glomerulus

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These effects may lead to decreased monocyte / macrophage infiltration in the glomerulus, decreased mesangial proliferation and decreased accumulation of extracellular matrix and fibrosis.

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  1. noun Anatomy A small cluster or mass of blood vessels or nerve fibers.
  2. noun Anatomy A tuft of capillaries situated within a Bowman's capsule at the end of a renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney that filters waste products from the blood and thus initiates urine formation.

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  • Identification and localization of novel genes preferentially expressed in human kidney glomerulus. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Aim: To find novel genes abundantly and preferentially expressed in human glomerulus, we constructed a glomerular cDNA library and verified the reliability of our database by comparison with the Stanford Microarray Database (SMD), followed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and in situ hybridization (ISH). —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Four unknown genes - IFI27, CRHBP, FLJ10154 and SEMA5B - were selected for RT-PCR to compare expression in the glomerulus with that in the cortex and medulla, and for ISH to examine glomerular localization. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The expression of CRHBP mRNA in a single living podocyte was not changed between normal and crescentic glomerulus. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • These effects may lead to decreased monocyte / macrophage infiltration in the glomerulus, decreased mesangial proliferation and decreased accumulation of extracellular matrix and fibrosis. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. New Latin, diminutive of Latin glomus, glomer-, ball.

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  1. New Latin, masculine, diminutive of Latin glomus (glomer-), neuter, a ball or clue of yarn, etc.: see glome.
 

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