Glomerular epithelial cell products stimulate mesangial cell proliferation in culture
Budde K, Neumayer H, Salant D, Cybulsky A, Coleman D, Sterzel R. Glomerular epithelial cell products stimulate mesangial cell proliferation in culture. Kidney International 1997, 52: 733-741. PMID: 9291194, DOI: 10.1038/ki.1997.389.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlomerular epithelial cellsMC growth factorsMesangial cellsGlomerular diseaseGrowth factorMesangial cell proliferationEpithelial cell productsQuiescent rat mesangial cellsRat mesangial cellsIL-6IL-4IL-5TNF-alphaIL-2Glomerular cell typesIL-1GM-CSFTGF betaSoluble factorsProliferative activityCell productsCompetitive binding assaysEpithelial cellsMitogenic activityCell proliferation