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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#typehttp://purl.uniprot.org/core/Journal_Citation
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#typehttp://purl.uniprot.org/core/Journal_Citation
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment"PDGF-B is of central importance in mesangioproliferative diseases. PDGF-D, a new PDGF isoform, like PDGF-B, signals through the PDGF betabeta-receptor. The present study first determined that PDGF-D is mitogenic for rat mesangial cells and is not inhibited by a PDGF-B antagonist. Low levels of PDGF-D mRNA were detected in normal rat glomeruli. After induction of mesangioproliferative nephritis in rats by anti-Thy 1.1 mAb, glomerular PDGF-D mRNA and protein expression increased significantly from days 4 to 9 in comparison with nonnephritic rats. Peak expression of PDGF-D mRNA occurred 2 d later than peak PDGF-B mRNA expression. In addition, PDGF-D serum levels increased significantly in the nephritic animals on day 7. For investigating the functional role of PDGF-D, neutralizing fully human mAb were generated using the XenoMouse technology. Rats with anti-Thy 1.1-induced nephritis were treated on days 3 and 5 with different amounts of a fully human PDGF-DD-specific neutralizing mAb (CR002), equal amounts of irrelevant control mAb, or PBS by intraperitoneal injection. Specific antagonism of PDGF-D led to a dose-dependent (up to 67%) reduction of glomerular cell proliferation. As judged by double immunostaining for 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine and alpha-smooth muscle actin, glomerular mesangial cell proliferation was reduced by up to 57%. Reduction of glomerular cell proliferation in the rats that received CR002 was not associated with reduced glomerular expression of PDGF-B mRNA. PDGF-D antagonism also led to reduced glomerular infiltration of monocytes/macrophages (day 5) and reduced accumulation of fibronectin (day 8). In contrast, no effect was noted in normal rats that received an injection of CR002. These data show that PDGF-D is overexpressed in mesangioproliferative states and can act as an auto-, para-, or even endocrine glomerular cell mitogen, indicating that antagonism of PDGF-D may represent a novel therapeutic approach to mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritides."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier"doi:10.1097/01.asn.0000083393.00959.02"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier"doi:10.1097/01.asn.0000083393.00959.02"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Peterson J.D."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Peterson J.D."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Lichenstein H.S."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Lichenstein H.S."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Chan G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Chan G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Ostendorf T."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Ostendorf T."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"LaRochelle W.J."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"LaRochelle W.J."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Jia X.-C."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Jia X.-C."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Gazit-Bornstein G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Gazit-Bornstein G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Eitner F."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Eitner F."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Floege J."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Floege J."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Hamad A.J."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/12937299http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Hamad A.J."xsd:string
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