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  • Title: GMP-17-positive T-lymphocytes in renal tubules predict progression in early stages of IgA nephropathy.
    Author: van Es LA, de Heer E, Vleming LJ, van der Wal A, Mallat M, Bajema I, Bruijn JA, de Fijter JW.
    Journal: Kidney Int; 2008 Jun; 73(12):1426-33. PubMed ID: 18354379.
    Abstract:
    Treatment of patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) depends on a reliable assessment of disease progression based on measurements of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), proteinuria, hypertension, and tubulointerstitial changes. We sought to determine whether progression could be predicted from analysis of glomerular and tubulointerstitial inflammation in biopsies taken at an early stage of IgAN. We retrospectively analyzed biopsies from 50 patients, relating the subsequent clinical course to infiltration with B- and T-lymphocytes, granule membrane protein of 17 kDa (GMP-17) positive cytotoxic T cells, macrophages, fibroblasts, and tubulointerstitial expression of human leukocyte antigen-D related (HLA-DR). At biopsy, 19 patients had decreased GFR while 13 of 31 patients with normal GFR and progressive IgAN differed significantly from 18 non-progressors in the level of proteinuria and in the severity of scores for mesangial proliferation, tubular atrophy, interstitial fibrosis, and interstitial infiltrates. On multivariate regression analysis these differences disappeared; however, associations with GMP-17-positive cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in intact renal tubules and of B-lymphocytes in the interstitium remained significant. Our study may have identified a marker of disease progression in early stages of IgAN.
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