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Mesangial Proliferative Glomerulonephritis

Known as: GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MESANGIAL PROLIFERATIVE 
A focal inflammation of glomeruli secondary to mesangial cell proliferation and matrix deposition within the mesangium.
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2002
2002
BACKGROUND We established the reversible and the prolonged models of mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (GN) with anti… 
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2001
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2001
BACKGROUND Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) has been consistently implicated in the cell proliferation and extracellular… 
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1997
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1997
Glomerular injury is characterized by mesangial cell (MC) proliferation and matrix formation. We sought to determine if reducing… 
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Persistent proteinuria and tubulointerstitial lesions are important signs of progressive renal disease. The purpose of this study… 
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1996
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1996
A characteristic response to mesangial cell injury is proliferation, which is closely linked to mesangial matrix accumulation and… 
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1995
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1995
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine exerting a wide variety of biologic responses, including cell proliferation… 
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
The infiltration of monocytes-macrophages in the glomerulus is one of the hallmarks of glomerulonephritis and may play an… 
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1991
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1991
We investigated whether platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), or its receptor (PDGF-R), was upregulated in a rat model of… 
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1991
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1991
Proliferation of mesangial cells and expansion of mesangial matrix are common histologic features of proliferative glomerular… 
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1989
Highly Cited
1989
In this study, we demonstrated that IL-6 was a possible autocrine growth factor for rat mesangial cells (MC). rIL-6 induced in…