## Background: Proteoglycans are integral components of the mesangial matrix and glomerular permeability barrier. recent studies have shown that changes in glomerular proteoglycan expression may play a major role in the pathogenesis of renal disease. steroid hormones are used as first-choice therap
Glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis of rat mesangial cells in culture
โ Scribed by Hirofumi Miyazato; Tsukasa Takemura; Satoshi Hino; Kazuro Yagi; Kyohji Fukushima; Seiichi Matsuo; Kazuo Yoshioka
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 827 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1342-1751
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