Semiquantitative measurement of total extracellular matrix protein produced by cultured mesangial cells

Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 379-383

  Ootaka, Tetsuya ^b   Kraft, Nobert ^a   Saito, Takao ^b   Atkins, Robert C ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Extracellular matrix; Growth factors; Mesangial cells

Indexed keywords

SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MESANGIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0032463465     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.1998.tb00375.x     Document Type: Article

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