Intraglomerular C3 synthesis in human kidney detected by in situ hybridization

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2428-2433

  Miyazaki, Masanobu ^a   Abe, Katsushige ^a   Koji, Takehiko ^a   Furusu, Akira ^a   Ozono, Yoshiyuki ^a   Harada, Takashi ^a   Nakane, Paul K ^a   Yagame, Mitsunori ^b   Endoh, Masayuki ^b   Nomoto, Yasuo ^b   Sakai, Hideto ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement; Digoxigenin; Glomerulonephritis; IgA nephropathy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DIGOXIGENIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 9844249104     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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