The molecular and functional phenotype of glomerular podocytes reveals key features of contractile smooth muscle cells

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Saleem, Moin A ^a   Zavadil, Jiri ^b   Bailly, Maryse ^d   McGee, Karen ^d   Witherden, Ian R ^a   Pavenstadt, Hermann ^c   Hsu, Hsianghao ^c   Sanday, Julia ^a   Satchell, Simon C ^a   Lennon, Rachel ^a   Ni, Lan ^a   Bottinger, Erwin P ^b   Mundel, Peter ^b   Mathieson, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Differentiation; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Mesenchyme; Smoothelin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CALPONIN; MYOCARDIN; SMOOTHELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION;

EID: 57049126587     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00559.2007     Document Type: Article

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