Article
Immune complex binding Streptococcus pyogenes type M12/emm12 in experimental glomerulonephritis.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2013
Burova Larissa, Pigarevsky Peter, Duplik Nadezhda, Snegova Vlada, Suvorov Alexander, Schalen Claes, Totolian Artem
Abstract excerpt
In a rabbit model, we have previously reported evidence for a pathogenic role of streptococcal IgG Fc-binding proteins (IgGFcBP) in poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN). These proteins, of the M protein family, were shown to trigger anti-IgG production and enhance renal deposition of IgG and/or immune complexes (ICs), with resulting activation of complement and cytokine cascades. In the present study, type...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigen-Antibody Complex
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Basement Membrane
- Carrier Proteins
- Carrier State
- Cell Proliferation
- Endothelial Cells
