Interstitial immune complex nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Interstitial immune complex nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Renal tissues from 45 patients with SLE nephritis, 34 patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) and 77 patients with minimal glomerular disease (MGD) were studied by light, immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. Interstitial nephritis characterized by focal or diffuse infiltration of inflammatory cells, tubular damage and interstitial fibrosis was observed in 66% of SLE patients. Fluorescein-conjugated antibodies to immunoglobulins or complement or both were bound to peritubular capillaries, interstitium and tubular basement membranes (TBM) in 53% of patients with a granular pattern corresponding to opaque deposits seen by light or electron microscopy or both. Antibodies reactive with thymidine or cytosine or both were bound to interstitial structures in 19% of patients tested and showed the same granular distribution. Interstitial cellular infiltration was rare and deposits of immunoglobulins and complement were rare or absent in IMN and MGD, whereas deposits of DNA products were never observed. The findings are consistent with the interpretation that in patients with SLE nephritis immune deposits, presumably containing DNA-anti-DNA complexes, localize in peritublular capillaries, TBM and interstitum, thereby producing an inflammatory reaction which contributes to development and evolution of renal diseases.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Kidney international
دوره 7 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1975