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In vitro characterization of the mesangial phenotype in a proliferative glomerulonephritis of the rat.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Dec 1997
Harendza S, Behrens U, Zahner G, Schneider A, Stahl R A
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BACKGROUND: Mesangial cell proliferation is a predominant feature of many glomerular diseases. We have demonstrated in previous studies that an experimental model of mesangial-proliferative glomerulonephritis in the rat could be transferred to in vitro conditions. Using this model we now have been able to study the mesangial phenotype in several subcultures of mesangial cells from nephritic animals regarding...
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