THY1 and glomerulonephritis: Innondiabetic animals, beneficial effects have been shown for anti-GBMantibody-induced crescentic glomerulonephritis [3],passive Heymann nephritis [4],the development of glomerulosclerosis after 5/6 nephrectomy [5],renal ischemia-reperfusion induced damage [6], and anti-Thy-1-glomerulonephritis [7].