2010
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902129
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Mouse Mast Cell Protease-4 Deteriorates Renal Function by Contributing to Inflammation and Fibrosis in Immune Complex-Mediated Glomerulonephritis

Abstract: Mast cells exert protective effects in experimental antiglomerular basement membrane-induced glomerulonephritis (GN), yet the responsible mediators have not been identified. In this study, we investigated the role of mouse mast cell protease (mMCP)-4, the functional homolog of human chymase, using mMCP-4–deficient mice. Compared with wild type animals, mMCP-4–deficient mice exhibited lower proteinuria, blood creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen levels, indicating an aggravating role of mMCP-4. Kidney histology … Show more

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“…Mcpt4 deletion reduces kidney TNFα and MCP1, but not IL1β or TGFβ, mRNA in experimental chronic kidney disease, suggesting that MMCP-4 is proinflammatory (24). We found no significant differences in serum TNFα, MCP1, IL1β, and TGFβ between 72-h post-I/R WT and Mcpt4 −/− mice (Table S6).…”
Section: Mmcp-4 Regulates Cardiac Igf-1 and Igf-1/igf-1r Signaling Pomentioning
confidence: 43%
“…Mcpt4 deletion reduces kidney TNFα and MCP1, but not IL1β or TGFβ, mRNA in experimental chronic kidney disease, suggesting that MMCP-4 is proinflammatory (24). We found no significant differences in serum TNFα, MCP1, IL1β, and TGFβ between 72-h post-I/R WT and Mcpt4 −/− mice (Table S6).…”
Section: Mmcp-4 Regulates Cardiac Igf-1 and Igf-1/igf-1r Signaling Pomentioning
confidence: 43%
“…14,15 In addition, mast-cell degranulation can activate or regulate the adaptive immune system. 16 In the kidney, mast cells have been shown to have both inflammatory 17,18 and protective functions. 19 -21 Recent advances examining the role of mast cells in vivo have been facilitated by mice with genetic deletions specific for mast cells.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…MCs have emerged as potential key players in the induction, amplification, and paradoxically immunomodulation of autoimmunity in general and rapidly progressive forms of GN in particular. 2,17,34,35 In MPO-AAV, MCs are a major leukocyte population seen in infiltrating damaged kidneys. Although the functional role of MCs in patients with MPO-AAV is uncertain, the patients with the highest MC density had the most severe tubulointerstitial damage.…”
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confidence: 99%