Association of mesangial IgM with IgM deposits in the macula densa: An indication of non-specific macromolecule transport rather than immune reactant?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1910-1913

  Thompson, Mary E ^a   Evans, David J ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IgM deposition; Macromolecules; Macula densa; Mesangial transport

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE; MACROMOLECULE; MACULA DENSA; MESANGIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0034851305     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.9.1910     Document Type: Article

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