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Mesangial Cells, Kidney

Known as: Kidney Mesangial Cells, Cell, Renal Mesangial, Mesangial Cell, Renal 
Smooth muscle-like cells adhering to the wall of the small blood vessels of the KIDNEY at the glomerulus and along the vascular pole of the… 
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Connective Tissue CellsEpithelial cell of renal tubule

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Extraglomerular Mesangial CellsGlomerular Mesangial Cells
Immune systemMicrobiologicalProcess of secretionStructure of glomerular mesangium

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2004
2004
Vascular factors altered in glucose-treated mesangial cells and diabetic glomeruli. Changes in vascular factors impair endothelial cell growth and matrix
We studied the effect of a high glucose (HG) environment on the vascular factors that are secreted by mesangial cells, and… 
1992
1992
Thrombospondin induces glomerular mesangial cell adhesion and migration.
BACKGROUND Extracellular matrix components are known to modulate mesangial cell functions as adhesion, motility and proliferation… 
1988
1988
Phorbol ester inhibits arginine vasopressin activation of phospholipase C and promotes contraction of, and prostaglandin production by, cultured mesangial cells.
We have previously shown that arginine vasopressin (AVP) causes a rapid (5-10 min) contractile response in cultured mesangial… 
1987
1987
Papillary collecting tubule responsiveness to atrial natriuretic factor in Dahl rats.
There is evidence that atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) has an action in the inner medullary collecting duct. In addition, the… 
1987
1987
Rat glomerular epithelial cells in culture. Parietal or visceral epithelial origin?
  • J. Nørgaard
  • Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical…
  • 1987
  • Corpus ID: 19677903
Isolated glomeruli from rats were explanted under standard culture conditions and outgrowths were studied by light and electron… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Glomerular endothelial cells secrete a heparinlike inhibitor and a peptide stimulator of mesangial cell proliferation.
The regulation of cell growth in the kidney glomerulus plays a key role in many physiologic and pathologic processes. In this… 
1986
1986
cGMP-dependent protein kinase is present in high concentrations in contractile cells of the kidney vasculature.
There is increasing evidence that the recently discovered Atrial Natriuretic Factor, a potent vasorelaxing, natriuretic and… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Renal cortical interstitial volume in mesangial IgA nephropathy. Dissociation from creatinine clearance in serially biopsied patients.
It has recently been proposed that renal cortical interstitial fibrosis is causally related to progressive decreases in… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The macrophage in the development of experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis. Studies using tissue culture and electron microscopy.
The role played by the macrophage in the development of injury in rabbit nephrotoxic nephritis (NTN) has been assessed by… 
1977
1977
The mesangial cell in glomerulonephritis. II. Mesangial proliferation caused by Habu snake venom in the rat.