Mesangial Cells |
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| Extraglomerular Mesangial Cells; Lacis Cells; Mesangial Cells, Kidney; Renal Glomerulus Mesangial Cells; Renal Mesangial Cells; Cell, Extraglomerular Mesangial; Cell, Glomerular Mesangial; Cell, Kidney Mesangial; Cell, Lacis; Cell, Mesangial | |
| Smooth muscle-like cells adhering to the wall of the small blood vessels of the KIDNEY at the glomerulus and along the vascular pole of the glomerulus in the JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS. They are myofibroblasts with contractile and phagocytic properties. These cells and their MESANGIAL EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX constitute the GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM. | |