Concept information
Preferred term
Mesangial Cells
Type
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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.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Mesangial Cells, Kidney
- Renal Mesangial Cells
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- cytology (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- transplantation (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Cellule mésangiale
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Cellules du mésangium
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Cellules mésangiales du rein
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Cellules mésangiales rénales
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PRGFFNQZ-D
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