Glomerular expression of α-smooth muscle actin reflects disease activity of IgA nephropathy

Pathology International

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 833-844

  Kaneko, Yoko ^a   Nakazawa, Koh ^b   Higuchi, Makoto ^a   Hora, Kazuhiko ^a   Shigematsu, Hidekazu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

smooth muscle actin; Histological grade; IgA nephropathy; Immunohistochemistry; Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) 1; Macrophages; Mesangial cells; Stage index; Type I collagen; Type III collagen; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN MAC387; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESANGIUM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEINURIA; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL COUNT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035725330     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2001.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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