IgA nephropathy: Lessons from an animal model, the ddY mouse

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 463-467

  Tomino, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ddY mouse; IgA nephropathy; Pathogenesis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

2 [[2 [[2 [[(HEXAHYDRO 1H AZEPIN 1 YL)CARBONYL]AMINO] 4 METHYLPENTANOYL]AMINO] 3 (1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)PROPIONYL]AMINO] 3 (2 PYRIDYL)PROPIONIC ACID; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOSOME; MIZORIBINE; OKT 4; PREDNISOLONE 21 PHOSPHATE; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MESANGIUM; MESANGIUM CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEINURIA; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GLOMERULUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIGENS, CD4; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 52649151900     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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