Transformation of rat inner medullary fibroblasts to myofibroblasts in vitro

Kidney International

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1279-1290

  Grupp, Clemens ^a   Lottermoser, Jens ^b   Cohen, David I ^b   Begher, Michael ^b   Franz, Hans Eduard ^b   Müller, Gerhard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bandeiraea simplifolia 1 lectin; Cell isolation; Desmin; Inner medulla; Lipid laden cells; Myofibroblast; Primary culture; Renal fibroblasts; smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030692071     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1997.453     Document Type: Article

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