Article
Acquisition of the monocyte/macrophage phenotype in human mesangial cells.
The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Sept 2001
Watanabe S, Yoshimura A, Inui K, Yokota N, Liu Y, Sugenoya Y, Morita H, Ideura T
Abstract excerpt
The function of intrinsic glomerular cells in active glomerular inflammation may be similar to that of monocytes/macrophages. Mesangial cells have phagocytic properties and release numerous mediators. In this study we examined whether human mesangial cells (hMCs) express a monocyte/macrophage phe...
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