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Receptors for immune complexes activate gene expression and synthesis of matrix proteins in cultured rat and human mesangial cells: role of TGF-beta
1 Sept 1996
Abstract excerpt
Most human glomerulonephritis are induced by the deposition and/or formation of immune complexes in the glomerular region. Recently, it has been demonstrated that cultured glomerular mesangial cells (MC) express Fc receptors for IgA and IgG (Fc-alpha and Fc-gamma receptors). In this work, we studied whether the interaction of IgA and IgG complexes with MC induces accumulation of mesangial matrix, the histologic...
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