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KMID : 0381919980280040577
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Korean Journal of Microscopy
1998 Volume.28 No. 4 p.577 ~ p.590
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Morphological Changes in Glomerular Podocytes in Puromycin Aminonucleoside Induced Nephropathy
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Kim Young-Ho
Park Kwan-Kyu
Kim Young-Man
Cho Soo-Yeul
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Abstract
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Puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) nephropathy was induced in a group of Sprague-Dawley rat by a single dose of intraperitoneal Injection to study an ultrastructural change of glomerulus. The experimental rats developed proteinuria three days after PAN injection. Electron microscopic studies of glomeruli showed the loss of epithelial foot processes, formation of cytoplasmic vacuoles, microvillous formation and increased numbers of lysosomes in the cytoplasm of podocytes. It is strongly suggested that proteinuria in PAN nephrosis may be primarily due to a glomerular epithelial lesion, leading to focal disarray of anionic sites or focal defects in the epithelial covering of the basement membrane. The loss of anionic sites in the basement membrane nay be caused by the foot process fusion and the epithelial detachment from the basement membrane.
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KEYWORD
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Rat Kidney, SEM, TEM, Puromycin aminonucleoside, Urin protein
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