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
1982
Mesangial disposal of glomerular immune deposits in acute malarial glomerulonephritis of rats.
Sterzel R, Ehrich J, Lucia H, Thomson D, Kashgarian M. Mesangial disposal of glomerular immune deposits in acute malarial glomerulonephritis of rats. Laboratory Investigation 1982, 46: 209-14. PMID: 7038293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlomerular immune depositsImmune depositsElectron-dense depositsDay 10Day 20Young Sprague-Dawley ratsRenal functional damageUrinary protein excretionInfiltration of monocytesGlomerular cell countSprague-Dawley ratsEsterase-positive monocytesGlomerular basement membraneAcute malariaProtein excretionGlomerular injuryMesangial distributionSerum urea valuesDay 100Granular depositionImmune complexesFunctional damageNormal rangeMesangial matrixCell count