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Mast cells in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jul 1999
Tóth T, Tóth-Jakatics R, Jimi S, Ihara M, Urata H, Takebayashi S
Abstract excerpt
The role of mast cells (MC) in tubulointerstitial damage in glomerulonephritis (GN) is not fully understood. The distribution of MC was compared in renal biopsies from 50 patients with different stages of rapidly progressive GN (RPGN) and in 20 control samples. The immunoreactivity of renal MC with anti-tryptase and anti-chymase antibodies was studied. Interstitial myofibroblasts were stained with...
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