1994
A granulocyte inhibitory protein overexpressed in chronic renal disease regulates expression of interleukin 6 and interleukin 8.
Ziesche R, Roth M, Papakonstantinou E, Nauck M, Hörl W, Kashgarian M, Block L. A granulocyte inhibitory protein overexpressed in chronic renal disease regulates expression of interleukin 6 and interleukin 8. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1994, 91: 301-305. PMID: 8278382, PMCID: PMC42935, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.1.301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGranulocyte inhibitory proteinsInterleukin-6Chronic renal diseaseChronic renal failureProgression of glomerulosclerosisHuman mesangial cellsInhibitory proteinPluripotential effectsRenal failureRenal diseaseCytokine expressionIL-6IL-8Interleukin-8Inflammatory reactionGIP resultsGlomerular responseMesangial cellsC-jun mRNAC-fos geneC-JunDe novo synthesisNovo synthesisExpressionOverall effect
1993
Effect of transforming growth factor-β on extracellular matrix productionby cultured rat mesangial cells
ISHIMURA E, MORII H, STERZEL R, KASHGARIAN M. Effect of transforming growth factor-β on extracellular matrix productionby cultured rat mesangial cells. 日本腎臓学会誌 1993, 35: 311-320. PMID: 8341006, DOI: 10.14842/jpnjnephrol1959.35.311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorthern blottingCultured rat mesangial cellsRat mesangial cellsCollagen IExtracellular matrix constituentsMesangial cellsGrowth factorEnzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assayGene expressionProtein productionSingle growth factorECM constituentsProtein synthesisGenetic expressionMatrix componentsLamininExpressionGlomerular remodelingECM accumulationTGF-beta administrationBlottingMRNA expressionMatrix constituentsCellsGlomerular injury
1992
The cardiac conduction system in the rat expresses the alpha 2 and alpha 3 isoforms of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase.
Zahler R, Brines M, Kashgarian M, Benz E, Gilmore-Hebert M. The cardiac conduction system in the rat expresses the alpha 2 and alpha 3 isoforms of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1992, 89: 99-103. PMID: 1309618, PMCID: PMC48183, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.1.99.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha 3 isoformAlpha 2Gene expression approachAlpha 1 isoformIsoform genesSpecific hybridization signalAlpha subunitSpecific expressionMembrane channelsSpecific membrane channelsHybridization signalsIsoformsWorking myocytesCardiac conduction systemExcitable tissuesSodium pumpGenesSubunitsATPaseTissueExpressionStrandsExtracellular matrix protein: gene expression and synthesis in cultured rat mesangial cells
ISHIMURA E, STERZEL R, MORII H, KASHGARIAN M. Extracellular matrix protein: gene expression and synthesis in cultured rat mesangial cells. 日本腎臓学会誌 1992, 34: 9-17. PMID: 1593802, DOI: 10.14842/jpnjnephrol1959.34.9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expressionProtein synthesisExtracellular matrixNorthern blottingBasement membrane matrix componentsFetal calf serumCollagen IMesangial cellsMRNA expressionDNA amountSynthesis of ECMCellular confluenceECM productionCultured rat mesangial cellsMatrix componentsRat mesangial cellsExpressionLamininBlottingCellsCalf serumImmunocytochemical studyPrevious immunocytochemical studiesCIIIMRNA