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Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and interleukin-8 levels in children with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis

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The infiltration of leukocytes into the glomeruli is a major factor in inflammatory glomerular damage in acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN). Chemokines participate in leukocyte infiltration. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (CCL2/MCP-1) and interleukin-8 (CXL8/IL-8) in APSGN with special emphasis on their role in the clinical course of renal disease. Twenty-one children with APSGN were studied. Serum and urinary CCL2/MCP-1 and CXL8/IL-8 levels were measured by ELISA. The relationships between urinary chemokines and the degree of proteinuria were investigated. Serum and urinary CCL2/MCP-1 levels were significantly higher in the acute phase than in the resolution phase and in controls ( P <0.05). Urinary CCL2/MCP-1 levels in the control group were significantly lower than in both the acute and resolution phases ( P =0.01 and P =0.001, respectively). In the acute phase, urinary CCL2/MCP-1 correlated with the extent of proteinuria ( r =0.58, P =0.006) but not with serum CCL2/MCP-1 levels ( r =0.21, P =0.36). Urinary and serum CXL8/IL-8 levels were significantly elevated in the acute phase compared with the resolution phase and controls ( P <0.05). A consistent increase in urinary CCL2/MCP-1 was found in the acute phase of patients with APSGN, and this correlates with the degree of proteinuria. Our results emphasize the important role of locally produced chemokines in immune-mediated glomerular injury.

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The authors are grateful for the support of the Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health. We thank Yucel Bassoy for excellent technical assistance.

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    Nesrin Besbas, Fatih Ozaltin, Ferhat Catal, Seza Ozen, Rezan Topaloglu & Aysin Bakkaloglu

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Besbas, N., Ozaltin, F., Catal, F. et al. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and interleukin-8 levels in children with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Pediatr Nephrol 19, 864–868 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-004-1522-0

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