An improved method for primary culture of rat podocytes

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2101-2106

  Katsuya, K ^a,b   Yaoita, E ^a   Yoshida, Y ^a   Yamamoto, Y ^b   Yamamoto, T ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial cell; Glomerulus; Podocyte; Polygonal cell; Primary culture

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD2 ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; COLLAGENASE; DESMIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEPHRIN; PODOCALYXIN; PODOCIN; PROTEIN NEPH 1; PROTEIN ZO1; SYNAPTOPODIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; GLOMERULUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; KIDNEY CORTEX; MAGNET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MALE; PODOCYTES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33745264860     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000398     Document Type: Article

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