201. The role of basic-fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF) in cyclosporine-induced nephrotoxicity.
- Author
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Efthimiadou A, Lambropoulou M, Pagonopoulou O, Vakalopoulos I, Papadopoulos N, and Nikolettos N
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- Animals, Blood Vessels drug effects, Blood Vessels pathology, Drug Antagonism, Drug Therapy, Combination, Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 metabolism, Injections, Intramuscular, Kidney blood supply, Kidney Diseases chemically induced, Kidney Diseases pathology, Male, Neovascularization, Physiologic physiology, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Cyclosporine toxicity, Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 pharmacology, Immunosuppressive Agents toxicity, Kidney drug effects, Kidney Diseases metabolism, Neovascularization, Physiologic drug effects
- Abstract
Background: The effect of the b-fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF) on cyclosporine A (CsA)-induced nephrotoxicity in the rat kidney was investigated., Materials and Methods: The rats were divided into six groups: A (control), B (b-FGF-treated), C, D: (CsA-treated and sacrificed on days 14 or 21), E, F (Cs A- and b-FGF- treated and sacrificed on days 14 or 21). The antibody mouse anti-rat CD31 was used to evaluate the kidney vessels present in histological preparations., Results: The kidney vessels in group B were increased in comparison with the control group (p<0.05). Reduction of kidney vessels in groups C and D (p<0.05) in comparison with the controls was observed, while in groups E and F they were increased when compared to group C (p<0.05) and D (p<0.05), respectively., Conclusion: The angiogenic role of b-FGF was confirmed in normal rats and a possible "protective" role of b-FGF was shown in rat kidney with CsA-induced nephrotoxicity.
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- 2006