Rat mesangial cells produce granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
Budde K, Coleman D, Lacy J, Sterzel R. Rat mesangial cells produce granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. American Journal Of Physiology 1989, 257: f1065-f1078. PMID: 2690641, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1989.257.6.f1065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat mesangial cellsGranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorCultured rat mesangial cellsMesangial cellsColony-stimulating factorGM-CSFMC-CMGlomerular mesangial cellsPeritoneal MPsEffector cellsIL-2Inflammatory processGlomerular diseaseInterleukin-2T cellsT lymphocytesInterleukin-4Murine GM-CSFRenal glomeruliSerum-free conditionsSoluble factorsProliferative activitySpecific cDNA probesGM-CSF mRNA transcriptsPresent findings