The effect of pH and nucleophiles on complement activation by human proximal tubular epithelial cells

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 745-752

  Peake, Philip W ^a   Pussell, Bruce A ^a   Mackinnon, Bruce ^a   Charlesworth, John A ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cell ELISA; Complement; pH; Proximal tubular epithelial cells; Urine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; PROTEINASE; UREA;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; URINALYSIS; URINE PH;

EID: 0036092207     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.5.745     Document Type: Article

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