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Expression of human T cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin-3 on kidney tissue from immunoglobulin A nephropathy patients

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of human T cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin-3 (Tim-3) in renal tissue from patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) and without IgAN and to evaluate the difference in Tim-3 expression between them. A total of 71 patients with IgAN as IgA group and 13 patients without IgAN as control group were enrolled in the present study. Patients in IgAN accepted percutaneous renal biopsy. We examined the expression of Tim-3 in renal tissue and the serological parameters in serum from all enrolled cases. The expression of Tim-3 and serological parameters were compared between the different groups. Positive staining of Tim-3 protein was seen in 94.3 % patients with IgAN (67 out of 71), but only 15.4 % (2 out of 13) in the cases without IgAN were positive staining of Tim-3. There were significant differences between two groups in almost all serological markers, which reflect IgAN activity. There was a nearly positive correlation between pathological manifestations and expression degree of Tim-3. High immuno-reactivity of Tim-3 was found to be significantly correlated with serological grade (p < 0.001) in IgA group, but there was no such phenomenon in control group. The results showed that there was the expression of Tim-3 in renal tissue from the patients with IgAN, but rarely expression in cases without IgAN. Expression of Tim-3 was associated with the diseases’ activity.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by Shandong Province Outstanding Young Scientist Research Award Fund Project, NO. BS2013YY042. Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, No. ZR2013HM106. All authors express their appreciation to the enrolled patients.

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, 250012, China

    Xiangdong Yang, Zhao Hu & Tao Peng

  2. Department of Immunology, Jinan Vocational College of Nursing, Jinan, China

    Xiyan Xia

  3. Department of Pathology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, China

    Junhui Zhen

  4. Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, China

    Xuewei Zhuang

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Yang, X., Hu, Z., Xia, X. et al. Expression of human T cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin-3 on kidney tissue from immunoglobulin A nephropathy patients. Immunol Res 60, 85–90 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12026-014-8550-z

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