Expression and significance of integrin-linked kinase in the process of human renal interstitial fibrosis / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the association of ILK expression in human renal interstitium and the pathological injury of renal interstitium in the patients with chronic nephropathy.Methods The expressions of ILK,TGF?1,E-cadherin and fibronectin(FN) in renal tissue were investigated with immunohistochemistry and computer image analysis system in 49 patients with chronic kidney disease.According to the score of the renal interstitial pathologic injury,49 patients were divided into four groups 4 in no injury group(the normal control group),17 in slight injury group,16 in mild injury group,12 in severe injury group.Results ILK was hardly detected in normal control group,and ILK was observed in tubulointerstitial area in 3 injury groups.The expression of ILK was prominent in tubular epithelial cells,next in the damaged tubulointerstitial area.A significant positive correlation was found between the expression of ILK in renal interstitial tissue and the degree of renal tubulointerstitial pathological injury(r=0.736),as well as that of TGF?1(P