Table 1.
Gliotoxin Treatment Reduces Pathological Changes in Anti-Thy 1.1 Glomerulonephritis
Day | Glomerular lesions | ED1+ cells | ||||||
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Control | Nephritis | Control | Nephritis | |||||
Saline | Gliotoxin | Saline | Gliotoxin | Saline | Gliotoxin | Saline | Gliotoxin | |
2 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | ND | 1.3 ± 0.3† | 0.5 ± 0.3*‡ | 0.9 ± 0.1 | ND | 6.0 ± 1.4† | 3.0 ± 0.7*‡ |
4 | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.2* | 2.2 ± 0.5† | 1.0 ± 0.2*‡ | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.6* | 7.9 ± 1.8† | 2.5 ± 0.7*‡ |
7 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | ND | 2.9 ± 0.2† | 1.0 ± 0.1*‡ | 0.9 ± 0.1 | ND | 9.5 ± 2.0† | 2.0 ± 0.1*‡ |
10 | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.2* | 2.0 ± 0.5† | 1.0 ± 0.1†‡ | 1.1 ± 0.3 | 0.9 ± 0.1* | 5.6 ± 1.7† | 0.8 ± 0.6*‡ |
Glomerular damage was scored from 0 to 3. Infiltrating monocytes/macrophages were expressed as number of ED1+ cells/glomerular cross section (gcs). Values are mean ± SD.
*†, Not significant and P < 0.05 compared to control rats receiving saline, respectively.
‡P < 0.05 versus untreated nephritis rats (injected with saline). ND, not determined.