The plasma membrane-actin linking protein, ezrin, is a glomerular epithelial cell marker in glomerulogenesis, in the adult kidney and in glomerular injury

Kidney International

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1934-1944

  Hugo, Christian ^a   Nangaku, Masaomi ^b   Shankland, Stuart J ^b   Pichler, Raimund ^b   Gordon, Katherine ^b   Amieva, Manuel R ^b   Couser, William G ^b   Furthmayr, Heinz ^b   Johnson, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Actin binding protein; Cytoskeleton; Epithelial cell; Injured glomeruli; Kidney development; Podocyte injury

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MARKER; EZRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MACROPHAGE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031726568     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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