Glomerular mesangial cells: Electrophysiology and regulation of contraction

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 723-744

  Stockand, James D ^a   Sansom, Steven C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM ION;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MESANGIUM CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0342466799     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1998.78.3.723     Document Type: Review

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