The glomerular mesangial cell: an expanding role for a specialized pericyte

Signal transduction by guanine nucleotide binding proteins

1987 • 362 citations

FUNCTIONAL EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A THIRD CELL TYPE IN THE RENAL GLOMERULUS

1962 • 349 citations

Glomerular cell culture.

1985 • 298 citations

Prostaglandins and other arachidonic acid metabolites in the kidney

1986 • 206 citations

Hormonal modulation of glomerular function

1983 • 172 citations

The interleukin 1 gene is expressed by rat glomerular mesangial cells and is augmented in immune complex glomerulonephritis.

1987 • 159 citations

The centrolobular region of the renal glomerulus studied by electron microscopy

1960 • 156 citations

A DESCRIPTION OF THE GLOMERULAR CIRCULATION IN THE FROG'S KIDNEY AND OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE ACTION OF ADRENALIN AND VARIOUS OTHER SUBSTANCES UPON IT

1924 • 152 citations

Platelet-activating factor and the kidney

1986 • 131 citations

Pertussis toxin abolishes angiotensin II-induced phosphoinositide hydrolysis and prostaglandin synthesis in rat renal mesangial cells

1986 • 122 citations

Contractile properties of cultured glomerular mesangial cells

1985 • 122 citations

Angiotensin II stimulates phospholipases C and A2 in cultured rat mesangial cells

1987 • 114 citations

Cell culture approaches to the analysis of glomerular inflammation

1986 • 106 citations

Contractile effects of TxA2 and endoperoxide analogues on cultured rat glomerular mesangial cells

1986 • 77 citations

A mechanism by which atrial natriuretic factor mediates its glomerular actions

1986 • 65 citations

Contraction and relaxation of cultured mesangial cells on a silicone rubber surface

1986 • 56 citations

Tumour promotor 12‐O‐tetradecanoylphorbol 13‐acetate inhibits angiotensin II‐induced inositol phosphate production and cytosolic Ca²⁺ rise in rat renal mesangial cells

1986 • 51 citations

Effects of vasoactive peptides on cytosolic calcium in cultured mesangial cells

1986 • 44 citations

Dopamine attenuates the contractile response to angiotensin II in isolated rat glomeruli and cultured mesangial cells.

1986 • 41 citations

Endocytosis by cultured mesangial cells and associated changes in prostaglandin E2 synthesis

1987 • 30 citations

The effects of endotoxin on platelet-activating factor synthesis in cultured rat glomerular mesangial cells

1988 • 29 citations

Glomerular mesangium as an effector locus for the tubuloglomerular feedback system and renal sympathetic innervation.

1983 • 13 citations

Different concentrations of pertussis toxin have opposite effects on agonist-induced PGE2 formation in mesangial cells

1986 • 12 citations

Modulation of cytosolic free calcium by serum and phorbol myristate acetate in cultured rat mesangial cells

1987 • 1 citations