Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) · 1978 · 109 citations · 0 references
Glomerular DiseaseBrown Norway RatRenal PathologyImmunologyRenal InflammationPathologyInflammationGlomerulonephritisSecond StageRenal FunctionIga GlomerulonephritisChronic Kidney DiseaseImmune ComplexesImmune Type GlomerulonephritisAutoimmune DiseaseKidney FailureLupus NephritisAutoimmunityNephrotic SyndromeRenal PathophysiologyRenal DiseaseGlomerulopathyMedicineNephrologyKidney Research
HgCl2 chronically injected in the Brown-Norway rat induced a biphasic renal disease. The first stage was characterized by anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies. The second stage by the appearance of immune complexe type deposits in the glomerular tufts and in the small renal arteries. These immune complexes were constituted of a basement membrane component and anti-basement membrane antibodies. Other immune complexes were perhaps involved. In most of the rats, a proteinuria and a nephrotic syndrome appeared, as a consequence of this immune disease. No abnormalities were observed in Lewis rats, suggesting a role for a genetic control of this immune response.