Unique regulatory properties of mesangial cells are genetically determined in the rat.

Mesangial cells are glomerular cells of stromal origin. During immune complex mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis (Crgn), infiltrating and proliferating pro-inflammatory macrophages lead to crescent formation. Here we have hypothesised that mesangial cells, given their mesenchymal stromal origin,...

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Main Authors: Ping-Chin Lai, Ling-Yin Chiu, Prashant Srivastava, Cristina Trento, Francesco Dazzi, Enrico Petretto, H Terence Cook, Jacques Behmoaras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4208843?pdf=render