Renal disease in chronic experimental Trypanosoma gambiense infections.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 30(4): 780-9, 1981 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Two recently isolated stocks of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense of human origin gave rise to a moderate to severe proliferative or membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in 40 or 44 NMRI and C57BL/6J mice infected for 7-22 weeks. Extensive granular deposits of C3, IgG1 and IgG3 were found in the mesangium, together with smaller quantities of IgG2a, IgG2b, and IgM. No trypanosomal antigen could be detected in the deposits though specific anti-trypanosoma antibodies were found in kidney eluates. By electron microscopy, a conspicuous proliferation of mesangial and endothelial cells was observed and electron-dense deposits were seen in a mesangial and subepithelial localization. With one of these trypanosome stocks, four of seven Wistar rats infected for 9-15 weeks developed morphologically similar glomerular lesions. Four other trypanosome stocks did not evoke renal alterations in 17 other rats infected for 13-56 weeks. Experimental infection in mice or rats appears to be a suitable model for the study of renal disease in chronic African sleeping sickness.
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Assunto principal:
Tripanossomíase Africana
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Glomerulonefrite
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Am J Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
1981
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