| Literature DB >> 6607142 |
T Cavallo, K Graves, N A Granholm.
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We investigated the effects of cyclophosphamide (Cy) on immunoreactants of plasma and kidney of mice with lupus nephritis. Cy therapy decreased plasma concentrations of IgG, but not the concentrations of anti-DNA antibodies, C3, and C1q reactive materials; in glomeruli deposits of immunoreactants were mesangial in location and decreased overall. Although Cy arrested the nephritis of NZB/W mice, the anti-DNA activity in the renal eluates was very low and comparable in untreated and in treated mice. Immune complex systems other than, or in addition to, DNA-anti-DNA are likely to play a role in the pathogenesis and course of murine lupus nephritis.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6607142 PMCID: PMC1535780
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330