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Preferred term

Mesangial Cells  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Smooth muscle-like cells adhering to the wall of the small blood vessels of the KIDNEY at the glomerulus and along the vascular pole of the glomerulus in the JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS. They are myofibroblasts with contractile and phagocytic properties. These cells and their MESANGIAL EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX constitute the GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM.

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Entry terms

  • Mesangial Cells, Kidney
  • Renal Mesangial Cells

In other languages

  • French

  • Cellule mésangiale
  • Cellules du mésangium
  • Cellules mésangiales du rein
  • Cellules mésangiales rénales

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PRGFFNQZ-D

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