These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Microfibrils are a major component of the mesangial matrix in the glomerulus of the rat kidney.
    Author: Mundel P, Elger M, Sakai T, Kriz W.
    Journal: Cell Tissue Res; 1988 Oct; 254(1):183-7. PubMed ID: 2461802.
    Abstract:
    The mesangial matrix of the rat glomerulus was studied by transmission electron microscopy in specimens preserved by a modified technique, which avoids osmium tetroxide but uses tannic acid as a contrasting agent. It can be demonstrated that microfibrils are a major component of the normal glomerular mesangial matrix. They are non-branching tubular structures with a hollow centre, an undefined length and a thickness of approximately 15 nm. Microfibrils make up a dense fibrillar network interconnecting mesangial cells and glomerular basement membrane.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]