Article
Differentiation of smooth muscle phenotypes in mouse mesangial cells.
Kidney international - 1 May 1996
Iehara N, Takeoka H, Tsuji H, Imabayashi T, Foster D N, Strauch A R, Yamada Y, Kita T, Doi T
Abstract excerpt
Smooth muscle alpha-actin (SMA) mRNA, a marker of vascular smooth muscle cells, was identified in the normal glomerular mesangium both in vivo and in vitro. Several populations of mesangial cells were studied to determine if SMA and basement membrane collagen were regulated together. The levels o...
Topics
- Actins
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line
- Collagen
- DNA
- Gene Expression
- Glomerular Mesangium
- In Situ Hybridization
- Methylation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Muscle, Smooth
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger
- Transcription Factors
- Transcriptional Activation