Collagen in normal rat glomeruli - Latta, H.; With the technical collaboration of Margery L. Cook (Elsevier)
Collagen fibers have been found by electron microscopy in the glomeruli of six normal rats. They occur in scattered small groups adjacent to intercapillary cells in centrolobular regions on the capillary side of the glomerular basement membrane. The fibers may lie at considerable distances from the glomerular hilus. The presence of collagen next to normal intercapillary cells is additional evidence that these cells should be regarded as a special cell type and not just as endothelial cells. This supports other evidence that the centrolobular part of the glomerulus is a special region having a unique role in renal function and disease.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5320(61)80013-0
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