Mice with altered α-actinin-4 expression have distinct morphologic patterns of glomerular disease

Kidney International

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 741-750

  Henderson, J M ^a   Al Waheeb, S ^a   Weins, A ^a   Dandapani, S V ^a   Pollak, M R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapsing glomerulopathy; Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Podocyte; Transgenic mouse models; actinin 4

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA ACTININ 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 40049088125     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002751     Document Type: Article

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