It is concluded that Hirudo may decrease proteinuria and alleviate renal parenchymal damage.
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Here we report the cloning of two innexins from the leech Hirudo medicinalis.
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In this study, we used culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches to characterize the digestive-tract microbiota of Hirudo orientalis.
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Renal biopsy was performed in 31 cases of primary glomerulonephritis and the effect of Hirudo in these patients observed.
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The medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana, has a remarkably simple gut population carrying two extracellular microbes in the crop where the ingested blood is stored.