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  • Title: Monocytes and focal glomerulosclerosis.
    Author: Magil AB, Cohen AH.
    Journal: Lab Invest; 1989 Oct; 61(4):404-9. PubMed ID: 2796289.
    Abstract:
    It has been suggested that focal glomerulosclerosis (FGS) is analogous to atherosclerosis. Because monocytes and their derivatives are involved in the latter, these cells may be involved in the development of the former. To investigate this possibility a combined histochemical and ultrastructural study of FGS was done. Sections from 13 biopsies showing FGS were stained for either nonspecific esterase or lysozyme to detect monocytes and their derivatives. These include foam cells (lipid-containing macrophages) in which there was positive cytoplasmic staining for both nonspecific esterase and lysozyme. Twenty-one of 29 glomeruli (72%) with segmental sclerotic lesions contained monocytes and/or foam cells, whereas only 18 of 251 glomeruli (7%) without the lesions demonstrated these cells (p less than 0.0001). The mean number of monocytes and/or foam cells in segmentally sclerotic glomeruli was 2.0 +/- 1.7 compared with 0.2 +/- 0.3 for uninvolved glomeruli (p less than 0.01). In glomeruli with sclerotic lesions foam cells predominated over monocytes. Neutral lipid was observed focally and segmentally in 29 of 35 biopsies with FGS. Electron microscopy in 23 biopsies consistently demonstrated intracapillary cells with monocytic features but few foam cells in very early lesions characterized by epithelial cell changes but no or minor glomerular tuft alterations. With progression, the relative number of monocytes declined but foam cells were observed more frequently. These results suggest that monocytes and their derivatives are involved in the development of FGS.
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