathy are two diseases with similar clinical presentations but very different prognoses. Transforming growth factor β1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 have been associated with the development of tissue fibrosis. We examined the development of tubulointerstitial fibrosis and its relationship with Transforming growth factor β1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in these patients.

methods: Renal tissue samples were collected by renal biopsy from 50 children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis and 50 children with immunoglobulin A nephropathy. Hematoxylin and eosin and Masson's trichrome-stained tissues were examined using light microscopy. Tubulointerstitial fibrosis was graded using the method described by Bohle et al. (1). The immunohistochemical detection of Transforming growth factor β1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression was correlated with the tubulointerstitial fibrosis grade. Clinical Trial registration number: ZJCH-2012-0105.

results: Transforming growth factor β1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in the renal tissues was significantly greater in the patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy than in the patients with Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (both p<0.001). The immunoglobulin A nephropathy patients had a higher tubulointerstitial fibrosis grade than the Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis patients (p<0.001). The tubulointerstitial fibrosis grade was in accordance with the Transforming growth factor β1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression levels in both diseases (both p<0.001).

conclusion: Transforming growth factor β1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression was associated with the development of immunoglobulin A nephropathy and Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis. Further studies are needed to better evaluate this association.

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AdolescentChemokine CCL2ChildChild, PreschoolFemaleFibrosisGlomerulonephritis, IGAHumansIgA VasculitisKidney TubulesMalePrognosisTransforming Growth Factor beta1CCL2 protein, humanChemokine CCL2Transforming Growth Factor beta1

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PMCPMC5314317
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