Furthermore, the upregulation of FGF-BP by regenerating renal tubular epithelial cells may provide a mechanism by which the regenerative and angiogenic activity of FGF-2 in renal capillaries can be modulated in children with HIV-HUS and other renal disease.
In addition, we found that FGF-2 induces a similar increase in the attachment of HIV-infected PBMCs and monocytes/macrophages to plastic tissue culture dishes and to monolayers of primary renal tubular epithelial cells harvested from the urine of HIV-infected children with renal disease.
We have detected high levels of bFGF accumulated in the kidney of HIV-transgenic mice and in children with HIV-associated renal diseases and the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
The second series of experiments was designed to study the effects of FGF2 neutralizing antibody (40 micrograms for 5 days after PAN injection, in MoAb group) on severely damaged podocytes caused by repeated (two courses) injections in the PAN nephropathy rats.