Differentiated phenotype of glomerular mesangial cells in nodular culture.

doi:10.1152/ajprenal.1996.270.4.F614

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Differentiated phenotype of glomerular mesangial cells in nodular culture.

The American journal of physiology - 1 Apr 1996

Kitamura M, Mitarai T, Nagasawa R, Maruyama N

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Prolonged culture of glomerular mesangial cells forms nodular structures composed of cells and surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM), which may mimic the situation in the glomerular mesangium of the kidney. The aim of this study was to investigate whether nodule-associated cells (NAC) exhibit a...

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Actins
Animals
Cells, Cultured
Cytological Techniques
Extracellular Matrix Proteins
Glomerular Mesangium
Male
Mitosis
Muscle, Smooth
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Transforming Growth Factor beta

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