The Protective Effects of Erythropoietin on Rat Glomerular Podocytes in Culture are Modulated by Extracellular Matrix Proteins

• Glavni autori: Jan Krtil (Autor), Jan Pláteník (Autor), Nikola Čuřík (Autor), Wunnie Brima (Autor), Vladimír Tesař (Autor), Tomáš Zima (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Karger Publishers, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background/Aims: Podocytes are typically cultured on collagen I; however, collagen I is absent from healthy glomerular basement membranes. Erythropoietin (EPO) is thought to protect podocytes in vivo. Here, we studied how various types of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and EPO affect podocytes...