Automated image analysis of a glomerular injury marker desmin in spontaneously diabetic Torii rats treated with losartan

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-51

  Kakimoto, Tetsuhiro ^a   Okada, Kinya ^a   Hirohashi, Yoshihiro ^b,c   Relator, Raissa ^b   Kawai, Mizue ^a   Iguchi, Taku ^a   Fujitaka, Keisuke ^a   Nishio, Masashi ^a   Kato, Tsuyoshi ^b   Fukunari, Atsushi ^a   Utsumi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automated image analysis; Desmin; Glomerulus; Juxtamedullary glomeruli; SDT rat; Superficial glomeruli

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; LOSARTAN POTASSIUM; PUROMYCIN AMINONUCLEOSIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APERIO SCAN SCOPE XT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GLOMERULAR DYSFUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUROMYCIN AMINONUCLEOSIDE INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RENOGRAPHY; SPONTANEOUSLY DIABETIC TORII RAT; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; DESMIN; GLOMERULUS; JUXTAMEDULLARY GLOMERULI; SDT RAT; SUPERFICIAL GLOMERULI;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DESMIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LOSARTAN; MALE; PODOCYTES; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84904410329     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-14-0164     Document Type: Article

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