The α8 integrin chain affords mechanical stability to the glomerular capillary tuft in hypertensive glomerular disease

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 861-867

  Hartner, Andrea ^a   Cordasic, Nada ^a   Klanke, Bernd ^a   Müller, Ulrich ^b   Sterzel, R Bernd ^a   Hilgers, Karl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA8 INTEGRIN; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; INTEGRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA INTEGRIN; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; INTEGRIN ALPHA8;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY MASS; LYSIS; MOUSE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FIBROSIS; GENETICS; GLOMERULUS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; FIBROSIS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; INTEGRIN ALPHA CHAINS; INTEGRINS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MICE;

EID: 0036005848     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64909-7     Document Type: Article

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