Evidence for Increased Synthesis of Complement C4 in the Renal Epithelium of Rats with Passive Heymann Nephritis

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-222

  Zhou, Wuding ^a   Andrews, Peter A ^a   Wang, Yiming ^a   Wolff, Judith ^a   Pratt, Julian ^a   Hartley, Barrie R ^a   Verroust, Pierre ^b   Sacks, Steven H ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; EPITHELIUM; GENETICS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINURIA; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENT C4; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINURIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031066961     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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