Specific tissue distribution of megsin, a novel serpin, in the glomerulus and its up-regulation in IgA nephropathy

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1098-1106

  Inagi, R ^a   Miyata, T ^a   Suzuki, D ^a   Toyoda, M ^a   Wada, T ^b   Ueda, Y ^a   Izuhara, Y ^a   Sakai, H ^a   Nangaku, M ^b   Kurokawa, K ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy; Megsin; Mesangial cell; Recombinant protein; Serpin; Synthetic peptide

Indexed keywords

MEGSIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MESANGIUM CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034810747     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5509     Document Type: Article

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