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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.
inflammatory cytokines) renal Stx responsiveness.
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.
In HGEN, Stx-1 had an LD50 of about 10 -5g/L (140 pM), while in HGEC the LD 50 for Stx- was about 10-8 g/L (140 fM) and in HPT the LD 50 for Stx was about 10 -9.
There have been no studies, to our knowledge, that have examined the effects of puberty-related hormonal alterations on renal cell sensitivity to Stx.
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