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Oral Enzymes in Different Animal Models of Glomerulonephritis Emancipator S.N.,1 Chintalacharuvu S.R.,1 Urankar Nagy N.,1 Stauder G.2 1Institute of Pathology and Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, 2Clinical Research, MUCOS Pharma GmbH, Geretsried, Germany. Int J. Immunotherapy 1997, Vol. XIII, No. 3/4, pp. 97-103 SO 112 (19-04-2)- (5-07-2) Summary Systemic or oral proteolytic enzymes ameliorate any of several glomerulonephritides in mice, rats or rabbits. Recently, in rats with membranous nephropathy induced by cationized antigen, oral Phlogenzym® therapy progressively diminished proteinuria and hyperlipidemia (ultimately by 50%) over a 2-week period, whereas untreated diseased controls showed stable and sustained proteinuria and hyperlipidemia. At sacrifice, the amount of glomerular immune deposits, assessed by semiquantitative immunofluorescence and quantitative electron microscopy were 45% of the amount in controls. Moreover, when this model was sustained for 7 months, glomerulosclerosis involved an average of approximately 80% of the glomeruli in untreated rats with nephrosis; whereas two different preparations of proteolytic enzymes, given intraperitoneally, had a significant sparing effect on glomeruli. Only 25% of the glomeruli from rats in either protease-treated group appeared sclerotic, as compared to 12% in nondiseased age-matched controls. We conclude that enzyme therapy diminishes the clinical signs and morphologic lesions of immune complex glomerulonephritis; reduces the immune deposits; and, prevents or retards the progression to end stage renal disease. |
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