The fibronectin production is increased by thrombospondin via activation of TGF-β in cultured human mesangial cells

Nephron

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-43

  Tada, Hisaya ^a   Isogai, Sho ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; Fibronectin; Mesangial cells; Thrombospondin; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; GLUCOSE; THROMBOSPONDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESANGIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TIME;

ANTIBODIES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FIBRONECTINS; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LAMININ; THROMBOSPONDINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0031948264     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000044989     Document Type: Article

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