Hyaluronan structures synthesized by rat mesangial cells in response to hyperglycemia induce monocyte adhesion.

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Mesangial expansion, the principal glomerular lesion in diabetic nephropathy, is preceded by a phenotypic activation and transient proliferation of the glomerular mesangial cells and by a prominent glomerular infiltration of monocytes and macrophages. Because this infiltration seems to play a key role in the subsequent mesangial matrix expansion, we tested the response of cultures of rat mesangial cells (RMCs)...

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