Soluble Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (sICAM-1) in post-Streptococcal Acute Glomerulonephritis.
Hammad, A., Sarhan, A., Bakr, A., Abdel-Hady, H., El-Chenawi, F. (2003). Soluble Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (sICAM-1) in post-Streptococcal Acute Glomerulonephritis.. EKB Journal Management System, 3(1), 17-22. doi: 10.21608/geget.2003.47774
Ayman Hammad; Amr Sarhan; Ashraf Bakr; Hesham Abdel-Hady; Farha El-Chenawi. "Soluble Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (sICAM-1) in post-Streptococcal Acute Glomerulonephritis.". EKB Journal Management System, 3, 1, 2003, 17-22. doi: 10.21608/geget.2003.47774
Hammad, A., Sarhan, A., Bakr, A., Abdel-Hady, H., El-Chenawi, F. (2003). 'Soluble Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (sICAM-1) in post-Streptococcal Acute Glomerulonephritis.', EKB Journal Management System, 3(1), pp. 17-22. doi: 10.21608/geget.2003.47774
Hammad, A., Sarhan, A., Bakr, A., Abdel-Hady, H., El-Chenawi, F. Soluble Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (sICAM-1) in post-Streptococcal Acute Glomerulonephritis.. EKB Journal Management System, 2003; 3(1): 17-22. doi: 10.21608/geget.2003.47774

Soluble Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (sICAM-1) in post-Streptococcal Acute Glomerulonephritis.

GEGET
Article 3, Volume 3, Issue 1, August 2003, Page 17-22  XML PDF (421.56 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/geget.2003.47774
View on SCiNiTO View on SCiNiTO
Authors
Ayman Hammad; Amr Sarhan; Ashraf Bakr; Hesham Abdel-Hady; Farha El-Chenawi
Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Immunology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Glomerulonephritis associated with infiltration of inflammatory cells such as poly-morphonuclear leukocytes, macrophages and T or B-lymophcytes. This is closely related to the expression of cellular adhesion molecules, such as intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1). In human diseases in which unchecked inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of the diseases process, soluble forms of adhesion molecules including ICAM-1 are elevated.
Objectives: To study the changes in sICAM-1 that occur in post-Streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis (PSAGN).
Methods: sICAM-1 levels were measured (by ELISA) in 25 children with PSAGN during their initial presentation. Diagnosis of PSAGN was based on the presence of haematuria, transient hypocomplementaemia and positive laboratory evidences of recent Streptococcal infection. Patients were compared to 15 healthy children of matched age and sex.
Results: Patients in the acute attack had significantly higher levels of sICAM-1 when compared to control [median (IQR) =45.17 (40.5-49.5) vs 32.5 (26.5-33.4), ng/ml, P ˂0.0001]. sICAM-1 levels correlated significantly with serum C3 (r = -0.58, p = 0.002), serum creatinine (r = 0.46, p = 0.02), and the severity of both systolic and diastolic hypertension (r = 0.64, p = 0.001 and r = 0.65, p ˂0.0001, respectively). No significant correlation was detected between sICAM-1 levels and the severity of proteinuria, haematuria, or oedema. Out of the studied 25 cases; 15 cases were reassessed 3 months after normalization of their complement level and a significant drop in sICAM-1 was found (p = 0.001).
Conclusions: These results suggest that ICAM-1 may have a pathophysiologic role in PSAGN and that sICAM-1 may be used as a marker for the severity of the disease.      
Statistics
Article View: 123
PDF Download: 165