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Table 7 Pathological observations at time of euthanasia

From: Prolonged tenofovir treatment of macaques infected with K65R reverse transcriptase mutants of SIV results in the development of antiviral immune responses that control virus replication after drug withdrawal

Animal number

Most significant findings

29276

Chronic interstitial nephritis with tubular atrophy

Hypophosphatemic osteomalacia

Mild generalized lymphoid hyperplasia

30577

Lymphofollicular hyperplasia, mild (inguinal, axillary, tracheobronchial, and mesenteric lymph nodes; MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) of cecum and stomach) to moderate (tonsil, spleen, ileocecocolic lymph nodes).

32186

Kidney: polycystic chronic interstitial nephritis with tubular atrophy

Lymph nodes: mild paracortical hyperplasia and mild loss of germinal centers

33088

Mild multifocal hepatitis, mild colitis, mild tracheitis

33091

Heart: valvular vegetative endocarditis

 

Bone marrow and ileum: moderate multifocal lymphoid hyperplasia

 

Lymph nodes: mild to moderate paracortical hyperplasia with indistinct germinal centers

 

Spleen: mild lymphoid depletion