Podocytes in renal glomemlus express unusual intermediate filament proteins (IFs) for visceral epithelial cells. IFs cytoskeleton is mainly composed of vimentin, nestin and desmin. Tissue injury is often accompanied...Podocytes in renal glomemlus express unusual intermediate filament proteins (IFs) for visceral epithelial cells. IFs cytoskeleton is mainly composed of vimentin, nestin and desmin. Tissue injury is often accompanied by changes in gene expression of IFs. Enhanced desmin staining in variety of rat experimental including 2 4 puromycin nephrosis. It has not podocytes are observed in a models of podocyte injury aminonucleoside (PAN) been elucidated whether expression of vimentin and nestin is up-regulated in podocyte injury. To further gain insight into expression of IFs in podocytes, we investigated the time course of vimentin, nestin and desmin in PAN nephrosis.展开更多
基金a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japanese Ministry for Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology (No. 17590822).
文摘Podocytes in renal glomemlus express unusual intermediate filament proteins (IFs) for visceral epithelial cells. IFs cytoskeleton is mainly composed of vimentin, nestin and desmin. Tissue injury is often accompanied by changes in gene expression of IFs. Enhanced desmin staining in variety of rat experimental including 2 4 puromycin nephrosis. It has not podocytes are observed in a models of podocyte injury aminonucleoside (PAN) been elucidated whether expression of vimentin and nestin is up-regulated in podocyte injury. To further gain insight into expression of IFs in podocytes, we investigated the time course of vimentin, nestin and desmin in PAN nephrosis.