Article
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
Abstract excerpt
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 bee...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Division
- Collagen
- Dinoprostone
- Gelatinases
- Glomerular Mesangium
- Glomerulonephritis
- Male
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 2
- Metalloendopeptidases
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley