1997
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
1992
Mesangial cell-matrix interactions. Effects on mesangial cell growth and cytokine secretion.
Ruef C, Kashgarian M, Coleman D. Mesangial cell-matrix interactions. Effects on mesangial cell growth and cytokine secretion. American Journal Of Pathology 1992, 141: 429-39. PMID: 1323220, PMCID: PMC1886618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-6 secretionInterleukin-6Mesangial cellsCytokine secretionMC growthIL-6 releaseIL-1 alphaMesangial cell growthDose-dependent mannerMesangioproliferative GNInflammatory mediatorsInflammatory cellsTNF-alphaCollagen type IVCollagen type ISecretionColl IType IVExtracellular matrix proteinsProliferative phenotypeCytokinesType ICell growthMatrix proteinsCells