Sökning: "mesangial"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade ordet mesangial.

  1. 16. Effects of PDGF-B gene inactivation in endothelial cell

    Författare :Mattias Bjarnegård; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :gene targeting; Cre loxP; PDGF; pericyte; mouse; microangiopathy;

    Sammanfattning : Platelet-derived growth factor-B (PDGF-B) is expressed by endothelial cells, neurons, macrophages and platelets. The relative importance of these cellular PDGF-B sources in vivo has been addressed by the creation of a conditional PDGF-B allele, which in the presence of a specific recombinase can be silenced in different tissues. LÄS MER

  3. 17. The role of melanocortin 1 receptor in kidney disease

    Författare :Annika Lindskog Jonsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; nephrotic syndrome; proteinuria; adrenocorticotropic hormone; melanocortin 1 receptor; podocytes;

    Sammanfattning : Nephrotic syndrome is a term describing a group of poorly understood glomerular diseases that are responsible for a steadily increasing number of patients requiring active uremic care. Characteristic symptoms of nephrotic syndrome are proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia and peripheral edema, and treatment of these symptoms, rather than their cause, is currently the only option available to the clinician. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Effect of thimerosal on the murine immune system : especially induction of systemic autoimmunity

    Författare :Said Havarinasab; Per Hultman; Klas Nordlind; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; thimerosal; ethylmercury; autoimmunity; mice; immunosuppression; Th1; Th2; Pathology; Patologi;

    Sammanfattning : The organic mercury compound ethylmercurithiosalicylate (thimerosal), an antiseptic and a preservative, has recently raised public health concern due to its presence in vaccines globally. Thimerosal dissociates in the body to thiosalicylate and ethyl mercury (EtHg), which is partly converted to inorganic mercuric mercury (Hg2+). LÄS MER

  5. 19. Characterization of novel genes of importance for renal glomerular function and disease

    Författare :Ásmundur Oddsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :kidney glomerulus;

    Sammanfattning : Glomerular kidney diseases are a major health care burden. The glomerular filtration barrier consists of three layers: the slit diaphragm that bridges the interlocking foot pro- cesses of the podocytes, the glomerular basement membrane and fenestrated endothelial cells. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Oxidative stress and calcium signalling : implications for diabetes and cardiac glycosides

    Författare :Mark Lal; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Calcium; diabetes; Na; K-ATPase; ouabain; oxidative stress;

    Sammanfattning : The signal transduction processes by which an individual cell is able to recognize and respond to its external environment are critical to determining its survival as well as that of the entire organism. In the current study we have investigated the intracellular signalling cascades activated downstream of two separate stimuli: the diabetic milieu and the cardiac glycoside, ouabain. LÄS MER