Stem cell factor in a rat model of serum nephrotoxic nephritis

Nephron - Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  El Kossi, M M ^a,b   Haylor, J L ^a   Johnson, T S ^a   El Nahas, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glomerulosclerosis; Mast cells; Nephrotoxic nephritis; Stem cell factor; Tubulo interstitial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; MATRIX PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRYPTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEINURIA; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MALE; PROTEINURIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 39149144010     PISSN: 16602129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112518     Document Type: Article

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