hronic rejection is the main factor to result in the loss of renal allograft In order to look for a potential therapy chronic rejection, we investigated the efficacy of estradiol on preventing renal chronic rejectio...hronic rejection is the main factor to result in the loss of renal allograft In order to look for a potential therapy chronic rejection, we investigated the efficacy of estradiol on preventing renal chronic rejection The kidneys of female F344 rats were orthotopically transplanted into ovatiectomized female Lewis rats and treated for 16 weeks with either estradiol or vehicle Compared with controls treated with vehicle, estradiol treatment reduced urinary protein excretion, glomerular sclerosis, interstitial infiltration and fibrosis, vascular lesions, in parallel to a reduced ICAM 1 and TGF β mRNA expression Our results suggested that estrodiol could significantly decrease the progression of chronic rejection, at least in female recipients, and the reduced adhesion molecule and TGF β gene expression may be involved in the mechanism for estradiol to prevent chronic rejection展开更多
文摘hronic rejection is the main factor to result in the loss of renal allograft In order to look for a potential therapy chronic rejection, we investigated the efficacy of estradiol on preventing renal chronic rejection The kidneys of female F344 rats were orthotopically transplanted into ovatiectomized female Lewis rats and treated for 16 weeks with either estradiol or vehicle Compared with controls treated with vehicle, estradiol treatment reduced urinary protein excretion, glomerular sclerosis, interstitial infiltration and fibrosis, vascular lesions, in parallel to a reduced ICAM 1 and TGF β mRNA expression Our results suggested that estrodiol could significantly decrease the progression of chronic rejection, at least in female recipients, and the reduced adhesion molecule and TGF β gene expression may be involved in the mechanism for estradiol to prevent chronic rejection
