1998
Antibodies against mesangial cells and their secretory products in chronic renal allograft rejection in the rat.
Paul L, Muralidharan J, Muzaffar S, Manting E, Valentin J, de Heer E, Kashgarian M. Antibodies against mesangial cells and their secretory products in chronic renal allograft rejection in the rat. American Journal Of Pathology 1998, 152: 1209-23. PMID: 9588890, PMCID: PMC1858589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutoantibodiesAutoantigensBasement MembraneBiglycanBlotting, WesternCells, CulturedChronic DiseaseDecorinEndothelium, VascularExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFlow CytometryFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectGlomerular MesangiumGraft RejectionKidney TransplantationMaleProteoglycansRatsRats, Inbred F344Rats, Inbred LewTransplantation, HomologousConceptsMesangial cell culture supernatantsChronic renal allograft rejectionRenal allograft rejectionMesangial cellsChronic rejectionAllograft rejectionCell culture supernatantsChronic renal transplant rejectionFlow cytometryWestern blotEndothelial cellsGlomerular basement membrane antigenPost-transplant seraRenal transplant rejectionCell-mediated immunityPost-immunization seraPresence of antibodiesMesangial cell surfaceStrong autoantibody responseCulture supernatantsCultured mesangial cellsIndirect immunofluorescent studiesBasement membrane antigensIndirect immunofluorescent stainingTissue repair process
1993
Expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein in the rat glomerulus and tubule during recovery from renal ischemia.
Soifer N, Van Why S, Ganz M, Kashgarian M, Siegel N, Stewart A. Expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein in the rat glomerulus and tubule during recovery from renal ischemia. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1993, 92: 2850-2857. PMID: 8254039, PMCID: PMC288486, DOI: 10.1172/jci116905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAmino Acid IsomerasesAnimalsBlotting, NorthernCarrier ProteinsGene ExpressionImmunohistochemistryIschemiaKidneyKidney GlomerulusKidney TubulesMaleParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinPeptidylprolyl IsomeraseProtein BiosynthesisProteinsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, Parathyroid HormoneReference ValuesRenal ArteryReperfusionRNA, MessengerConceptsHormone-related proteinMesangial cellsTubular cellsAcute renal ischemic injuryBilateral renal artery occlusionMale Sprague-Dawley ratsParathyroid hormone-related proteinAutocrine/paracrine fashionPTHrP mRNA levelsRenal artery occlusionRenal ischemic injuryMRNA levelsSprague-Dawley ratsDistal tubular cellsSham-operated animalsCyclophilin mRNA levelsProximal tubular cellsLocalization of PTHrPCultured mesangial cellsLocal growth factorsAdult rat kidneyArtery occlusionGlomerular epithelial cellsRenal injuryIschemic injury
1986
Mesangial cell hillocks. Nodular foci of exaggerated growth of cells and matrix in prolonged culture.
Sterzel R, Lovett D, Foellmer H, Perfetto M, Biemesderfer D, Kashgarian M. Mesangial cell hillocks. Nodular foci of exaggerated growth of cells and matrix in prolonged culture. American Journal Of Pathology 1986, 125: 130-40. PMID: 3535527, PMCID: PMC1888434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMesangial cellsNecrotic cell debrisCollagen type IMesangial matrix productionCultured mesangial cellsGlomerular mesangial cellsIsolated rat glomeruliType ISpecific rabbit polyclonal antibodiesNodular fociFetal calf serumDiseased glomeruliMC proliferationRabbit polyclonal antibodyStellate cellsNormal glomeruliMatrix proteinsInterstitial collagen types ICell debrisImmunocytochemical studyNodular accumulationMetabolic stimuliIntracellular fibrilsRat glomeruliGlomeruli