New insights into the pathogenesis of cellular crescents

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-262

  Singh, Sunita K ^a   Jeansson, Marie ^b   Quaggin, Susan E ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

cellular crescents; lineage tagging; parietal epithelial cells; podocytes; progenitor cells

Indexed keywords

BOWMAN CAPSULE; CELLULAR CRESCENT; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL EPITHELIAL CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BOWMAN CAPSULE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PODOCYTES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 79955036687     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e32834583ec     Document Type: Review

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