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inflammatory cytokines) renal Stx responsiveness.
Indeed, one might argue that an animal model, in which the testes or ovaries are removed and the animals are given Stx in the presence and absence of steroid replacement, would be better.
As stated earlier, there is no precedent in the literature for examination of the effect of sex steroids on Stx responsiveness, however, the coincidental fall in clinically apparent HUS in adolescents and adults [ 1 ] raises the possibility that hormonal changes associated with puberty induce a relatively Stx-resistant state in the kidney.
Indeed, there is no information whatsoever on how any sex steroid affects Stx responsiveness of any cell type.
Based on histologic evidence, glomerular endothelial cells have been invoked as being primarily involved in HUS renal injury [ 7 ] . In vitro studies have demonstrated that human glomerular endothelial cells (HGEN) bind Stx-1 and are modestly sensitive to the toxin's cytotoxic effect [ 8 ] . Recent work indicates that other renal cell types may be Stx targets in HUS: cultured human proximal tubule (HPT) [ 9 ] and human visceral glomerular epithelial (HGEC) [ 10 ] cells express abundant amounts of Gb3 and are highly sensitive to the cytotoxic effect of Stx-1.
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